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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20260622T133000
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SUMMARY:Soutenance de Thèse de Khadeeja MUBASHIRA (CEA-Irig/IBS)
DESCRIPTION:Étude de la séparation de phase de la phosphoprotéine du virus de la rage et de sa régulation par LC8\nRésumé : \nRabies virus (RABV) replication occurs in cytoplasmic\, membrane-less compartments known as Negri bodies (NBs)\, formed through liquid-liquid phase separation (LLPS) of viral components. The phosphoprotein (RABV P) is a central\, intrinsically disordered scaf fold of the viral replication machinery. This thesis investigates the structural\, biophysical\, and dynamic properties of RABV P\, with emphasis on its phase separation behavior and interactions with molecular partners. To enable this\, recombinant expression and purification protocols were optimized to produce stable\, high-quality protein samples for reproducible analyses. \nWe first characterized the intrinsic phase behavior of RABV P in vitro. The protein undergoes thermoresponsive LLPS with a lower critical solution temperature (LCST)\, forming reversible condensates within a narrow range of protein and salt concentrations. This process is driven by multivalent interactions within a heterogeneous ensemble of conformations\, where dimers assemble into higher-order oligomers prior to phase separation. The resulting phase diagram reveals a complex\, reentrant system governed by a balance between electrostatic repulsion and attractive dipole-dipole interactions. \nThe role of ionic conditions was further examined. While NaCl induced reentrant phase separation\, LLPS strongly depended on ion identity rather than ionic strength alone. Chloride salts promoted condensate formation\, whereas bromide salts did not\, indicating ion-specific (Hofmeister-type) effects. Systematic trends showed that fluoride enhances phase separation\, while cation effects are weaker. Divalent ions also promoted LLPS\, highlighting valency contributions. Chemical perturbations confirmed that condensates are stabilized by weak interactions: 1\,6-hexanediol partially disrupted droplets\, whereas ATP fully dissolved them. Notably\, RABV P intrinsically phase separates even in water\, modulated by pH\, protein concentration\, and ionic conditions. \nTime-resolved small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) revealed the structural evolution underlying LLPS. Following a temperature jump\, RABV P undergoes a hierarchical assembly process\, transitioning from dispersed species to larger structures. Early conformational rearrangements precede the formation of intermediate clusters\, followed by growth into larger assemblies. These structures remain disordered and liquid-like\, supporting a multistep nucleation-and-growth mechanism. \nThe host protein LC8 was investigated as a regulator of RABV P condensation. LC8 binds a conserved motif in RABV P with high affinity\, forming a defined complex and partitioning into condensates. Functionally\, LC8 enhances phase separation by increasing condensate size\, enriching RABV P in the dense phase\, and broadening the phase-separation window. It shifts phase boundaries toward lower concentrations and temperatures while preserving liquid-like properties. These results indicate that LC8 actively promotes condensation by stabilizing interaction-competent conformations and enhancing intermolecular connectivity. \nTo assess whether LC8 can compensate for intrinsic multivalency\, a truncated RABV P lacking the dimerization domain was analyzed. Although LC8 bound this construct\, the interaction was weaker and failed to restore robust phase separation. Only weak condensation was observed under crowding conditions\, demonstrating that LC8 cannot substitute for the native dimerization-driven multivalency.\nOverall\, this work establishes RABV P as a finely tuned multivalent scaffold whose phase behavior arises from the interplay of intrinsic disorder\, ion-specific effects\, and hierarchical assembly. LLPS emerges as a multistep\, non-ideal process rather than a simple binary transition. LC8 acts as a key host regulator that enhances phase separation without altering condensate dynamics\, while intrinsic multivalency remains essential. These findings provide a mechanistic framework for understanding viral condensate formation and highlight potential avenues for antiviral intervention. \n_ \nContact : alain.farchi@cea.fr
URL:https://sfp-alpes.fr/event/soutenance-de-these-de-khadeeja-mubashira-cea-irig-ibs/
LOCATION:Amphi A de Biologie\, Rue de la Piscine\, Saint-Martin-d'Hères\, 38400\, France
CATEGORIES:Soutenance,Soutenance de Thèse
ORGANIZER;CN="IRIG - CEA":MAILTO:odile.rossignol@cea.fr
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20260622T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20260622T150000
DTSTAMP:20260522T124835Z
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SUMMARY:Maurizio SACCHI (CNRS - Institut des NanoSciences de Paris and Synchrotron SOLEIL)
