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MICALIS INSTITUTE


The Micalis institute is a “joint research unit” (UMR) associating INRA and AgroParisTech with the aims of developing innovative research in the field of “Food and Gut Microbiology for human Health”.

The Micalis institute brings together over 350 persons including 120 researchers, engineers and professors, and more than 90 post-docs, PhD students and master students. The Micalis institute is composed of 23 research teams organized in 3 scientific departments and hosts 7 technological platforms.

The 3 scientific departments correspond to 3 closely linked research areas:
 
  • Emergence and control of food-borne opportunistic pathogen microorganisms ;
  • Food and gut microbial ecosystem and food-microbiota-host functional interactions ;
  • Systems and synthetic microbiology.
The scientific program of Micalis also includes 8 associate teams and research units in the Paris region.

The Micalis institute has been created January 1st 2010 by merging 8 units from Paris area of INRA and AgroParisTech working on microbiology and food.
 
A real-estate project funded in the frame of a Government/ Ile-de-France region contract will allow all the Micalis units and structures to be gathered in a unique building in the Domaine de Vilvert at the INRA research center of Jouy-en-Josas.

The Micalis institute is part of Mica (Microbiology and Food Chain) and AlimH (Nutrition, Chemical Food Safety and Consumer Behaviour) divisions of INRA. It also hosts two teaching groups (UFR) of SVS (life science and health) and SPAB (Science and Engineering for Food and Bioproducts) divisions of AgroParisTech.

The Micalis institute is currentlyheaded by Stéphane Aymerich assisted by five deputy directors: Joël Doré, Alexandra Gruss, Didier Lereclus, Philippe Noirot, and Véronique Monnet.


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Writing: Stéphane Aymerich
Creation date: 02 April 2011
Update: 21 September 2011