Laboratory news
Fang Yin, PhD student at Softmat, has defended her thesis on multi-responsive copolymers
Fang carried out her research in the IDeAS team at the Softmat laboratory. On 2nd December, she defended her thesis entitled: "Multi-responsive copolymers: effect of composition and/or structure on...
PlastiGar: microplastic pollution and contamination of organisms in the Garonne River
Researchers from the SMODD team at the Softmat laboratory, in collaboration with their partners at the EDB laboratory, have quantified microplastic pollution in the waters and sediments of the...
Aline Reis de Carvalho, PhD student at Softmat, has defended her thesis on microplastic pollution in the Garonne river
Aline carried out her research in the SMODD team at the Softmat laboratory, in collaboration with the laboratory EDB. On 27th October, she defended her thesis entitled: "patio-temporal monitoring of...
New and promising opportunities for treating skin fibrosis
Collagen, the main component of the skin’s extracellular matrix, can cause a pathological condition if it is in excess. Applying an electric field to the skin affects collagen pathways, temporarily...
Laure Gibot, researcher at Softmat, won the ICT Young Investigator Award 2021
For this year 2021, the laboratory council of the Institut de Chimie de Toulouse has awarded its annual prize to Laure Gibot, a researcher in the IDeAS team since 2018, particularly appreciating her...
Aurélie Monié, PhD student at Softmat, has defended her thesis on « clean label » ways to make food products
Aurélie carried out her research in the SMODD team at the Softmat laboratory. On March 25th, she defended her thesis entitled: "Enzymatic lipolysis of triglycerides to make food products in the...
Ranime Jebbawi, PhD student at Softmat, has defended her thesis on the therapeutic potential of a dendrimer for the treatment of psoriasis
Ranime carried out her research in the SMODD team at the Softmat laboratory. On February 12th, she defended her thesis entitled: "Assessment and optimization of the therapeutic potential of an...
The Gellight project explained to the kids!
Gellight is one of the research projects conducted at the Softmat laboratory, in the IDeAS team.An article about Gellight has just been published on CurioKids, a website dedicated to the kids and...
The Softmat laboratory participates in the monitoring of microplastics in the ocean
How does plastic packaging waste degrade in the ocean?This is the question addressed in recent work on the degradation of polyethylene during prolonged exposure to a marine environment. This...
Experiment in microgravity for Softmat researchers
Clément Roux and Véronique Pimienta, researchers from the IDeAS team, are members of a ESA-funded Topical Team, called CHYPI which stands for Chemo-HYdronamic Patterns and Instabilities, in...
Barbara Farias-Mancilla, PhD student at Softmat, has defended her thesis on asymmetric copolymers
Barbara carried out her research in the P3R team at the Softmat laboratory. On November 24th, she defended her thesis entitled: "Asymmetric copolymers: neither block nor random" Block copolymers are...
Hai Yen Ta, PhD student at Softmat, has defended her thesis on capillary electrophoresis for the analysis of fatty and amino acids
Hai Yen carried out her research in the BIBAC team at the Softmat laboratory. On November 18th, she defended her thesis entitled: "New application of capillary electrophoresis for the analysis of...