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THOMAS RISLER

Doctor,
Lecturer Sorbonne University
Recherche - Paris
Spécialités / domaines
Physics of living systems,
Multi-scale physics-chemistry-biology and cancer (molecules, cells, tissues and organisms),
Basic research
Functions within Institut Curie:
Présentation

My research topics are:

- Active matter and topological defects in active nematics.

- Mechanics of the hearing receptor cells: Active process and Hopf bifurcations; Modeling of the transduction apparatus; Coupling of mechano-transduction channels; Hydrodynamic interactions and stochastic dynamics within the mechano-sensitive organelle.

- Tissue mechanics and tumor growth: Instabilities of growing aggregates. Deterministic and stochastic epithelial instabilities. Competition between tissues and mechanisms of tumor growth.

Publications