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Industry

The technical infrastructure and expertise of the IBS offers companies the opportunity to advance their R&D efforts through services available on our technical platforms [lien vers la rubrique plateformes en anglais]) or through scientific collaborations. Our long experience in working with industrial partners allows us to ensure a rapid response time in preparing contracts, full confidentiality, and the timely delivery of milestones. For more details about our services, facilities or collaborations, please read the information below or feel free to send us your questions here [lien vers formulaire à créer à partir de LDAP].

Introduction

The Institut de Biologie Structurale offers expertise in the following areas :

  • State-of-the-art protein structure determination techniques (Xray Crystallography, NMR, Electron Microscopy)
  • Advanced production and biochemical characterization of soluble and membrane proteins
  • Analysis of macromolecular interactions, structure and dynamics of macromolecular complexes

Service platforms

The IBS possesses high-performance, internationally competitive facilities in physical and chemical biology for studying the structure and function of biological macromolecules. Located in Grenoble’s scientific research park, the IBS enjoys privileged access to two large-scale instruments operated by European institutes: the ILL high-flux neutron reactor and the ESRF synchrotron. Access to service platforms [lien vers la rubrique principale intitulée « Service platforms]

A healthy relationship with industry

  • Collaborative contracts with pharmaceutical companies, start-ups and biotech suppliers
  • Spin-off companies initiated or incubated by the IBS :
  • PX Therapeutics (formerly Protein expert) Grenoble/Lyon, 50 employees, 4 M€/year
  • NatX-Ray
  • Services in analytical biochemistry, biophysics, structural biology
  • Reagent and hardware sales
  • Technical and scientific consulting
  • Patents related to human health and biotechnology [lien vers rubrique “brevets” qui a déjà été réactualisée]

Available types of partnership

A partnership with the IBS can take the form of a research collaboration, a service contract or a material transfer agreement. Long term collaborations can involve support of research positions such as post-docs, Ph.D students, etc. Contracts and confidentiality agreements are provided by our legal staff on a timely basis.

Past & present customers

Our previous and current customers include :

Contact

To access our technical platforms or inquire about collaborations, please phone or send an email to the contact person of the platform of interest (see Platforms) or to the scientist concerned (see Laboratories).