DESCRIPTION:X-rays with Orbital Angular Momentum for spectroscopy and imaging\nRésumé : \nIn addition to the spin angular momentum (SAM) associated to the light polarization\, Laguerre-Gaussian light beams carry also an orbital angular momentum (OAM) of ℓ /photon [1]ℏ associated to an azimuthal dependence exp(iℓϕ) of the electric field phase. Over the last thirty years\, OAM beams at vis-IR wavelengths found applications in fields as different as biology\, telecommunication and imaging [2]. The azimuthal phase dependence\, with a singularity on the propagation axis\, is accompanied by a radial modulation of the intensity (ring-shaped beams)\, properties that have been used to modify local magnetic ordering\, to improve the spatial resolution in microscopy\, and to enhance the edge sharpness in phase-contrast imaging. \nOver the last decade\, several approaches to the generation of OAM beams at shorter wavelengths\, from XUV to hard x-rays\, were proposed. Potential applications are often based on the extrapolation of previous work carried out in the vis-IR range. For instance\, as for the SAM\, the handedness imposed by the OAM has been exploited to study magnetic materials [3] and chiral molecules [4]. The interest of extending the use of OAM beams from the vis-IR to the x-ray range has been growing steadily over the last few years. Nonetheless\, the offer of user accessible beamlines and endstations remains limited\, especially when one aims at independently varying both SAM and OAM in a controlled way. At the SEXTANTS beamline of the SOLEIL synchrotron\, we have implemented and commissioned a new setup for soft x-ray spectroscopy (absorption and resonant scattering experiments) with OAM beams [5]. \n1. L. Allen at al.\, Orbital angular momentum of light and the transformation of Laguerre-Gaussian laser modes\, Phys. Rev. A 45\, 8185 (1992).\n2. Y. Shen et al.\, Optical vortices 30 years on: OAM manipulation from topological charge to multiple singularities\, Light: Science & Applications 8\, 90 (2019).\n3. M. Fanciulli et al.\, Electromagnetic theory of Helicoidal Dichroism in reflection from magnetic structures\, Phys. Rev. A 103\, 013501 (2021); Observation of magnetic helicoidal dichroism with extreme ultraviolet light vortices\, Phys. Rev. Lett. 128\, 077401 (2022); Magnetic vortex dynamics probed by time-resolved magnetic helicoidal\ndichroism\, Phys. Rev.Lett. (2025).\n4. J. R. Rouxel et al.\, Hard X-ray helical dichroism of disordered molecular media\, Nature Phot. 16\, 570 (2022).\n5. P. Carrara et al.\, Soft x-rays with Orbital Angular Momentum for resonant scattering experiments at the SOLEIL synchrotron\, J. Synchr. Rad. 33\, 858 (2026). \nContact : matteo.dastuto@neel.cnrs.fr
URL:https://sfp-alpes.fr/event/maurizio-sacchi-cnrs-institut-des-nanosciences-de-paris-and-synchrotron-soleil/
LOCATION:CNRS – Salle Louis Weil (E424)\, CNRS - Institut Néel 25 avenue des Martyrs\, Grenoble\, 38042\, France
CATEGORIES:Séminaire
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20260623T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20260623T110000
DTSTAMP:20260529T152039Z
CREATED:20260529T151847Z
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SUMMARY:Cyril BRESSY (Aix-Marseille Université - Institut des Sciences Moléculaires de Marseille (iSm2))
DESCRIPTION:Compartmentalized MultiCatalysis : Chirality as Probe\, Separation of Enantiomers & Catalytic Active Transport\nRésumé : \nLife solves the problem of different reaction conditions by the compartmentalization of the catalytic systems. This solution opens new opportunities for the chemists using synthetic membranes to isolate the catalytic systems. \nWe were interested to study the diffusion of molecules through a semi-permeable membrane when no gradient of concentration does exist. Chirality was found to be helpful to be used as probe to study such systems (1). A scale of diffusion energy depending on the structure of the solute was established providing fruitful lessons. \nBased on these results\, compartmentalized multicatalytic systems were set up for different goals : \n– A system where two catalysts of opposite configurations are working in each compartment leading to the physical separation of enantiomeric products starting from a racemic substrate. This is describing a case of compartmentalized parallel kinetic resolution (CPKR)(2).\n– A system to promote the active transport of a molecule able to cross a membrane. The active transport means a transfer against the gradient of concentration (3). \nReferences \n1 .  J. Hou\, S. Chevallier-Michaud\, L. Favre\, D. Hérault & C. Bressy\, J. Membrane Sci. 2026\, in revision.\n2  . a) J. Hou\, S. Chevallier-Michaud\, M. Jean\, L. Favre\, D. Hérault & C. Bressy\, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023\, 145\, 27236-27241; b) J. Hou\, D. Hérault\, C. Bressy\, “Method for simultaneous preparation of separated enantiomeric products from racemic substrates”\, Extension internationale PCTEP2022085983 (2022) WO2023126186A1.\n3 . Manuscript in preparation \n_ \nContact : adrien.quintard@univ-grenoble-alpes.fr
URL:https://sfp-alpes.fr/event/cyril-bressy-aix-marseille-universite-institut-des-sciences-moleculaires-de-marseille-ism2/
