Institut Cochin, Université Paris Descartes, Paris 75014, France;
INSERM, U567, Paris 75014, France

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The Cochin Institute is the largest Inserm unit; it is also affiliated to the CNRS and is part of the Paris-Descartes University. The Cochin Institute (INSERM U567; CNRS UMR8104) currently consists of 46 teams in 6 scientific Departments together with a number of common facilities and technological platforms, on the same Campus as the Cochin Hospital, a major public hospital in Paris. About 600 scientists, clinicians, research assistants, post-docs and students work in the Institute. The Cochin Institute develops a multidisciplinary, basic and biomedical research activity, closely related to the clinical and teaching activities on the Campus. As a multi-disciplinary Research Centre, the Cochin Institute actively fosters collaborations between biologists working in various fields, such as Haematology and Immunology, Cell Biology and Infectious diseases, Genetics, Development and Neurobiology, Cancer and Endocrinology. Also, it strongly favors productive interactions with the clinicians of the Cochin Hospital. The Cochin Institute has invested great efforts to provide technology platforms at a level of excellence: Cell Imaging technologies (fluorescence and electron microscopy, flow cytometry), Proteomics (tandem mass spectrometry), Genomics and Transcriptomics (Affymetrix system), Transgenesis and Homologous recombination, Small animal Imaging (MRI, Ultrasonography) and Histology, Animal facilities.

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Pierre-Olivier Couraud PhD, Research Director at Inserm, deputy Director of the Cochin Institute. Cell biologist with internationally recognized expertise in brain endothelium and in vitro models of the blood-brain barrier. 22 rue Méchain, Paris 75014 Tél. 01 40 51 64 57 Fax 01 40 51 64 73 Contact