Régis Peytavi

TL;DR: Small molecule-modified superparamagnetic nanoparticles developed and employed in magnetic confinement assays to isolate a variety of Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria from aqueous solution determined that the orientation/architecture of vancomycin on the surface of the nanoparticles and the overall surface coverage is critical in mediating fast and effective interactions between the nanoparticle and the pathogen cell wall surface.

TL;DR: A novel serial siphon valve is introduced that relies on multiple, inline siphons to provide for a better controlled, sequential release of fluids, and is shown to be robust and reproducible.

TL;DR: The platform was found to be as efficient as in-tube bead-beating lysis and homogenization for nucleic acid extraction, and capable of processing 4 samples in batch to near PCR-ready products in under 6 min.

TL;DR: This removable microfluidic system for performing microarray hybridization on glass slides is promising for molecular diagnostics and gene profiling and did not require any purification of target nucleic acids.

TL;DR: The microarrays were useful in the study of resistant parasites to pinpoint several genes linked to drug resistance, including the amplification of the S-adenosyl homocysteine hydrolase gene (SAHH).