LOCATION:DCM – Salle C209\, DCM - Bât Chimie Recherche 301 rue de la Chimie\, St Martin d'Hères\, 38400\, France
CATEGORIES:Séminaire
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20260623T110000
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DTSTAMP:20260326T142357Z
CREATED:20260326T142350Z
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UID:10000111-1782212400-1782216000@sfp-alpes.fr
SUMMARY:Lucas GOEHRING (Nottingham Trent University (UK))
DESCRIPTION:Structure formation in paints and coatings\nRésumé : \nPaints and coatings are typically a mix of small particles\, like pigments\, along with a polymer glue or binder. Similar products include inks\, varnishes\, cosmetics\, ceramics and even the lithium-ion battery electrodes that power modern electric vehicles. These materials are prepared as a liquid\, spread over a surface\, and dried.  As anyone who has painted a wall will know\, however\, this process can easily go wrong. Even a well-prepared paint can develop an undesirable skin and wrinkle\, crack\, or peel\, and these coatings can also visibly degrade over time. \nIn this talk I will go through the key stages of film formation\, or how a colloidal dispersion dries.  I will show how small angle scattering experiments (SANS/SAXS) helped to elucidate how the structure of the film changes during drying\, evolving from a dilute gas of particles\, into a transient gel where capillary pressures balance electrostatic repulsion\, to a final aggregated solid. I will then turn to look at how the insight gained has led to a better understanding of mechanical instabilities like fracture\, shear banding\, birefringence\, and peeling\, as well as revealing an unexpected route to colloidal crystallisation. \nFinally\, I will summarise our recent work using neutron scattering techniques to investigate blanching\, a degradation process that can cause a visible whitening in the traditional varnishes that are used as a protective outer coating on many historically and artistically important paintings. \nSpeaker’s website: https://www.ntu.ac.uk/staff-profiles/science-technology/lucas-goehring \n— \nOrsolya Czakkel (College 9 Secretary) \nExternal visitors may ask for a site access to tellier@ill.fr \nZoom link: https://ill.zoom.us/j/95581858117?pwd=hh9paEQj6BF8u9WYzfZkvZaGspe1i3.1  – Passcode: 078610 \n 
URL:https://sfp-alpes.fr/event/lucas-goehring-nottingham-trent-university-uk/
LOCATION:ILL – Salle de Séminaire (110-111)\, ILL 50 71 avenue des Martyrs\, Grenoble\, 38042\, France
CATEGORIES:Séminaire
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20260623T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20260623T160000
DTSTAMP:20260604T144948Z
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SUMMARY:Soutenance HDR de Damien CALISTE (CEA-Irig/MEM)
DESCRIPTION:Étude de mécanismes à l’échelle atomique pour les matériaux fonctionnels\, apports de la DFT comme un outils en évolution\nRésumé : \nThe purpose to use numerical tools is to treat problems where the analytical solutions are too complex or unknown. In the field of solid-state physics\, the advent of the Density Functional Theory (DFT) had a major impact on the studies of materials at the atomic scale. Its numerous implementations and ability to efficiently run on large computing infrastructures\, made it popular and it quickly became indispensable in both academic and industrial research\, enabling unprecedented insights into the electronic\, structural\, and chemical properties of complex systems. However\, the power of DFT is not solely derived from its theoretical foundations; it is equally dependent on the robustness\, efficiency\, and adaptability of the computational tools that implement it. ​ \nThis defense will deal with these two aspects: material science through DFT simulations\, and maintainance and development of large numerical infrastructures like a DFT code. ​ \nI will first address how atomistic-level simulations can be used to complement experimental characterisations\, through the example of the indirect role played by Se atoms in the efficiency improvement of CdTe solar panels. Revealing such mechanisms is important for material design\, driving material engineering by knowledge. ​ \nA second part will be dedicated to a broad overview on the physics description of a graphite electrode in a Li-ion battery. Starting from a fully charged anode\, and following the deintercalation process\, I will question what insights we can get from DFT calculations with the existing knowledge obtained from long-passed experiments as from more recent in-operando characterisation results. ​ \n​Studying the dilute regime in graphite intercalation will lead to open questions about the capability of numerical simulations to address cases where the strong interactions between the cations and the host material\, compete with the binding of the layers. To properly address such questions\, it is important to have available within DFT\, a level of theory capable of treating inhomogeneous systems made of places where covalent bonds are dominant while in other areas van der Waals interactions take the lead. These situations can be commonly found in several classes of materials\, from van der Waals heterostructures to hybrid perovskites when out-of-equilibrium processes take place\, with defect / impurity diffusion or phase / structural transitions. The recent developments of versatile meta-GGAs associated to dispersion corrections\, look promising and have demonstrated their ability to reproduce perfect van der Waals systems. Concurrently\, their usage are restricted to some codes\, hindered by the complexity in DFT implementations\, isolating the diffusion of new ideas. I believe that the advent of code generation through AI is a timely opportunity to help spreading state-of-the-art DFT developments. Such thoughts will be discussed in the last part of the defense.​ \n_ \nContact : alain.farchi@cea.fr
