AT THE HEART OF THE FUTURE LOIRE SANTÉ HOSPITAL, IRS 2020 TAKES SHAPE

AT THE HEART OF THE FUTURE LOIRE SANTÉ HOSPITAL, IRS 2020 TAKES SHAPE

To strengthen the links between clinical activities, research and teaching, a third Health Research Institute (Institut de Recherche en Santé or IRS, in French), named IRS 2020, is currently under construction at the heart of the future Loire Santé Hospital. This development addresses a long-standing, documented need and forms part of the strategic hospital-university trajectory of the Nantes site. It builds on the investment in the IRS-UN (2008) and IRS2-Nantes Biotech (2016) research buildings and represents the next major milestone in this strategy to expand health research facilities. These premises, made available to Nantes Université, will house several joint health research units, including UMR 1280 PhAN.

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IRS 2020

These premises, made available to Nantes Université, will house several joint health research units:

→ The Thorax Institute Research Unit – Inserm UMR 1087 / CNRS UMR 6291
→ Center for Research in Transplantation and Translational Immunology (CR2TI) – Inserm UMR 1064
→ The Enteric Nervous System in Gut and Brain Disorders (TENS) – Inserm UMR 1235
→ Physiopathology of Nutritional Adaptations (PhAN) – INRAE UMR 1280
→ Satellite facilities of the MicroPICell and Cytocell platforms of the BioCore Joint Service Unit – Inserm US16 / UAR CNRS 3556

The facility is scheduled to become operational in early 2028.