Aix-Marseille University (AMU) welcomes the Canceropole within the CISAM to contribute to the dynamics deployed within an entire ecosystem for innovation and the development of research in the region.
This merger will provide a qualitative addition to the panel of organizations already in place, and thus give the Cité de l'Innovation et des Savoirs Aix-Marseille additional expertise. Indeed, the CISAM project is intended to be a public/private collaborative space in the fields of innovation and aims to become the territory's one-stop shop for industry with all the players in innovation and public research.
This partnership was created at the same time as the CISAM+ project, championed by Aix-Marseille University (AMU) and its partners in the A*Midex university foundation, was awarded €40 million by the French National Research Agency in the "ExcellencEs" call for projects under PIA 4. The CISAM model will be deployed (starting in September 2022) in seven university branches around three main themes, including health technologies.
As a regional coordination structure for cancer research, the Canceropôle defines itself as "the regional driving force for cancer research and innovation". By integrating the CISAM partners' cluster, the objective is clearly defined: to improve synergies, increase visibility by jointly organizing events, better coordinate support and optimize academic/industrial collaborations in order to provide optimum support to research teams and projects with high development potential in the SOUTH region.
"The Cité de l'Innovation et des Savoirs Aix-Marseille is a unique space in our region, with major ambitions that the Canceropole fully supports. Ambitions
tenfold with the new CISAM+ project. We are therefore very happy to join this stimulating ecosystem and to be part of the Canceropole's dynamic. We will be contributing our expertise in cancer research and our know-how in terms of support for development. Clara Ducord, Director of the Canceropôle Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
"The arrival of the Canceropôle Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur at the Cité de l'Innovation et des Savoirs Aix Marseille reinforces an existing dynamic with this ecosystem player. Its expertise in the field of cancer research and its know-how in terms of
Its expertise in the field of cancer and its know-how in terms of support for the development of research will provide a strong complementarity with the other structures already present in the AMU area. Charlie Barla, Director of CISAM, AMU.
- About the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Canceropole
A public interest grouping accredited by the French National Cancer Institute and supported by the South Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, the Canceropôle brings together the region's major universities (Aix-Marseille, Université Côte d'Azur), university hospitals (APHM, CHU de Nice), the two cancer centers (Paoli-Calmettes in Marseille and Antoine Lacassagne in Nice), public research organizations (CNRS, Inserm), and a broad network of institutions, associations and organizations.
institutional, associative and industrial network. Within this community, the mission of the
Canceropôle's mission is to drive cancer research and innovation, from fundamental discoveries
therapeutic applications for the benefit of patients.
For more information: https://canceropole-paca.com/
- About the Cité de l'Innovation et des Savoirs Aix Marseille
A unique space for entrepreneurial creativity, meetings and enrichment in the Aix-Marseille
Aix-Marseille, CISAM is the fruit of the intelligence and ambitions shared by the
largest French-speaking university in Aix-Marseille, the largest metropolis in France, the
Aix-Marseille-Provence and two French multinationals: CMA CGM and the L'OCCITANE Group. Sharing the same desire to develop scientific culture and innovation for economic growth, these partners have come together around a unique concept: to bring together on a single site all the resources needed to stimulate innovative approaches and make them more fluid. CISAM is a place for meetings, creation, project incubation, and acceleration, and is a space that serves all those who innovate in the Aix-Marseille region.
For more information: https://cisam-innovation.com/aix-marseille-universite/
- About Aix-Marseille University
Aix-Marseille University (AMU) is the largest French-speaking university in France, with 80,000 students
and nearly 8,000 staff on 5 large campuses of international standards. Owner
of its assets, the university is present in 9 major cities in 4 departments.
Its A*Midex University Foundation, which supports the IDEX, contributes to the development of
of a multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary center of higher education and research of world
world-class higher education and research. Known as a "research-intensive university," it is home to 113 research units,
9 federations and some 50 technology platforms linked to major national organizations.
national organizations.
AMU is committed to interdisciplinarity, which is at the heart of its strategy and training,
it has already created Pôle d'Innovation Territoriaux (PIT), access for economic players to labelled technological platforms
to accredited technology platforms; the Cité de l'Innovation et des Savoirs Aix-
Marseille (CISAM) and 18 institutional institutes that guarantee bridges between research and training.
and training.
As a responsible and committed university, Aix-Marseille University has made "living together" a priority.
a priority and is renowned in international rankings for its policy of combating discrimination and, more
discrimination and, more globally, its CSR policy.
Widely open to the world since its creation (10,000 international students and more than
international students and more than 40 diplomas in international partnership), it won the European Commission's call for projects
European Commission to build "CIVIS, a European Civic University" with its 9 European partners, contributing to
European Civic University", contributing to major societal challenges, particularly in Africa and the
Africa and the Mediterranean.
For more information: https://www.univ-amu.fr/