GDR Approches Quantitatives du Vivant

The “Quantitative approaches to living systems” research network (“Approches quantitatives du vivant”, AQV) promotes exchanges between communities at the interface between biology and physics, to stimulate the emergence of new approaches to living systems.

Our network follows on the former “Physics from cell to tissue” (“Physique de la cellule au tissu”, CellTiss) research network. While preserving the dynamics established between the members of CellTiss, the objective of this new iteration is to cover quantitative approaches to biology in the broadest sense. For more details, see the letter of intent submitted to the INSB and INP directorates (in French).

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News :

AQV/MNF day – 3 February 2026 – Lyon

The CNRS Research Groups ‘Quantitative Approaches to Life Sciences’ and ‘MicroNanofluidics’ are jointly organising this conference dedicated to the use of micro/nanosystems for the study of life sciences.

The event will take place Tuesday 3rd February 2026 at the ENS de Lyon (Amphi Descartes, Métro Debourg) and will include a poster session.

It will focus in particular on: Microfluidics for biological characterisation and diagnosis and organs-on-a-chip / cell biology on a chip.

Guest speakers:

Laura Casanellas (Coulomb, Montpellier)
Morgan Delarue (LAAS, Toulouse)
Ludovic Keiser (INPHYNI, Nice)
Charlotte Rivière (ILM, Lyon)

Participation in this event is free of charge, but registration is required. Registration and abstract submission will be open from 15th October to 15th December 2025. A total of 12 oral presentations will be selected from the abstracts submitted.

Link: https://mnfaqv2026.sciencesconf.org/