Established in 2007 as a Scientific cooperation foundation, the Imagine Institute of Genetic Diseases was awarded the French label of excellence “University Hospital Institute” in 2011 by the French Government, with the Paris Public Hospitals Group (AP-HP), INSERM and University of Paris as institutional public partners. Imagine Institute is an interdisciplinary research centre composed of 24 research labs, 4 adjunct laboratories, 25 rare diseases reference centers and 13 cutting-edge research facilities.
The vision of the institute is to integrate research into clinical practice in order to better understand genetic diseases with unmet medical needs, and to propose and validate diagnostic and therapeutic approaches. This vision can be considered according to four core missions: patient-focused research; innovative care; education and training; and technology transfer. This project builds on a critical mass of experts – 850 scientists, medical doctors, technicians, postdocs, PhD students, paramedical personnel, and therapeutic innovation professionals – established, all in one place in the Imagine building within the Necker-Enfants malades hospital campus (Université de Paris), which takes care of patients and their families to provide them with the diagnostic and therapeutic solutions.
