Team:Toulouse/Acknowledgements/Sponsors

INSA Toulouse (Institut National des Sciences Appliquées) is a famous engineering school allowing the specialization in eight different subjects such as civil engineering, biochemistry but also informatics. The school was created in 1953 and hires today 220 teachers and researchers and has 8 research laboratories.

L'Université Toulouse III Paul Sabatier is a multidisciplinary University involved in sciences and technologies, sport, gestion and communication but also health and medical studies. Funded in 1229, this University is one of the oldest in Europe.

Our major supports

Le Ministère de l'Agriculture, de l'Agroalimentaire et de la Forêt (MAAF) was created in 1881 and implements the government's policies in agriculture, food market industries and forest.

Voies Navigables de France (VNF) is a French public establishment of an administrative nature created in 1991 which aims to manage the major part of the navigable waterways in France.

Our sponsors

The Laboratoire d'Ingénierie des Systèmes Biologiques et des Procédés (LISBP) was created in 2007 and is based on the fusion of the Laboratory of Biotechnology and Bioprocesses and the Laboratory of Engineering in Environmental Processes. The LISBP is mostly specialized in innovative technics regarding living and process sciences such as microbiology, biocatalysis and separation technics.

Toulouse White Biotechnology (TWB) is a French infrastructure developing new technics of sustainable production by enhancing the use of renewable carbon source. TWB has three main missions: promoting the white biotechnologies, improving the scientific innovation, binding the fundamental research and the industrial world. White biotechnologies are for industrial goals, including the use of cells and enzymes to create industrial products.

Adisseo is a subsidiary of Bluestar Company and a worldwide expert in animal nutrition. This branch has a major role in the improvement of food chain while preserving animals, mankind and environment.

The Genopole of Toulouse (GenoToul) was created in 1999 to develop genomes studies, bioinformatics and to promote the innovation by encouraging interdisciplinary projects. GenoToul welcomes around fifty projects each year regarding many subjects such as healthcare, agronomy, biotechnologies, ecology and environment.

The Communauté d'Universités et d'Etablissement de Toulouse (COMUE) includes 14 establishments such as universities, engineering schools, specialised schools. It aims to position the Toulouse University at the best european and international level.

Labex Tulip is a laboratory composed of five units specialized in agrobiosciences and environment. It represents an enormous research potential with approximately 400 people belonging to many different laboratories. Labex Tulip is focused on the interactions between scientific institutions and the scientific community. The main goal is to enhance the research studies and the attractivity of its laboratories.

The Centre Régional des Oeuvres Universitaires et Scolaires (CROUS) is a public facility controlled by the Ministery of Higher Education and Research. The main goal is to promote the good living conditions of students. The CROUS can provide help in many different actions: direct help through financial fundings, undirect help with housing and catering.

The Hérault Département is in the Languedoc-Roussillon region (South of France) with more than 1,000,000 inhabitants.

Castelnaudary is a 12,000 inhabitant’s city located in Aude department (South of France) where Pierre-Paul Riquet constructed a pond named Le Grand Bassin.

Labastide-d’Anjou is a 1,500 inhabitants’ village located in the Aude department in the Languedoc-Roussillon region (South of France). This fortified town is situated nearby the Canal du Midi.

Montréal is a 2,000 inhabitants’ village located next to the Montagne noire, in the Aude department in the Languedoc-Roussillon region (South of France).

Sallèles d’Aude is a 3,000 inhabitants' village situated in Aude department in the Languedoc-Roussillon region (South of France) where the “Canal de jonction” runs through, joining the Canal du Midi and Canal de la Robine.

Ventenac en Minervois is 600 inhabitants’ village situated in Aude in the Languedoc-Roussillon region (South of France) and the Canal du Midi passes through it.

Lab equipment support

Thermo Fisher Scientific is one of the leaders in serving science by offering a wide range of innovative technologies and support to make the world cleaner and safer. The company serves pharmaceutical, biotechnology companies as well as hospitals, clinical laboratories.

Qiagen was created in 1984 and is nowadays a leader in innovative market and technology by creating assay technologies that can enable the access to content from any biological sample. The main purpose is to help achieving success and major breakthroughs in life sciences. Qiagen offers a broad range of 500 products for over 500, 000 customers worldwide.

New Englands Biolabs (NEB) is the leading industry in discovery and production of enzymes and the offer of recombinant and native enzymes since 1970. NEB carried on expanding its product in PCR fields but also gene expression, RNA and cellular analysis. The company is mostly focused on promoting new technologies on the market.

Eurofins Scientific is a French company created in 1987 and mostly specialized in bioanalysis with more than 100,000 analysis methods and technologies. This industry has an international network of 190 laboratories in 36 different countries with 15 000 employees and has many fields of specialization: food market, environment, pharmaceutical and medical industries, agroscience… Eurofins Scientific contributes to the well-being and the health of everyone by giving high-quality policy advice and analysis services.