URL:https://sfp-alpes.fr/event/soutenance-hdr-de-damien-caliste-cea-irig-mem/
LOCATION:CEA\, entrée principale – Salle de soutenance (bâtiment A2)\, 17\, avenue des Martyrs\, Grenoble\, 38000\, France
CATEGORIES:Soutenance,Soutenance HDR
ORGANIZER;CN="IRIG - CEA":MAILTO:odile.rossignol@cea.fr
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20260623T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20260623T220000
DTSTAMP:20260612T085437Z
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UID:10000198-1782237600-1782252000@sfp-alpes.fr
SUMMARY:Editathon « Femmes & Ingéniosité » 2026
DESCRIPTION:Depuis 2017\, La Casemate\, centre de sciences de Grenoble et ses partenaires organisent un éditathon « Femmes & Sciences » sur des thèmes aussi variés que l’astronomie\, l’environnement ou les sciences de la Terre. \nLe 23 juin 2026\, venez participer au 9ème éditathon « Femmes & Sciences » de La Casemate\, une édition qui mettra en avant les femmes ingénieures et ingénieuses ! Cet événement est organisé à l’occasion des 25 ans de Wikipédia et de la Journée internationale des femmes ingénieures et en marge de l’exposition Batteries à La Casemate. \nEn savoir plus… \nInscription gratuite mais obligatoire
URL:https://sfp-alpes.fr/event/editathon-femmes-ingeniosite-2026/
LOCATION:La Casemate\, 2 Place Saint-Laurent\, Grenoble\, 38000\, France
CATEGORIES:Evènements
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20260624T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20260624T110000
DTSTAMP:20260618T125124Z
CREATED:20260618T125124Z
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SUMMARY:Mucio A. CONTINENTINO (Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas\, Rio de Janeiro\, Brazil)
DESCRIPTION:Dehybridization transition in multi-band systems: a renormalization group approach \nRésumé : \nIn strongly correlated multi-band systems\, such as transition metal intermetallics\, heavy fermions\, and Kondo insulators\, electron-electron interactions lead to the damping of electronic quasiparticles at finite temperatures. This phenomenon results in an effective dehybridization between the electrons in the large conduction band and those in the narrow\, correlated band. The dehybridization effect has been employed to explain the transport properties of intermetallics and the results of angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) experiments on heavy fermions at sufficiently high temperatures (1). Recent insights from the theory of non-Hermitian systems provide a novel perspective on this problem. In this work\, we adopt this viewpoint through a renormalization group (RG) approach. We derive RG equations for a one-dimensional two-band model to identify the exceptional points of this system and to characterize its topological properties in the presence of dissipation. Our findings reveal that for a non- trivial topological sp-chain\, dehybridization can be interpreted as a topological phase transition\, characterized by critical exponents that we calculate. By employing a parametrization of the self-energy in a strongly correlated system\, computed numerically\, we investigate the temperature dependence of the lifetime of heavy quasiparticles. From these results\, a characteristic temperature related to dehybridization emerges. We discuss whether this temperature represents a new energy scale or if it is associated with the Kondo or coherence temperatures in the phase diagram of heavy fermions [2].\n\nReferences\n1. C. Adriano\, F. Rodolakis\, P. F. S. Rosa\, F. Restrepo\, M. A. Continentino\, Z. Fisk\, J. C. Campuzano\, and P. G. Pagliuso\, Unveiling the hybridization gap in Ce2RhIn8 heavy fermion compound\, arXiv:1502.02544 [cond-mat.str-el]\, https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.1502.02544\n2. Dehybridization transition in Kondo insulators and heavy fermions\, arXiv:2505.04730. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2505.04730\n\n_\n\nContact : claudine.lacroix@neel.cnrs.fr \n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://sfp-alpes.fr/event/mucio-a-continentino-centro-brasileiro-de-pesquisas-fisicas-rio-de-janeiro-brazil/
LOCATION:CNRS – Salle Rémy Lemaire (K223)\, CNRS - Institut Néel 25 avenue des Martyrs\, Grenoble\, 38042\, France
CATEGORIES:Séminaire
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20260624T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20260624T120000
DTSTAMP:20260619T133132Z
CREATED:20260618T094702Z
