Test - Platforms

Competencies

• Multiaxial, multiphysics, multi-scale mechanical testing in a controlled environment
• Tribology (friction-induced mechanisms and braking)
• Tests ranging from the microstructural to the structural scale: tensile micro-machine under scanning electron microscopy, rotating bending bench on 1/4-scale and full-scale axles
• Instrumentation (infrared and visible cameras, etc.)

Contact

Scientific director: Thomas Rougelot and Nathalie Limodin
Technical director: Arnaud Beaurain

Under the administrative supervision of:

University of Lille, CNRS, Centrale de Lille

Website

This platform is part of theUAR 2014 – US 41 PLBS

platforms

• PLEHTA
• EOPS
• PHExMAR

Competencies

• Organisms, models and resources for research in biology and health
• LNSB2 – LNSB3 containment laboratory, infectious models
• Breeding and housing mice in ESPO environment
• Aquatic models: fish and amphibians
• ESPO status rat housing
• Behavioural and metabolic exploration

Under the administrative supervision of:
University of Lille, CNRS, Inserm, Institut Pasteur de Lille, Lille University Hospital

Website

This platform is part of theUAR 2014 – US 41 PLBS

Competencies

• The HCS (high-content, high-throughput screening) robotised platform specialises in multiparametric screening based on photon detection. The screening process can be carried out in biosafety Level 2 and 3 containment laboratories;
• Dedicated HTS (high-throughput screening) platform for automated screening and multimodal reading.

For further details, please consult the detailed information sheet.

Contact

Scientific director: Florence Leroux
Technical director: Alexandre Vandeputte

Campus Pasteur Lille
Bât. Institut de Biologie de Lille (HCS)
Bât. Debeyre (HTC)
Lille
florence.leroux[at]pasteur-lille[point]fr

Under the administrative supervision of:
University of Lille, CNRS, Inserm, Institut Pasteur de Lille, Lille University Hospital

Website

Competencies

• Acquisition and preservation of publications and subscriptions to databases and periodicals (paper and electronic) required for mathematical research.
• Preservation of IREM and Formation des Maîtres collections relating to mathematics teaching.
• Access to resources: on-site consultation, borrowing or electronic access, based on the terms and conditions set out in internal regulations.
• Training initiatives (preparation for the capes and agrégation competitive exams) and dissemination of mathematics.

For further details, please consult the detailed information sheet.

Contact
Scientific director: Antoine Touzé (Director)
Technical director: Hélène Dehaudt

Bât. M2
Campus Cité Scientifique
59 650 Villeneuve d’Ascq

Under the administrative supervision of:
University of Lille, CNRS

Website

This platform is part of theUAR 2014 – US 41 PLBS

Competencies

It brings together resources and expertise in cellular, tissue and small animal imaging (rodent and aquatic models), cytometry and flow imaging, and photonic and electron microscopy

• Theoretical and practical training in specific techniques for platform users
• Assistance with sample preparation and selection of the right system for the scientific problem
• Assistance with data acquisition
• Help with data analysis and interpretation
• Management of all or part of a study project (preparation, immunolabelling, data acquisition, data analysis) as part of our service offering
• At biosafety level 2: 1 cytometer analyser, 1 cytometer sorter, 1 spinning disk with live SR
• 3D deconvolution image restoration service
• Expertise in high-resolution intravital imaging of small animals: a multiphoton confocal microscope (optical chamber and explant imaging) and a Lumina XR small animal whole-body imager available in the animal facility

For further details, please consult the detailed information sheet.

Contact

Scientific director: Frank Lafont
Campus Hospitalo-universitaire
Campus Pasteur
Campus Cité scientifique

Under the administrative supervision of:

University of Lille, CNRS, Inserm, Institut Pasteur de Lille, Lille University Hospital

Website

This platform is part of theUAR 2014 – US 41 PLBS

Competencies

• Omics data analysis (genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, metagenomics, epigenomics, etc.)
• Annotation of genes, genomes and proteins
• Phylogeny
• Systems biology
• Structural bioinformatics
• Integrative biology
• Analysis of high-content screening data

Missions

• Supporting user units’ scientific projects
• Developing analysis pipelines and databases
• Training
• Providing high-performance computing resources
• Science and technology events

For further details, please consult the detailed information sheet.

