Nord Ouest

Coordination: Dr. Benoit Haelewyn
benoit.haelewyn@unicaen.fr

Project manager: in progress

Local administrative coordination: Université de Caen and Université de Lille

About the hub

The hub Nord Ouest is the latest France Life Imaging (FLI) hub, integrated into the infrastructure on January 1, 2025. It brings together two major IBISA-certified multimodal imaging platforms:

  • LiiFE (Lille In vivo Imaging and Functional Exploration) in Lille (https://ums-plbs.univ-lille.fr/les-plateformes-constitutives/imagerie-du-vivant-exploration-fonctionnelle)
  • Cyceron in Caen (https://www.cyceron.fr/index.php/fr/).

These platforms are supervised by :

  • INSERM, Université de Lille, Institut Pasteur de Lille and CHU de Lille for LiiFE,
  • Inserm, CNRS and the University of Caen for Cyceron.

The Lille and Caen sites offer integrated in vivo imaging modalities and experimental models for a better understanding of the physiology and pathophysiology of human diseases, including neurology, psychiatry, oncology and cardiology.

 

State-of-the-art equipment for preclinical and clinical research

The Hub Nord-Ouest provides a multimodal imaging park with state-of-the-art equipment:

In Lille :

Clinical research:

  • 7T MRI dedicated to research (shared with the CHU (“teaching hospital”) Amiens)
  • 3T MRI
  • OCT Spectralis Heidelberg

Preclinical research:

  • 7T µ-MRI IRM for rodents
  • µ-PET-CT for rodents
  • 0.2T MRI for larger animals
  • A platform for functional and behavioral exploration

In Caen :

Clinical research:

  • 3T MRI + EEG MRI compatible
  • PET-TDM

Preclinical research:

  • 7T µ-IRM
  • 7T-PET µ-MRI  with cryoprobe
  • µ-TEP-TDM for rodents
  • IRM 3T et TEP-TDM for larger animals
  • MPI (Magnetic Particle Imaging) for mice (unique in France)
  • HIFU for small and larger animals
  • X-ray angiography
  • X-ray irradiator
  • Clean room for the production of radiopharmaceutical agents

Expertise in biomedical imaging

The Hub Nord-Ouest offers advanced integration of in vivo imaging modalities and experimental models to improve understanding of human physiology and pathology.

Areas of expertise:

  • Development of experimental models
  • Innovative multimodal imaging
  • Radioisotope production and chemistry for imaging
  • Expertise in cerebral, cardiac, oncological and retinal imaging
  • Functional and behavioral explorations
  • Image acquisition, harmonization and processing
  • Artificial intelligence applied to imaging
  • Scientific valorization and project support

Preclinical and clinical imaging platforms / Location / Scientific leaders :

The platforms are open to collaborations and imaging research services with academic and industrial partners.

 

Research laboratories associated to the platforms:

Lille : 

Caen :

 

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