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SUMMARY:Louisa CASTEL (LPMMC)
DESCRIPTION:Theoretical Study of Two Coupled 1D Exciton-Polariton Condensates\nRésumé : \nExciton-polaritons are elementary bosonic excitations formed in a semiconductor microcavity under incoherent optical pumping. Under certain conditions\, a gas of exciton polaritons can undergo a Bose-Einstein transition to form a non-equilibrium condensate\, whose statistical properties are very different from those of equilibrium condensates. In this work\, we explore analytically and numerically the physics of two tunnel-coupled one-dimensional exciton-polariton condensates. \n_ \nConctact : pierre.nataf@lpmmc.cnrs.fr
URL:https://sfp-alpes.fr/event/louisa-castel-lpmmc/
LOCATION:LPMMC – salle Roger Maynard (G421)\, CNRS - LPMMC 25 avenue des Martyrs\, Grenoble\, 38042\, France
CATEGORIES:Séminaire
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20260624T113000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20260624T123000
DTSTAMP:20260618T095054Z
CREATED:20260618T095054Z
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UID:10000201-1782300600-1782304200@sfp-alpes.fr
SUMMARY:Mathias GODEFROI (LPMMC)
DESCRIPTION:TITRE A VENIR\n_ \nContact : pierre.nataf@lpmmc.cnrs.fr
URL:https://sfp-alpes.fr/event/mathias-godefroi-lpmmc/
LOCATION:LPMMC – salle Roger Maynard (G421)\, CNRS - LPMMC 25 avenue des Martyrs\, Grenoble\, 38042\, France
CATEGORIES:Séminaire
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20260625T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20260625T140000
DTSTAMP:20260612T075402Z
CREATED:20260507T093855Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260612T075402Z
UID:10000148-1782392400-1782396000@sfp-alpes.fr
SUMMARY:Elodie LAINE (Sorbone Université)
DESCRIPTION:What evolution tells us about the impact of mutations — and how to scale it up\n_ \nContact : lucie.lamothe@univ-grenoble-alpes.fr
URL:https://sfp-alpes.fr/event/elodie-laine-sorbone-universite/
LOCATION:IMAG – Salle de Réunion\, 150 place du Torrent\, St Martin d’Hères\, 38400\, France
CATEGORIES:Séminaire
ORGANIZER;CN="TIMC - IMAG":MAILTO:lucie.lamothe@univ-grenoble-alpes.fr
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20260625T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20260625T150000
DTSTAMP:20260521T145948Z
CREATED:20260521T145948Z
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SUMMARY:Ismaele Vincent MASIELLO (TU WIEN\, Austria)
DESCRIPTION:Nonclassicality\, quasiprobabilities and weak values explored in neutron interferometry\nRésumé : \nThe violation of Bell inequalities has demonstrated that quantum mechanics exhibits features with no classical counterpart; however\, identifying the boundary between quantumness and classicality remains a nontrivial task. Quasiprobability representations and weak values are valuable tools for investigating these boundaries\, and their physical relevance has been confirmed across a range of impactful experiments. Several of these experiments have been implemented in neutron interferometry\, a platform that has historically played a central role in the study of foundational quantum mechanics and nonclassicality. Compared to typical photonic implementations\, it is less susceptible to classical reinterpretations\, as it involves a single massive particle in a superposition of two or three spatially separated paths. Moreover\, it offers several experimental advantages\, such as macroscopic beam separation\, individual control of the sub-beams\, and long interaction and coherence times at room temperature and ambient pressure. In this talk\, I will introduce weak values and quasiprobabilities as tools to investigate the quantum–classical boundary and present results obtained in neutron interferometry.\n_ \nHanno Filter (College 3 Secretary) \nExternal visitors may ask for a site access to tellier(at)ill.fr \nZoom link : https://ill.zoom.us/j/98964195699?pwd=vPhNT17CAeoDUr7QX4PjfyPnWsHuMU.1 – Password : SeminarC3 \n  \n 
URL:https://sfp-alpes.fr/event/ismaele-vincent-masiello-tu-wien-austria/
LOCATION:ILL – Salle de Séminaire (110-111)\, ILL 50 71 avenue des Martyrs\, Grenoble\, 38042\, France
CATEGORIES:Séminaire
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20260625T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20260625T150000
DTSTAMP:20260529T143015Z
CREATED:20260529T142941Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260529T143015Z
UID:10000172-1782396000-1782399600@sfp-alpes.fr
SUMMARY:Benjamin BACQ-LABREUIL (IPCMS\, Université Strasbourg)
