Our Aix-Marseille site partner structures

The IM2B institute comprises 11 research units and 1 research federation, representing around 400 regular staff at Aix Marseille Université, the CNRS, the CEA, the INRAE, and also the Inserm, the IRD and Centrale Méditerranée. We also have 3 partner faculties with more than 380 students enrolled on master’s level training courses and 4 partner doctoral schools, with around 50 new PhD students each year.

Research units

  • Fungal biodiversity and biotechnology lab (BBF)
  • Aix-Marseille biosciences and biotechnologies institute (BIAM)
  • Bioenergetics and protein engineering (BIP)
  • Mediterranean institute for oceanology (MIO)
  • Architecture and function of biological macromolecules (AFMB)
  • Genomic & structural information (IGS)
  • Bacterial chemistry laboratory (LCB)
  • Laboratory for macromolecular systems engineering (LISM)
  • Membranes and therapeutic targets (MCT)
  • Marseille institute for molecular science - Biosciences team (iSm2)
  • Mechanics, modelling and clean processes laboratory (M2P2)

Faculties

Doctoral schools

Research federation

Mediterranean institute for microbiology

Our sites

The IM2B institute brings together teams on 8 university and scientific sites

Campus Saint-Charles, Marseille 1st

Campus Saint-Charles, Marseille 1st

Campus La Timone - Marseille 5th arrondissement

Campus La Timone, Marseille 5th arrondissement
CNRS Joseph Aiguier site, Marseilles 9th arrondissement

CNRS Joseph Aiguier site, Marseilles 9th arrondissement
Luminy Campus, Marseilles 9th district

Luminy Campus, Marseilles 9th district

Château-Gombert site, Etoile Campus, Marseille 13th district
Campus Etoile, Saint-Jérôme sites, Marseilles

Saint-Jérôme sites, Etoile Campus, Marseille 13th district
Arbois technology park site, Aix-en-Provence

Arbois technology park site, Aix-en-Provence
BIAM building, Cité des Energies, Cadarache

Cité des Energies, Cadarache

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Missions

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