Cluster of Excellence LaScArBx

Objective: studying the relationship between man and his surroundings from Prehistory to the end of the Middle Ages.

Directed by: Valérie Fromentin, Anne Delagnes, Rémy Chapoulie, Jérôme France and Nathalie Fourment.

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Cluster of Excellence COTE

Objective: developing tools to understand and predict the evolution of ecosystems and developing adaptive management and governance methods to ensure their sustainability.

Directed by: Hélène Budzinski and Antoine Kremer.

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Facility of Excellence Xyloforest

Objective: preparing the forests of the future and making optimal use of wood resources.

Coordinated by Jean-Michel Carnus.

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Cluster of Excellence TRAIL (Translational Research and Advanced Imaging Laboratory)

Objective: developing translational research in medical imaging, focusing on five fields of application: oncology, neurology, cardiology, pneumology and nephrology.

Directed by: Vincent Dousset.

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University Hospital Institute (IHU) Liryc

Objective: studying, diagnosing and treating electrophysiological disorders of the heart, which are the cause of numerous cardiovascular diseases and sudden deaths, and are consequently directly or indirectly responsible for nearly one third of deaths worldwide. 

Directed by: Michel Haïssaguerre.

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Facility of Excellence MUSIC

Objective: developing a cardiac exploration instrument to improve the defining of electrophysiological disorders of the heart. 

Directed by: Pierre Jais.

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Cluster of Excellence AMADEus (Advanced materials by design)

Objective: designing functional materials for tomorrow's uses and needs by bringing together experienced researchers.

Directed by: Etienne Duguet.

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Facility of Excellence ELORPrintTec

Objective: tackling the challenges of flexible and printable organic electronics.

Directed by: Georges Hadziioannou.

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Cluster of Excellence BRAIN (Bordeaux Région Aquitaine Initiative for Neurosciences)

Objective: addressing the major challenges facing neuroscience research by initiating multi-disciplinary projects with an international scope.

Directed by: Daniel Choquet.

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Facility of Excellence OptoPath

Objective: establishing a platform for innovations in instruments and procedures in experimental psychopathology.

Directed by: Véronique Deroche-Gamonet.

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Facility of Excellence PHENOVIRT (Human phenotyping and virtual reality)

Objective: simulating ecological environments in virtual reality to study the behavior of users, in situations such as sleep disorders, attentional disorders and cognitive disorders; increasing knowledge of those conditions in order to improve their treatment; using virtual reality technologies to analyze behaviors and create virtual agents for diagnostic purposes, healthcare and education.

Directed by: Pierre Philip.

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Cluster of Excellence LAPHIA (Laser and Photonics in Aquitaine)

Objective: strengthen research linked to different sites' federal projects through the support of its teams of excellence working in physics and material sciences. 

Directed by: Lionel Canioni.

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SysNum Cluster

Objectives: demonstrating - through life-size platforms on complex systems - the unprecedented width spectrum of the site’s digital skills and its multiple academic and socio-economic interconnections.

Directed by: Marius Tucsnak

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Cohort on student health, i-Share

Objective: collecting, analyzing and exploiting the results of a study conducted with 30,000 students over a period of 10 years, to improve understanding of their current health issues and determine the impact of their current habits on their future health.

Directed by: Christophe Tzourio.

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