DESCRIPTION:The Role of the Apical Oxygen in Cuprate High-Temperature Superconductors\nRésumé : \nScanning tunneling microscopy measurements exploiting the natural superstructure modulation of the cuprate superconductor Bi$_2$Sr$_2$CaCu$_2$O$_{8+x}$ (Bi-2212) have revealed a possible correlation between the Cu-apical-O distance and the superconducting order parameter\, as reported recently by O’Mahony et al. [1]. These observations were interpreted as evidence for a direct link between superconductivity and the charge-transfer gap\, and more broadly revived the long-standing question of the role of apical oxygens in cuprate superconductivity. In this talk\, I will discuss the impact of apical oxygen displacement on the superconducting properties of Bi$_2$Sr$_2$CuO$_{6+x}$\, Bi-2212\, and HgBa$_2$CuO$_{4+x}$ [2]\, leveraging a recently developed first-principles framework for high-temperature superconductors [3]. The quantitative agreement between our calculations and experiments allows us to unambiguously attribute the observed variations of superconducting order parameter to changes in the apical distance. We demonstrate\, however\, that the latter controls the former predominantly via the effective hole-doping of the CuO$_2$ planes\, with negligible effect on the charge-transfer gap. The modest magnitude of the order parameter modulation induced by apical-oxygen displacement alone therefore warrants caution in interpreting correlations between $T_c$ and the apical distance inferred from comparisons across different cuprate compounds. \n[1] O’Mahony\, et al.\, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 119\, e2207449119 (2022) \n[2] S. Vadnais\, et al.\, arXiv:2601.16017 (2026) \n[3] B. Bacq-Labreuil\, et al.\, Phys. Rev. X 15\, 021071 (2025) \n_ \nContact : florence.levy-bertrand@neel.cnrs.fr 
URL:https://sfp-alpes.fr/event/benjamin-bacq_labreuil-ipcms-universite-strasbourg/
LOCATION:CNRS – Salle Rémy Lemaire (K223)\, CNRS - Institut Néel 25 avenue des Martyrs\, Grenoble\, 38042\, France
CATEGORIES:Séminaire
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20260626T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20260626T120000
DTSTAMP:20260604T145405Z
CREATED:20260604T145405Z
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SUMMARY:Christophe MASSELON (CEA-Irig/BGE) et Vincent AGACHE (CEA-Leti/DTIS)
DESCRIPTION:Sensing Mass at the Nanoscale : Suspended Nanochannel Resonators and NEMS-MS for Biology\nRésumé : \n\nDetermining the mass of biological nanoparticles opens new avenues for characterizing biological systems at their own scale. In this joint seminar\, researchers from LETI and IRIG will present two complementary nanoresonator platforms : Suspended Nanochannel Resonators (SNR)\, which operate in solution\, and Nanoelectromechanical Mass Spectrometry (NEMS-MS)\, which operates in the gas phase. Together\, these technologies cover a range of biological particles\, from lipid nanoparticles and extracellular vesicles to viral particles. Beyond the technical principles underlying each platform\, selected applications will illustrate the potential of these approaches for the characterization of biological samples.​​​​​\n​\n\n\n\nLes séminaires et soutenances sont ouverts à tous\, notez toutefois que l’accès au campus EPN nécessite un avis de rendez-vous. Merci de remplir ce formulaire  et de l’adresser\, plus de 48h à l’avance\, à ce contact.\nPensez à vous munir d’une pièce d’identité le jour de votre visite.
URL:https://sfp-alpes.fr/event/christophe-masselon-cea-irig-bge-et-vincent-agache-cea-leti-dtis/
LOCATION:IBS – Salle des séminaires\, IBS 71 avenue des Martyrs\, Grenoble\, 38042\, France
CATEGORIES:Séminaire
ORGANIZER;CN="IRIG - CEA":MAILTO:odile.rossignol@cea.fr
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SUMMARY:Rémi AVRILLER
DESCRIPTION:Resonance energy transfer in molecular aggregates : a stochastic approach\nLe séminaire théorie est financé par la fédération de recherche Quantalps. \nRésumé : \nWe investigate theoretically how energy dissipates and migrates from one place to another in complex and bi-dimensional molecular aggregates. In this context\, a key role is played by resonance electronic energy transfer (RET) processes [1] through which an excitation initially stored onto a donor molecule (D) can be transferred to an acceptor molecule (A). Despite its long history\, the mechanism of RET is still not completely understood and is the object of intense research activities and debates [2].\nIn this presentation\, we address the question of how to describe collective and non-equilibrium effects in RET processes after all the donor molecules have been excited by a pump laser (see Fig). We predict that\, due to the dimensionality of the network\, the effective rate of RET scales as ^{\alpha}\, with the average distance between individual excited donors and their nearest-neighbor acceptor molecules\, and \alpha \in [-6\, -2] an exponent depending on the spatial distribution of molecular pairs in the 2D sample [3]. We show departures from this mean-field description arising from fluctuations and spatial correlations between several molecules involved in the RET process.\nThe relevance of such stochastic approaches is further investigated in order to capture the essential features of more recent experiments related to energy transfer in optical cavities [4]. In the latter case\, we show as preliminary results that the interaction between pairs of molecules inside cavity can be highly modified with consequences on the kinetics of RET processes inside cavity [5]. \nReferences :\n[1] T. Förster. “Transfer mechanisms of electronic excitation energy” (1960). \n[2] S. Jang\, M. D. Newton\, and R. J. Silbey. Phys. Rev. Lett. 92\, 218301 (2004). \n[3] R. Avriller\, A. Marché\, and G. Jonusauskas\, Phys. Rev. B 108\, 205419 (2023). \n[4] X. Zhong et al.\, Angewandte Chemie International Edition\, 56(31)\, 9034-9038 (2017). \n[5] K. Wu\, D. Hagenmüller et R. Avriller\, in preparation (2026). \n_ \nContact : jeanne.colbois@neel.cnrs.fr
