Nicolas studied electrical engineering at the University of Bordeaux (France) first and then started research in microtechnology in LIMMS (CNRS/University of Tokyo joint laboratory, Japan) and in FEMTO-ST (CNRS/University of Franche-Comté, France). He obtained his Ph.D. degree for his work on the modelling and the control of MEMS tweezers for characterizations of bioreactions on DNA molecules, in 2012. He continued working at University of Tokyo, in microtechnology for the design of MEMS fabricated in IC-compatible technology (with Stanley Electric Co. Ltd. until 2014) and for the development of MEMS mirror for new tunable laser and medical OCT applications (with Santec Corp. until 2017). He joined in 2018 Fluigent (Paris, France) and the H2020 European project HoliFAB which deals with the industrialization of microfluidic technologies.

Title presentation: “Holistic approach for microfluidic system prototyping and production”

Speaking points summary:

1. Holistic approach of microfluidic
2. Pilot lines for microfluidic system production
   • Microfluidic chips by 3D printing
   • Microfluidic chips by injection moulding
   • Instruments integration and production
3. HoliFAB final demonstrators
   • Clinical applications
   • Biology research applications
   • Environmental applications
4. Industrialization perspectives towards November 2020