n°28I qUarterlyI JanUary 2013 CNRS Networks | 37 TechnologyTransfer and more news... The 45 Pillars of THUEèq Innovation U/CNRSoToH J a R . b © q research on qAnopheles infectious diseases gambiae is one ofcnrs’s 45 mosquitoes are strategic Pillars of the main vector Innovation. of malaria. germanyi on November 9, 2012, an agreement was signed towards the creation of a new International Associated Laboratory (LIA) that will focus on the study of a signaling pathway involved in the immune response of both the drosophila and the insectanopheles gambiae, the vector of malaria. The ultimate goal is to breed insects that are resistant toPlasmodium UE èq falciparum, the parasite responsible for the TH o T disease. Created for 4 years, it will bring together a o H PERRIN/CNRS German team from the Max Planck Society and a French lab from CNRS and Inserm.1 . E 01.Réponseimmunitaireetdéveloppementchezlesinsectes © (CNRS/Inserm). BY Jean-PhIlIPPe braly publications,know-how,etc.).“aSIsare open-endedandtheywillbefrequently russiai w updated according to our strategic on November 29, 2012, a scientific With more than 4400 patents, 743 joint ownership agreements, several objectives and activities monitoring,” cooperation agreement was signed in dozenframeworkagreementswithbusi- saysDIREdirectorPierreGohar. MoscowforthecreationofaFrench-Siberian nesses,and670spin-offscreatedsince Theseresearchareasalreadyserve trainingandresearchcenter.Frenchpartners 2001,CNRSisanactiveplayerintechnol- as the basis for scientific cooperation intheprojectincludeCNRS,Inserm(French ogy transfers. but its Innovation and betweenCNRSandlargecorporations NationalInstituteofHealthandMedical business Relations Department (DIRE) such as air Liquide, EaDS, or Renault, Research),Inalco(FrenchNationalInstituteof aimsmuchhigher.Inordertoencourage enlightening all potential partners orientalLanguagesandCivilizations),and18 newindustrialpartnerships,theDIREre- aboutthebenefitsthatCNRSexpertise universities,whileRussianpartnersconsistofthe cently disclosed a list of 45 Strategic couldbringtotheirprojects. SiberianbranchoftheacademyofSciencesand PillarsofInnovation(“axesstratégiques aSIsofferotheradvantagesfor 14universities.Theagreementisintendedto d’innovation” or aSI), namely existing CNRS,startingwithenhancedvisibility increasescientificcollaborationandhigh-level areasofresearchatCNRSwithastrong intheever-changingworldofscientific traininginvariousdisciplinesincluding economic potential. These range from innovation. “we wanted to make our chemistry,theEarthsciences,biologyand virtualrealitytogenetherapy,aswellas assets more visible, easier to compre- ecology,tonamebutafew. pollutionclean-up,finance,spintronics, hend,andmoreattractivetoR&Dstake- imaging,andcarbondioxidecapture.The holders,especiallytopotentialindustrial cnrs office in the usi DIREhasidentifiedtheleadingresearch- partners,”addsGohar.“Thisisessential The CNRS office in Washington ersandtheirlaboratoriesforeachdisci- atatimewhererapiddevelopmentof has a new management team. pline,alongwiththenumberofpatents, openinnovationpushesbusinessesto publications,andparticular set up partnerships to carry out their Xavier Morise, CNRS researcher, was contracts, expertiseofeachunit. researchprojects.” appointed director, and Jean Thèves, Thisproject,whichwasinitiatedin research engineer, fills the newly- 2011, identifies the research domains created position of deputy director in whereCNRSisattheforefront,interms of human resources (internationally- DIre, Paris. charge of reinforcing CNRS's actionson:Informat Iontactc renownedteams),facilities(cutting-edge >dire-communication@cnrs-dir.fr in the US, Canada, and Mexico.arine Wecker-Blandak equipment), and knowledge (patents,
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