Clinatec
| Established | 2011 |
|---|---|
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Field of research
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Biomedical |
| President | Alim Louis Benabid |
| Director | Stéphan Charbades (medical director) |
| Staff | 100 |
| Location |
Grenoble, France 45°11′33″N 5°42′29″E / 45.19250°N 5.70806°E |
| Affiliations | CEA, CHU Grenoble Alpes |
| Website | http://www.clinatec.fr/en/ |
Clinatec is a biomedical research center based at the Polygone Scientifique in Grenoble. Doctors, biologists and experts work side-by-side at the 6,000 m² facility. Around a hundred researchers and employees work at the center. When it opened at the end of 2011, it was hailed as the first center of its kind in the world. With six hospital rooms, cutting-edge medical imaging equipment and an operating suite, Clinatec was developed by the Research Division of the CEA (French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission), Grenoble-Alpes University Hospital (CHU), Inserm and Grenoble-Alpes University. The primary focus is on cancer,neurodegenerative diseases and disability.
Professor Alim Louis Benabid and Jean Therme first met back in 2006.
Alim Louis Benabid is a neurosurgeon. Together with Professor Pierre Pollak, he developed a new treatment for Parkinson's disease, deep brain stimulation. His work received recognition in 2014 with the Lasker Award and in 2016 with the European Inventor Award.
Jean Therme is Director of Technological Research at CEA Grenoble. He has worked tirelessly to make Grenoble a key center of expertise in electronics and , and to encourage close collaboration between the worlds of research and industry.
Both men were convinced that millions of lives could be transformed by merging medical research and technology R&D. They agreed that the way to achieve this would be to bring together doctors, researchers, biologists, engineers, robotics engineers, mathematicians and knowledge engineers to work at a single site.
In 2010–11, the 6,000 m² building was built and equipped.
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