Contact

Scientific director: Guillemette Marot
Technical co-directors: Pierre Péricard and Jimmy Vandel

Cité Scientifique - Bât. ESPRIT
Campus Pasteur - Bât. Calmette
Campus Hospitalo-universitaire - Pôle recherche, Faculté de Médecine
bilille[at]univ-lille[point]fr

Under the administrative supervision of:
University of Lille, CNRS, Inserm, Institut Pasteur de Lille, Lille University Hospital

Partner
Inria Lille Nord Europe

Website

Competencies

• Passive and active atmospheric aerosol metrology using remote sensing
• AERONET photometric network operator
• National lidar network operator
• Operator of solar calibration platforms at Mauna Loa Observatory (Hawaii, USA) and Observatoire de Haute Provence (OHP, France) and radiometric platforms (LOA, Lille).
• In-house instrument development and industrial partnership (AGORA-Lab joint laboratory)
• Support for scientific campaigns, including implementation of mobile systems
• Algorithm development for photometric and lidar data processing

Contact

Scientific director: Philippe Goloub
Technical directors: Luc Blarel and Thierry Podvin

Under the administrative supervision of:

University of Lille, CNRS

Website

Divisions

• Depositing
• Lithography
• Engraving and implantation
• In-line analysis
• Bio-microfluidics
• Renatech project hosting
• Transdisciplinary integration and prototyping
• Transdisciplinary maintenance

Competencies

• Technological manufacturing of micro-devices and electronic components
• Depositing of materials, structuring of these materials by lithography/engraving and in-line analysis
• Bio/microfluidics and soft lithography activities

For further details, please consult the detailed information sheet.

Contact

Technical director: Bertrand Grimbert
Scientific director: Christophe Lethien

IEMN, CMNF Platform
Campus Cité Scientifique
Avenue Henri Poincaré
CS 60069
59 650 Villeneuve d’Ascq

Under the administrative supervision of:

University of Lille, CNRS

Website

Competencies

• Development and validation of new subsystem concepts for electrified vehicles (electric and hybrid)
• HiL (hardware-in-the-loop) tests involving different storage systems (batteries, supercapacitors)
• Testing of electrical machines (conventional, polyphase), power converters (inverters, power supplies, chargers, etc.)
• Electric vehicle system characterisation (electrically-assisted bicycles, segways, electric vehicles, metros, etc.)
• Instrumented vehicles and charging stations for the interdisciplinary CUMIN programme at the University of Lille (TVES, CRIStAL and MEL collaboration): driving and usage cycle data

Contact

Scientific director: Alain Bouscayrol
Technical director: Walter Lhomme

Under the administrative supervision of:

University of Lille

Website

Competencies

• Design, production and characterisation of special optical fibres and fibre components
• Applications in telecommunications, lasers, sensors, silica micro-fluidics, etc.

Contact

Technical director: Andy Cassez
Scientific director: Géraud Bouwmans

IRCICA
Parc Scientifique de la Haute Borne
50 Avenue Halley
BP 70478
59658 Villeneuve d’Ascq Cedex

Under the administrative supervision of:

University of Lille, CNRS

Website

This platform is part of theUAR 2014 – US 41 PLBS

Platforms

• The Transcriptomics and Applied Genomics (TAG) platform specialises in microbiology applications
• The Functional and Structural Genomics (FSG) platform, which is part of the Lille University Hospital’s Centre de Biologie Pathologie Génétique, is developing its expertise in human genomics associated with targeted pathologies (cancers, neurodegenerative diseases, etc.) and the study of animal models.

Competencies

• ‘Whole genome’ genomics: WGS, WES, amplicon-seq, Tn-seq, CGH-arrays
• Transcriptomics: RNA-seq, sRNA-seq, dRNA-seq, NGS-RACE, qRT-PCR, RNA-seq full-length, micro-arrays, DGE, single-cell
• Metagenomics: targeted amplicon-seq 16S-ITS

From conducting experiments to supporting teams, the platform provides expertise in processing the generated data:

• Genomic assembly, characterisation and annotation, variant detection and annotation, Mendelian transmission studies
• Differential expression analysis, unsupervised analysis
• Taxonomic assignment, diversity assessment (α and β), dysbiosis measurement

For further details, please consult the detailed information sheet.

Contact

Scientific co-directors: Martin Figeac and David Hot<br/> <br/> Institut Pasteur de Lille (TAG)<br/> Centre de Biologie Pathologie, Lille University Hospital (GFS)<br/>

Under the administrative supervision of:

University of Lille, CNRS, Inserm, Institut Pasteur de Lille, Lille University Hospital

Website

Competencies

• Production and maintenance of research and teaching materials.
• Experimentation with different levels of climate control (cold and hot greenhouses, grow rooms and chambers).
• Experimentation in semi-natural conditions on landscaped outdoor areas (experimental sites).
• Monitoring instrumented devices in natural sites.

Contact

Scientific director: Saumitou-Laprade Pierre
Technical director: Nathalie Faure

Under the administrative supervision of:

University of Lille, CNRS

Website

Competencies
Exploitation of ