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CEA initiates the first French nanobiotech cluster in Grenoble
Grenoble, France | September 27, 2005
CEA (French Atomic Energy Commission) the major European
Technological Research Organisation, announces the creation of the
first French nanobiotechnology cluster. The official launch was made
on September 9th with the signature of a real estate operation
dedicated to host new equipments and research teams in Grenoble
close to the Minatec facilities.

The new cluster, called NanoBio, gathers three research partners:
University Joseph Fourier, Hospital of La Tronche and CEA. A first
phase is going to be funded by local authorities (Metropolitan Area
of Grenoble, Rhone-Alpes Region, Isere Department and City of
Grenoble) for a total amount of 23,5 M€. NanoBio will bring together
engineers, physicists, chemists, biologists and medical doctors to
develop new miniaturised tools for biological and medicine
applications: biochips, lab-on-chips, biosensors… These tools will
be used for medical diagnosis, food safety control, environmental
monitoring, etc.

The aim of NanoBio is to foster the technological and economical
development in the bioengineering field, taking advantage of the
CEA's 10-years experience in biochips and bioMEMS research. NanoBio
is created in synergy with Minatec, the 1st European innovation
Centre for micro and nanotechnology. It will also work in deep
connection with Lyon Biopole, a major biotech cluster dedicated to
diagnosis and vaccines.

Instigator of both Minatec and NanoBio projects, the CEA is
internationally acknowledged for its research in micro and
nanotechnologies for life sciences. LETI (Laboratory of Electronics
and Information Technologies) has dedicated a full department (120
persons) to micro and nanotechnologies for biology and healthcare,
and conducts research projects aimed at technology transfer.

Since 2004, the CEA leads the Nano2Life European network of
excellence, gathering 23 partners in 12 countries and more than 200
scientists. Supported by the European Commission, Nano2Life is
intended to establish the first steps towards an European Institute
of Nanobiotechnology.

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About CEA Leti:
The CEA plays a major role in research, development and innovation
in three main fields: energy, information and healthcare
technologies, and defence. Set up on 9 centres located all over
France, the CEA benefits from a strong regional insertion and solid
partnerships with other research organisations, local authorities
and universities.

A laboratory of the CEA in Grenoble, the Laboratory of electronics
and information technologies (Leti) is at the leading edge of
European research on microelectronics and micro-nanotechnologies. It
employs more than 900 people. With its 110 patents filed per year
and its twenty-eight start-ups created or in the course of creation,
it is one of the major partners of the industrial world.

For more information, please visit www.cea.fr/gb/index.asp

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