Research of worldwide repute
Key figures
- Scientific publications: 1st at national level
- Number of researchers / inhabitant: 4th at national level
- Patents: 3rd at national level in terms of submitting European patents in the field of pharmacy/biotechnology.
- Number of researchers / inhabitant: 4th at national level
- Patents: 3rd at national level in terms of submitting European patents in the field of pharmacy/biotechnology.
Public research organisations in Alsace
- Louis Pasteur University (Strasbourg): 84 laboratories of which 49 are in the fields of life and healthcare, 18 research federations of which 6 are in the fields of life and healthcare.- Haute-Alsace University (Colmar, Mulhouse)
- CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique – National Centre for Scientific Research) : 61 laboratories of which 24 are in life science and 17 in chemistry
- INSERM (Institut National de la Santé Et de la Recherche Médicale – National Health and Medical Research Institute): 15 laboratories in life and science and 9 laboratories in neurosciences
- INRA (Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique – National Institute for Agronomic Research: 100 researchers undertaking studies on vine and vineyards
- 10,000 persons employed by the University Hospitals
International repute
- 1 Nobel Prize: Prof. Jean-Marie Lehn, 1987- 1 Lasker Prize: Prof. Pierre Chambon
- 3 professors at Collège de France : P. Chambon, J.M. Lehn, J. L. Mandel.
- 10 members of the Institut Universitaire de France
- 8 members of Académie des Sciences
- Many international prizes including 5 winners acknowledged by the European Research Council
The headquarters of international networks and organisations involved in research are established in Alsace: BioValley, Neurex, European Pharmacopaeia, European Science Foundation, Human Frontier Science Program, IRCAD, Forenap, European Centre for the Study of Diabetes, Roche Institute for Clinical Pharmacology.
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