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Experimental platforms

LabEx CerCoG relies on a network of six experimental platforms, which serve as true pillars in our mission to support brain and cognition research. These platforms provide expert services, tools, and cutting-edge equipment to ensure optimal conditions for conducting ambitious and innovative research.

From brain imaging tools to behavioral measurement equipment, as well as advanced technologies dedicated to data analysis or cognitive modeling, they are at the heart of scientific excellence, offering researchers a collaborative, high-performance environment that remains at the forefront of technological developments. They are also true crossroads where ideas, expertise, and innovations meet to push the boundaries of knowledge.

 

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Use of the platforms by the CerCoG community

Clinatec, the Edmond J. Safra research center, is an innovative biomedical research infrastructure hosted in Grenoble by the CEA, bringing together the expertise of the Clinatec Fund, the CEA, the Grenoble Alpes University Hospital, and Université Grenoble Alpes. It brings together around one hundred researchers, healthcare professionals, and administrative staff.

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The UAR GRICAD Grenoble Alpes Recherche - High-Performance Computing and Data Infrastructure was established on January 1, 2016, to meet the current scientific challenges in terms of high-performance computing and data.

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Since January 1, 2012, the Grenoble MRI platform, together with the neurophysiology technical platform (electroencephalography EEG, transcranial magnetic stimulation TMS, and near-infrared spectroscopy NIRS), has formed the IRMaGe Joint Service Unit affiliated with Inserm (US17), Université Grenoble Alpes, the Grenoble Alpes University Hospital, and the CNRS (UMS 3552). IRMaGe collaborates with research teams involved in methodological developments in MRI and neuroscience research.

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The Maison de la Création et de l'Innovation (MaCI), a university research support unit (UUAR), is a technological platform for experimentation in the humanities and social sciences.

Since 2019, MaCI has been hosting multidisciplinary research teams and projects. Spanning 7,000 m², it provides state-of-the-art spaces and equipment to foster new research practices, training, and cooperation in the fields of innovation, creativity and design, artistic creation, and health.

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The PIC-GIN cellular imaging platform brings together a range of imaging equipment and expertise to support you in developing your scientific projects in the fields of neuroscience and life sciences.
Endorsed as an IBiSa and FBI BioImaging facility, the PIC-GIN photonics imaging platform is equipped with cutting-edge tools essential for the research projects we develop for the GIN, which are also accessible to other academic and private laboratories.
The PIC-GIN team is here to support you throughout your projects. Feel free to contact them.

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PLATIPUS: Platform for Innovation and Ready-to-Use Science (PLATeforme d'Innovation et de Prêt à Usage Scientifique): a joint technological platform shared by MSH-Alpes and MaCI.
Its objective is to support research in the Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS). Its mission is to assist researchers at Université Grenoble-Alpes in their HSS studies by providing material and software resources, volunteer contact lists, and experimentation spaces.

PLATIPUS is the result of the merger of two platforms: SCREEN and Health & Society.

PLATIPUS is affiliated with LabEx CerCoG. To find out more about the services offered, check out the website!

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Published on 24, January 2025

Updated on June 4, 2025