Presentation of the project

Early diagnosis and individually tailored treatments are the future of medicine. This concept has been designated as 'personalised medicine', which aims to deliver the right treatment to the right patient at the right time. However, to reach this objective, we need to find new biomarkers. This is the aim of IMPACT.

Providing the right treatment for the right patient at the right time

Biomedical imaging is a key component of personalized medicine through its capacities for earlier diagnoses, for prognostication, for quantification of inter-individual differences that can affect the type and intensity of treatment, for accurate therapy response monitoring, and for guiding innovating and minimally invasive intervention.

One of the major challenges is therefore to develop key technologies (imaging, AI, chemistry, instrumentation, etc.) with first clinical outputs, based on local expertise of research teams and existing academic and industrial collaborations in order to identify the imaging strategies that could have high impact on outcome for the wellbeing of each individual patient.

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A research network including the whole imaging community

IMPACT is intended to develop multidisciplinary research and to strengthen inter-departmental collaborations. This programme, composed of three main axes (neuro, cardio-thoracic and oncology), also aims to consolidate and develop further the Bordeaux imaging community by supporting several research programs.

5 research departments

5 research departments of the University of Bordeaux are involved in IMPACT

Lead research department : Health Sciences and Technologies (Sciences et technologies pour la santé, STS)
Other associated research departments : Bordeaux Neurocampus ; Engineering and Digital Sciences (Sciences de l’ingénierie et du numérique , SIN) ; Materials and Light Sciences (Sciences de la matière et du rayonnement, SMR) ; Public Health (Santé publique)

12 different research structures

A consortium involved in research activities of 12 different research structures in Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, Medicine, Biology, Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science

Research structures involved in IMPACT
Laboratory	Research organizations	Department
ARNA	INSERM – CNRS – UB	STS
CRCTB	INSERM – UB	STS
CRMSB	CNRS – UB	STS
ICMCB	CNRS – UB – Bordeaux INP	SMR
ISM	CNRS – UB – Bordeaux INP	SMR
LCPO	CNRS – UB – Bordeaux INP	SMR
IMN	CNRS – UB	Bordeaux Neurocampus
INCIA	CNRS – UB	Bordeaux Neurocampus
Neurocentre Magendie	INSERM – UB	Bordeaux Neurocampus
IMB	CNRS – UB – Bordeaux INP	SIN
LaBRI	CNRS – UB – Bordeaux INP	SIN
BPH	INSERM – UB	Santé publique
BRIC	INSERM	SBM

A research programme strongly integrated in the University of Bordeaux's environment

IMPACT pays special attention to the transfer of the skills, technologies and methods developed (patent filing, source code deposit, start-up creation…) through industrial valorization.

This transfer strategy is based in particular on The Hub initiative and the InnovationS project. IMPACT's commitment to the UB's structuring programs and projects demonstrates the university's desire to promote imaging as a high innovation potential field.

IMPACT is also in contact with the SATT Aquitaine and the Bordeaux University Hospital's « cercle de l’innovation » to ensure technology transfer towards clinical applications.

Finally, the network regularly collaborates with many industrials and start-ups in order to set up research partnerships (Canon, Siemens, Certis therapeutics, Spine...).