URL:https://sfp-alpes.fr/event/remi-avriller/
LOCATION:LPMMC – salle Roger Maynard (G421)\, CNRS - LPMMC 25 avenue des Martyrs\, Grenoble\, 38042\, France
CATEGORIES:Séminaire
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DTSTAMP:20260529T140307Z
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SUMMARY:Soutenance de Thèse de Henri GRÖGER (Irig/IBS)
DESCRIPTION:Structural and functional characterisation of the vaccinia virus PLD- fold endonuclease K4\, telomere-binding protein i1 and the DNA polymerase complex E9A20D4\nRésumé : \n\nPoxviruses\, such as the vaccinia virus (VACV) and the monkeypox virus\, are large\, enveloped dsDNA viruses from the orthopoxvirus genus that replicate entirely within the host cytoplasm. The 2022 and 2024 outbreaks of mpox\, caused by clade IIb and Ib\, respectively\, have revealed the lack of efficient antivirals and underlined the urgency of understanding poxvirus biology. The poxvirus genome is flanked by short\, inverted complementary hairpin telomeres that feature mismatched bases and insertions essential for viral replication. ​\n​\nThis thesis presents the structural and functional characterisation of three proteins central to poxvirus DNA metabolism : the E9A20D4 DNA polymerase holoenzyme\, and two telomere-interacting proteins\, the PLD-fold nuclease K4 and I1. The project initially focused on the VACV polymerase holoenzyme\, but was reoriented towards the telomere-interacting proteins following the publication of numerous competing mpox polymerase structures. ​\n​\nHaving established that VACV polymerase activity requires K+ and is inhibited by Na+\, I undertook a structure determination of the E9A20D4 polymerase holoenzyme bound to template DNA\, primer and incoming nucleotide in the presence of K+\, using single-particle cryogenic electron microscopy (cryo-EM). I obtained both the structure of the complex E9exo−A20D4 as well as the structure of E9exo− alone bound to the primer-template DNA. The structures in the presence of K+ appear identical to published structures in the presence of Na+. However\, I identified an ion binding site in the exonuclease domain of E9. The thumb domain is disordered in the DNA-free structure\, partially disordered in DNA-bound E9 and ordered in the holoenzyme-DNA complex. SAXS data indicate conformational flexibility\, with more open conformations of E9A20D4 lacking an E9-D4 interface\, while mass photometry reveals partial dissociation of E9A20D4 at low concentrations\, even in the presence of substrate. ​\n​\nUsing cryo-EM\, I report the first structures of K4 in both apo and DNA-bound states\, revealing that the active site is occluded by an orthopoxvirus-specific C-terminal extension of the PLD fold that is displaced upon DNA binding. Biochemical characterisation demonstrates that K4 functions as a DNA-specific endonuclease with a preference for single-stranded DNA and hairpin loops. ​\n​\nI also report the first cryo-EM structure of I1 bound to DNA. I1 is known to bind to viral telomeres and is essential for virion maturation. Cryo-EM data showed the presence of dimers where the head domains 2 and 3 of I1 interact with the DNA duplex through electrostatic interactions\, while the N-terminal domain predicted to be α-helical remains disordered. In solution\, isolated I1 or I1 bound to DNA forms higher-order assemblies\, predominantly tetramers\, but also octamers. ​\n​\n​ Altogether\, these findings substantially advance the molecular understanding of poxvirus biology\, providing a foundation for future mechanistic studies and the rational development of antiviral strategies against emerging orthopoxvirus infections.\n​​\n\n\nLes séminaires et soutenances sont ouverts à tous\, notez toutefois que l’accès au campus EPN nécessite un avis de rendez-vous. Merci de remplir ce formulaire  et de l’adresser\, plus de 48h à l’avance\, à ibs.seminaires@ibs.fr. Pensez à vous munir d’une pièce d’identité le jour de votre visite.\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://sfp-alpes.fr/event/soutenance-de-these-de-henri-groger-irig-ibs/
LOCATION:Salle des séminaires du CIBB\, EPN Campus - 71 avenue des Martyrs\, Grenoble\, 38000\, France
CATEGORIES:Soutenance,Soutenance de Thèse
ORGANIZER;CN="IRIG - CEA":MAILTO:odile.rossignol@cea.fr
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DTSTAMP:20260604T134030Z
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SUMMARY:Dario DAGHERO (Department of Applied Science and Technology\, Politecnico di Torino)
