The C’Nano NanoBioSciences branch consists of the research groups working at the interface between Nanosciences and Life Sciences. We use and develop the highly praised ressources of the "région Île-de-France" in advenced techniques for applications in life sciences and biomedical research (optical imaging, micro-and nano-manipulations, conception and use of functionalized nanoparticles, sensors, microfluidic control, drug delivery, in vivo diagnostics, new therapeutic approaches, ...)

The scientific fields covered by the NanoBioSciences branch are highly diverse by essence. Submicron sizes are well adapted for studying cellular mechanisms, for example via the development of functionalized nanoparticles used like "stealth" probes of living organisms or, on the contrary, for local activation.
Nanomanipumation of single molecules (DNA, proteins, molecular motors, ...) by a variety of experimental techniques yields otherwise inaccessible information on molecular-scale processes wich allows their modeling.
On the other hand, nanotechnologies can adress problems like species separation or detection at very low concentrations either trough the development ofnovel sensors or by their integration in devices.
In the line, a generalized use of microfluidics provides a good control of the microenvironment while the development of nanoobjects leads to new drug delivery, in vivo diagnostics or therapeutic approaches.
These experimental efforts towards Biology would not be possible without parallel developments in instrumentation and materials. The novel nanoobjects and optical microscopy, atomic-force microscopy, micro- and nano-manipulation or microfluidictechniques and the perspectives they open up, are good examples of these developments.