Agathe Figarol

Agathe Figarol received her PhD in 2014 from the Ecole des Mines de St-Etienne for her work on the link between the toxicity and the physicochemical properties of carbon nanotubes. After a year as a regulatory toxicologist, she worked as a post-doctoral researcher, first at the Paul Sabatier University in Toulouse on the transport of polymeric nanocarriers through the endothelium into tumours, then in Osaka University on a 3D in vitro blood-brain barrier model. In 2020, she was a temporary lecturer at the Jean Lamour Institute and the Nancy Faculty of Pharmacy.

Since 2021, Agathe Figarol has joined the BioInterfaces aNd Devices group, in the MN2S department. She aims to develop instrumentalized organ-on-chip models to assess the biological response of healthy and tumoral vascularized tissues - with a focus on the brain microvasculature and glioblastoma - to innovative drugs such as nanocarriers.

In parallel, she teaches at the ISIFC school of engineering. On the first year, she comes back to the fundamentals in biochemistry. After a short discovery of engineering in biology in the second year, students can choose the bioengineering option in third year, for which Agathe Figarol is responsible, with courses focusing on biomaterials and nanobiotechnologies.

Website: https://agathe-figarol.jimdosite.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/agathe-figarol-05209769/
Researchgate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Agathe_Figarol