Research > Biotransformations and Biomedical Engineering
This research area is definitely oriented towards biomedical engineering :
biomaterials for bone substitutes : a close collaboration between the laboratory of Biology and Biochemistry of Bone Tissues (LBBTO) of the Faculty of Medicine of Saint-Etienne (INSERM unit) and the SPIN Division has enabled the characterization of the constituants (carbonate ions) and mechanisms at work in bone-rebuilding with a biomaterial (hydroxyapatite). biomodeling (in collaboration with the Faculty of Medicine and General Hospital of Saint-Etienne) : the diagnosis and the development of cancers and allergies require a better understanding of the immune response of a human organism with respect to its environment. The latter lies essentially on the interaction between T lymphocytes and bearing presenting-antigen cells. The objective is to determine the memory of our immune system regarding this interaction by means of appropriate mathematical models. biosensors : study of miniaturized biosensors for medical applications (dosage of glucose by means of conducting polymers ) and design of biosensors using whole cells (micro algae) for on-line measurement of global toxicity and dosage of pesticides.