PORT – ICM partnership visit

Directors of the PORT management team and leaders of the SAME-NeuroID project met with the management board of the Paris Brain Institute (ICM) in Paris (March 27 – 29, 2023). PORT representatives had the opportunity to see the huge scale of the ICM Institute’s functioning, the systems in place, and the operation of research groups and core facilities. In addition, we debated how to conduct technology transfer, support „high risk – high gain” innovative ideas, and create the environment for collaboration with brain disease start-ups – clustered around the iPEPS BioIncubator (https://ipeps.institutducerveau-icm.org/). In addition, we were introduced to the Living Lab initiative, CARE LAB, in which new technologies are developed in close collaboration with patients and members of the health care system (https://institutducerveau-icm.org/en/care-lab-2/). During lively discussions, a formula for organizing a Hackathon (one of the activities of the SAME-NeuroID project) was worked out. Detailed directions for further cooperation between the two institutions were also specified.