Internship Scholarships
Medical Device Engineering
Call for project
As we have launched a call for project in September, we have funded the following projects:
2024
Enkhmaa MUNKHSAIKHAN, graduated from a Bachelor of Engineering, Nano science and Engineering at the National University of Mongolia. She is currently enrolled in a Master in Nanochemistry at Université Grenoble Alpes.
She obtained several prizes:
Second Place, Technology in the Advancement of Science (2022)
Best Poster Award, First International Conference of Natural and Biological Resources Technologies in Mongolia (2022)
Third Place, Khureltogoot (2022)
Her medical device research interests revolve around nanoparticles.
– Internship topic: Gold based nanoparticles for photo induced hyperthermia on pancreatic tumor environment to facilitate the penetration of anti-cancer agents.
– Supervisor: Virginie MONNIER, Associate Professor from Ecole Centrale de Lyon, INL
– Aim of the internship: this M2 internship concerned the therapy of pancreatic cancer which is a challenge for oncologists because of the weak efficacy of chemotherapy. It is mainly due to the limited diffusion of drugs towards the tumor, because of the particularly dense tumor microenvironment. Gold-based nanoparticles were used to generate a photothermal effect in order to weaken the pancreatic tumor environment and to facilitate the penetration of anti-cancer agents.
Elvy Greg Bienvenu KEBILA MOUTSINGA, graduated from a Master 2 Cancer of Bioengineering at the University Claude Bernard Lyon 1.
His medical device research interests revolve around nanotechnology
– Internship topic: use of an electro-deformation platform to obtain the mechanical signature of commercial AML cells in relation to their resistance to treatment.
– Supervisor: Magalie Faivre, CNRS Researcher at the Institut des Nanotechnologies de Lyon
– Aim of the internship: acute myeloid leukemia (AML) develops in the bone marrow from stem cells in particular, which are transformed into leukemic cells that proliferate and cause the production of normal hematopoietic cells to dry up. The cellular transition towards a leukemic phenotype of stem cells is accompanied by various mechanical modifications of the tumor environment, which can in return affect the intrinsic cellular rigidity of leukemia cells through a reciprocal mechanical response. This internship aims to evaluate the use of an electro-deformation platform to obtain the mechanical signature of commercial AML cells in relation to their resistance to treatment, with a much higher throughput than conventional methods.
Rémi BADEL, graduated from a master’s degree in computer science (Advanced Computing and Applications) at the University of Franche-Comté. He graduated from a master’s degree in Computer Science (Advanced Computing and Applications) at the Université of Franche-Comté.
His medical device research interests revolve around Medical Imaging.
– Internship topic: Removal of ultrasound artefacts using neural networks
– Supervisor: Fabien MILLIOZ, Associate Professor at the CREATIS laboratory
– The aim of this internship is twofold: first, used an existing simulator to create ultrasound images of better quality than one cat obtain with physical probes,
and simulated the associated ultrasound signal obtain with a realistic probe;
second, trained a neural network to reconstruct the better-than-physics ultrasound images from the realistic simulated acquisitions, in order to remove some artifacts automatically, and improved global quality of the acquisitions.
Loic DEMORE, graduated from a Biomedical Engineering master’s degree at the INP Phelma Grenoble.
His medical device research interests revolve around Medical Imaging.
– Internship topic: Development of Advanced MRI Techniques for the Longitudinal Study of Multiple Sclerosis
– Supervisor: Carole FRINDEL, Associate Professor at INSA Lyon
– Aim of the internship: developed a new MRI imaging technique to identify areas of the brain affected by oxygen deficiency during stroke, inspired by methods used in positron emission tomography. The aim was to create a machine-learning model that shows areas of the brain where oxygen metabolism was reduced (“metabolic penumbra”), using specific maps derived from T2* perfusion MRI. This new model was then compared with current MRI methods used in clinical routine
2023
Yosra CHRIGUI, graduated from a Master professionnel en Métrologie et Ingénierie de la Qualité in 2023 at the Institut National des Sciences Appliquées et de Technologies. She graduated from the Master in Medical Device Engineering in 2024 at Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1.
Her medical device research interests revolve around biosensors.
– Internship topic: development of a biosensor to test breast cancer’s saliva: medical application
– Supervisor: Abdelhamid ERRACHID EL SALHI, Professor at the Institut des Sciences Analytiques
– Aim of the internship: produce a handy and easy to use medical application. This new method of cancer detection consists in developing an electrochemical biosensor able to detect breast cancer thanks to salivary biomarkers.
