MINATEC in figures

Motivated by the success a team of students from Grenoble encountered at iGEM 2017, a new thirteen-member multidisciplinary team is already in the running for this year’s iGEM (International Genetically Engineered Machine) competition in Boston. The team includes students in Phelma’s Biomed program, the Pharmacy School’s biotechnology program, students from business schools IAE and GEM, and a web designer. The team’s project focuses on phagotherapy, a potential solution to the problem of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. The team will design a functional… More information

Leti, which is coordinating the Europe-Korea 5GChampion consortium, gave a stellar performance at the Winter Olympics. In a world first, Leti and its partners successfully completed intercontinental proof-of-concept testing of the 5G network. The network, made up of terrestrial base stations, millimeter-wave multi-beam antennas, and a satellite emulator, enabled thousands of visitors to the Winter Olympics to connect via Wi-Fi or from a bus travelling at speeds of 60 kph to 80 kph, where record data transfer speeds of 5… More information

What is the surface of copper-indium-sulfur nanocrystals really like? This is something that researchers, intrigued by the nanocrystals’ high luminescence, have wanted to know for years. A team at INAC combined MRI and synchrotron images to shed light on the mystery. The researchers discovered a very dense layer of native organic ligands that are constantly regenerated via a dynamic desorption-adsorption process. Therefore, it would be difficult for any new chemical agent to adhere to this surface in order to functionalize… More information

In research conducted at La Timone University Medical Center in Marseille, scientists from Leti completed proof-of-concept testing on technique that uses a lensless microscope to diagnose meningitis. The technique, tested on more than 300 samples, was demonstrated to be just as reliable as and much faster than the current technique, which entails visual counting on an ordinary lab microscope. Any suspected case of meningitis is a medical emergency. The illness killed 53 people in France in 2015. To be diagnosed, patients… More information