Geneviève ALMOUZNI

Institut Curie – Research Center presentation!
Research Center
Dir. G. Almouzni
Les unités de l’Institut Curie
conventionnées UPMC

3 sites in the region «"Ile de France"»

Institut Curie: Key Facts & Figures!
! Established in 1909
! A Hospital and a Research Centre focused on cancer
! 5 Nobel Prize winners
! More than 1 100 research staff
! Two main sites (30 000m2), in Paris and suburbs
! Annual spending 100 M€
! Academic : excellence: over 500 publications per year
! National agencies: CNRS, INSERM
! Local institutions:
Universities (P6, P11, …)
PSL* (ENS, ESPCI, Les Mines,…)
Institut Pasteur, Institut Gustave Roussy, CEA…
Marie Curie’s vision an inspiration for our researchers :
to promote a continuum encompassing laboratory &
clinical research for the interest of patient care

Research Center"
A first class cancer biology center!
! 12 Research Departments
associated with CNRS and/or
Inserm !
! 83 teams!
! 1 150 people including 120
postdocs and 150 students!
! Interdisciplinary skills:
Chemists, Physicists,
Biologists and Clinicians!
! The highest average impact
factor of publications!
! High visibility with
international success (ERC,
Networks…)!
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1996
Average IF / Article
Ave rage IF / Journal
4,8
4,2
2000
5,2
4,5
2004
6,5
5,8
2008
6,6
5,9
2012
Average IF / Article
Average IF / Journal
7,3
6,8
Evolution of average IF per journal and per
article (1996-2012)

Promote research areas!
Domain 3 Domain 4
Domain 2 Domain 1
Development, cancer,
genetics and epigenetics
Paris
Labex DEEP
Biology & chemistry of
radiations, cell signalling and
cancer
Orsay
Multiscale physics-biology-chem.
(mol., cells, tissues & org.)
Paris
Labex CelTisPhyBio
Integrative tumour biology,
immunology & environment
Paris
Labex DCBIOL
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4 domains to structure interactions with high medico-scientific potential