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Equipment
The Infectious Disease Center, in its first stage, is manage by François MARTIN, assisted by a technician and a laboratory.
It offers :
> 1,920 sq.m / 21,000 sq.ft. of laboratories for an average of 84 persons
> 7 modules for teams and/or project with, for each one of them:
- 2 biosafety level 2 laboratory
- 1 dust free laboratory
- 1 standrad laboratory
Shared zones including:
> 1 biosafety level 3 platform comprising 3 biosafety level 3 and 2 biosafety level 2 laboratories which research teams can reserve, on demand, when needed
> 1 freezer room -80°c…
> 1 IT facility
> 1 washroom
> 1 cold room
> 1 meeting room
> 1 storage room
> 1 gas and liquid nitrogen facility,
> 1 waste facility …
Lyonbiopole offer its expertise to hosted teams :
Each team / project hosted in the Infectious Disease Center is independent and can benefit from advice of Lyonbiopole’s governance and Technical Group, comprising high level researchers entitled to evaluate project accreditation requests. Lyonbiopole’s governance ensures that the research topics explored at the Infectious Disease Center are consistent with the aims of the cluster.
They speak about...
« As a result of history vaccine research and industry are strongly present in the Rhône-Alpes region. With nearly half of its employees based in the region, Sanofi Pasteur, the vaccines division of the sanofi-aventis Group, produces more than 1.6 billion doses of vaccine every year, enabling over 500 million people around the world to be vaccinated against 20 diseases. »
Jacques Berger
Sanofi Pasteur - Former Deputy Managing Director