Originally, a Génopole was created in 2002 under the name of "OUEST-genopole" by 11 founding members. Today, the network brings together, in the two regions of Bretagne and Pays de la Loire, 37 core facilities supervised by research organizations and universities, as well as associated organizations (university hospitals, grandes écoles, etc.).
Its research themes cover life and environmental sciences in four areas: Sea, Agronomy, Health and Data Science.
The network
The network aims to coordinate equipment and human resources at the interregional level, to contribute to the development of core facility technologies and to support research. Its bodies, made up of scientists and representatives of GIS members, annually coordinate requests for funding for equipment and human resources from the core facilities thanks to annual interregional funding of around 2 million euros.
Biogenouest benefits from the support of the Regional Councils of Bretagne and Pays de la Loire, the GIS IBiSA and its 12 signatory members.
Partners
Biogenouest is a Scientific Interest Group (GIS) made up of 12 signatory members: Anses, CNRS, lfremer, INRAE, Inria, Inserm, Nantes University, Oniris, Université d'Angers, Université Bretagne Ouest, University of South Bretagne, and Université Rennes.
Biogenouest is also supported by the Bretagne and Pays de la Loire Regions, and the GIS IBiSA.
Biogenouest has also been supported, since its foundation, by Biotech Santé Bretagne, a health and biotechnology innovation center in Bretagne and the Breton branch of the Atlanpole Biotherapies competitiveness cluster.
Team and governance
Five bodies ensure the daily operation of the network:
- The grouping council defines Biogenouest's strategy, ensures the consistency of the actions implemented and approves Biogenouest's program of activities. Its president is elected for one year, with alternation between all signatory members (major research organizations and universities).
- The Scientific Council of Biogenouest is responsible for the scientific coordination of the network. It supports its scientific policy (integration of new core facilities, monitoring of technological axes and requests for support addressed to the Regions), its long-term orientations and the selection of unifying projects.
- The core facilities Committee has the role of promoting the pooling and coordination of the activities of the different core facilities (organization/management, scientific animation, training, quality approach, monitoring indicators, etc.).
- The Steering Committee ensures the implementation of decisions, monitoring of the animation of the GIS and its various bodies and monitoring of the procedure for funding requests from the Regions. Its members are: the director of the GIS, the two deputy directors for each of the regions, the person responsible for coordinating the core facilities, and the president and vice-president of the Scientific Council.
- The Animation Unit is responsible for the animation, coordination, promotion and communication of the network and its core facilities. With the director of the GIS, it is made up of 4 people responsible for the coordination of the core facilities, scientific animation, promotion and communication, administrative and financial management, and Quality animation.
Sophie CONCHON
Deputy Director, Pays de la Loire
Steering Committee
Frederic PARTENSKY
Deputy Director, Bretagne
Steering Committee
Remy PEDEUX
Vice-President of the Scientific Council
Steering Committee
Jocelyne LE SEYEC
Scientific animation and coordination of core facilities
Bénédicte MARTIN
Scientific animation, promotion and communication
Tiphaine OF THE SADDLE
Administrative and financial management
Anne COMPTE
Animation Quality
Steering Committee / Animation Unit
Animation cell
Animation cell
Animation cell
Our goals
Supported by its 12 signatory members, the GIS IBiSA and the Bretagne and Pays de la Loire Regions, Biogenouest acts collectively, in particular to:
- Fosteremergence and maintenance of efficient technological core facilities serving the interregional scientific community of life and environmental sciences, in particular by ensuring coordinated development of core facilities or by proposing the grouping of certain core facilities working in the same field.
- Optimize the use and sharing opportunities, amenities and resources.
- Contribute to animation and promotion actions for network core facilities.
- Develop the quality management, or any other initiative that it would seem appropriate to pool.
- Contribute to the training on innovative technologies.