The Laboratory Colloïdes et Matériaux Divisés from Ecole Supérieure de Physique et Chimie Industrielles of Paris, born in 2001 and located in the latin quarter on Montagne saint Geneviève, is integrated in the large scientific cluster in the heart of Paris. This laboratory has built its research starting from the physics and the chemistry of colloids and their interfaces. In this way, emulsion science has been revisited with modern tools such as microfluidic technology. Magnetic colloids have been the subject of numerous research work that shed new light on their physical properties and their unique application in biotechnology and biophysics. Today, the lab discovers, invents and innovates at the intersections of disciplines between chemistry, physics and biology. It creates novel approaches and new materials for biology, revisits and upgrades old processes of material manufacturing and is fascinated as much by the research and development that emanate from its spin off.