Université Bordeaux Segalen

 François Tison the coordinator

BORDEAUX IS IDENTIFIED AS A CENTER OF EXCELLENCE IN THE FIELD OF NEURODEGENERATIVE DISORDERS BY FRENCH GOVERNMENT WITH THE BIND PROJECT

The French government launched in November 2014 the National Plan Neurodegenerative Diseases 2014-2019 which proposed the « Identification of centers of excellence in the field of neurodegenerative disorders ».

With the integration of outstanding skills and infrastructure at a single location, Bordeaux offers an ambitious project based on multi-disciplinary researchers teams in a framework of an excellent research ecosystem.
In this context, the University of Bordeaux, associated with the University Hospital of Bordeaux, present the Bordeaux Initiative for Neurodegenerative Disorders (ND) « BIND ».
BIND will create value by pushing back the frontiers of knowledge. It aims at bounding multiple disciplines and ND, along a continuum from preclinical to clinical research to improve care provision. This patient-centred, centripetal and transdisciplinary initiative for ND will rely on a core of recognized excellence and will promote links with other disciplines.
Researchers associated in BIND project will have a complete environment for exercising their expertise.
BIND is now identified as a center of excellence in the field of neurodegenerative disorders.

TEAMS

The Bordeaux Initiative for Neurodegenerative Disorders (ND) « BIND » is led by the University of Bordeaux, 3rd French multidisciplinary and “The Initiative of Excellence” awarded University (IdEx Bordeaux), associated with the University Hospital of Bordeaux, 3rd regional French CHU in clinical research.
It aims at bounding multiple disciplines and ND, along a continuum from preclinical to clinical research to improve care provision. This patient-centred, centripetal and transdisciplinary initiative for ND will rely on a core of recognized excellence and will promote links with other disciplines.
The core is constituted by leading teams belonging to:
The Bordeaux Neurocampus and cluster of excellence LabEx BRAIN;
The Bordeaux Population Health Research Center (BPH) and Health-Society platform (Cassiopée), cohorts and expertise in clinical research methodology;
The bio-imaging centre-IBIO and clusters of excellence LabEx TRAIL;
Patient care and clinical research infrastructures of the CHU, particularly the emblematic clinical platform of the IMN (IMNc), the MS clinic and the Centre for Clinical Investigation Pharmacology and Clinical Epidemiology.
These teams, with a strong research background in ND and existing active trans-disciplinary local collaborations, will interact, based upon clusters of excellence, with teams issued from “Science and Technologies”, “Human and Social Science”, Economy and Law of BU.
BIND will promote transdisciplinary education through the Bordeaux School of Neuroscience (NENS network), the School of Public Health and the PhD School “SP2”(Societies Politic Public Health).
BIND will also take advantage of a regional cluster in health information systems and technology to promote efficient transfer and valorisation.