Our ecosystem

 

The IM2B institute comprises the members of 11 research units as well as a research federation. We therefore bring together around 400 regular staff from Aix Marseille Université, the CNRS, the CEA, the INRAE, and also the Inserm, the IRD and Centrale Méditerranée.

 

The 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) (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)

 

Research federation

Mediterranean institute for microbiology

Offer from our IM2B community - Credit: Elea Ropiot amU
IM2B Research - Credit: Elea Ropiot amU

Our research initiatives

The IM2B institute proposes a number of actions to help researchers, teacher-researchers, engineers, post-doctoral students and PhD students at its laboratories: 

  • Support for new inter-laboratory collaborations to develop interdisciplinary issues
  • Launching new research areas
  • Support for innovation and technology transfer
  • Scientific events organised by and for IM2B members
  • International scientific conferences jointly organised and supported by the institute

Areas of research

Our research fields and associated expertise

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Calls for projects and offers

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News

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Our network of platforms

Technology platforms available within our laboratories

Our platforms

Our research ecosystem

The 11 research units that form our network

Our ecosystem

Testimonials

Bénédicte BURLAT
Senior Lecturer, AMU

I'm the coordinator of the FeShijack project, supported by the IM2B Institute and an awardee of A*Midex's AAP Interdisciplinarité 2021. This collaborative project, led by 3 teams from the BIP, IGS and LCB laboratories, explores the role of iron-sulfur centers in giant viruses. The IM2B was a real catalyst in launching this emerging theme and positioning us for future AAPs.

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