COGNET RESEARCH - NanoBiophotonics
Laurent COGNET, Research Director & Principal Investigator at CNRS
​Institute of optics - University of Bordeaux, France



​Our interdisciplinary research in nano-biophotonics is motivated by a double aim: understanding light/matter interactions in individual nanoscale objects & developing single-molecule imaging approaches for answering key biological questions.
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Our current projects focus on single-wall carbon nanotube optics, super-resolution microscopy, single particle tracking strategies, quantitative phase imaging, developments of optical nanoprobes for high-contrast imaging, and several applications of these approaches to biology, with a strong interest to neuroscience where nanoscale imaging provides unprecedented tools to study the complex architecture of the brain (extracellular space, receptor nano-organization...)

Post-doc and PhD positions available. Please send CV and motivation letter to LC

  • Single-Molecule/particle Tracking
  • Super-resolution Localization Microscopy
  • Imaging & Exciton Spectroscopy of individual single wall carbon nanotubes.
  • Quantitative Phase Imaging
  • Photothermal Microscopy (metallic nanoparticles, semiconductor nanocristals, single-wall carbon nanotubes...)
  • Novel Single-Molecule Nanoprobes
  • Biophotonics - Neurophotonics
Latest news
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10/01/2018:  Welcome to Etienne joining us as CNRS researcher!
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09/28/2018:  New publication in Neuron with the Groc's lab now online.
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07/01/2018:  Welcome to Antony who joined our team as a postdoctoral fellow
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06/12/2018:  Congratulations to Noémie:  Paper just accepted in ACS Nano  
Ultrashort Nanotubes that fluoresce! A nice collaboration with YuHuang Wang's group and Steve Doorn. 
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06/05/2018:  Congratulations to Pierre for the nice cover art of Nature Methods June issue:  
​"Solving the molecular Rubik’s cube with SELFI."

04/30/2018: Our SELFI paper in Nature Methods is online. Congrats to Pierre & Jeanne!

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