DESCRIPTION:Point Contact Andreev-Reflection Spectroscopy : mechanisms\, models and examples\nRésumé : \nPoint-contact spectroscopy [1] in superconductors\, also known as point-contact Andreev-Reflection spectroscopy (PCARS) is a simple but powerful and versatile technique that allows a direct determination of the number\, the amplitude and the symmetry of the energy gap(s) in superconducting materials [2\,3]. The technique is rather simple in principle\, i.e. it just consists in creating a small (point-like) contact between a normal metal and a superconductor\, and to measure its differential conductance as a function of the bias voltage across the junction. However\, there are several complications that make this simple recipe fairly difficult to realize in practice. First of all\, the contact must be in the spectroscopic regime [1\,2\,3]\, i.e. electrons from the normal metal must be injected in the superconductor with an excess energy that coincides with eV\, V being the bias voltage. Hence\, they must not lose energy in the banks and in the contact itself. The ideal condition is that of ballistic conduction through the N/S interface\, which ensures no Joule effect and requires in turns that the contact size is smaller than both the coherence length and the electronic mean free path in the superconductor.\nWhen these conditions are met\, the conduction through the contact is dominated by Andreev reflection\, a quantum phenomenon that is responsible for the conversion of the normal current into supercurrent\, and occurs in a specific range of voltages (electron energies) set by the amplitude of the superconducting gap. Several models have been proposed to describe the phenomenon and are currently used to extract information on the amplitude and symmetry of the order parameter from the spectra. The simplest one [4] was only suited for superconductors with an isotropic (s-wave) gap\, but has been successfully generalized to the case of layered materials with anisotropic gaps\, like cuprates [5\,6] or strontium ruthenate [7]) and finally to the 3D case\, while taking into account the shape of the actual Fermi surface [3]. The latter generalization allows calculating the point-contact spectrum for any symmetry of the order parameter\, including exotic ones with horizontal node lines.\nAfter discussing these general aspects\, I will briefly describe the application of the technique to some example materials\, from the conventional multiband superconductors MgB2 [8] to unconventional ones like Pu-based heavy fermion compounds [9] or Fe-based compounds [3]\, to transition-metal dichalcogenides [10]. \nReferences\n1. Y. G. Naidyuk and I. K. Yanson\, Point-Contact Spectroscopy\, Springer Series in Solid-State Sciences\, Vol. 145 (Springer\, 2004).\n2. D. Daghero and R.S. Gonnelli\, Supercond. Sci. Technol. 23\, 043001 (2010).\n3. D. Daghero et al.\, Rep. Prog. Phys. 74\, 124509 (2011).\n4. G. E. Blonder\, M. Tinkham and T. M. Klapwijk\, Phys. Rev. B 25\, 4515 (1982)\n5. Y. Tanaka and S. Kashiwaya\, Phys. Rev. Lett. 74\, 3451 (1995)\n6. S. Kashiwaya and Y. Tanaka\, Rep. Prog. Phys. 63\, 1641 (2000).\n7. M. Yamashiro\, Y. Tanaka\, and S. Kashiwaya\, Phys. Rev. B 56\, 7847 (1997)\n8. R. S. Gonnelli et al.\, Phys Rev. Lett. 89\, 247004 (2002)\n9. D. Daghero et al.\, Nature Communications 3\, 786 (2012)\n10. E. Piatti et al.\, Materials Today Physics 59 (2025) 101883 \n_ \nContact : matteo.dastuto@neel.cnrs.fr
URL:https://sfp-alpes.fr/event/dario-daghero-department-of-applied-science-and-technology-politecnico-di-torino/
LOCATION:CNRS – Salle Louis Weil (E424)\, CNRS - Institut Néel 25 avenue des Martyrs\, Grenoble\, 38042\, France
CATEGORIES:Séminaire
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20260630T103000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20260630T113000
DTSTAMP:20260326T145855Z
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SUMMARY:Carlotta PORZIO (CERN\, Switzerland)
DESCRIPTION:Experimental activities at the ISOLDE-CERN facility\nRésumé : \nThe ISOLDE factily at CERN is one of the world-leading laboratories for the production of radioactive ion beams (RIBs) with the ISOL (Isotope Separation On-Line) method. More than 1000 isotopes of over 70 chemical elements have been produced via the interaction of a 1.4 GeV proton beam with a variety of target materials. After ionization and mass separation\, the beams can be delivered at low energy or post-accelerated up to about 10 MeV/u using the HIE-ISOLDE linear accelerator. The facility supports a broad scientific program\, spanning nuclear structure studies\, nuclear astrophysics\, materials science\, life sciences\, and investigations of fundamental interactions. \nAmong the experimental setups available at HIE-ISOLDE\, the Miniball gamma-ray spectrometer is employed to investigate both collective and single-particle properties of exotic nuclei. Combined with the post-accelerated radioactive ion beams\, Miniball enables nuclear structure studies via Coulomb excitation and nucleon-transfer reactions. \nThis seminar will provide an introduction to the ISOLDE facility and the ISOL RIB production method\, and an overview of experimental setups and techniques\, with a focus on the Miniball spectrometer. \n— \nHanno Filter (College 3 Secretary \nExternal visitors may ask for a site access to tellier@ill.fr \n 
URL:https://sfp-alpes.fr/event/carlotta-porzio-cern-switzerland/
LOCATION:ILL – Salle de Séminaire (110-111)\, ILL 50 71 avenue des Martyrs\, Grenoble\, 38042\, France
CATEGORIES:Séminaire
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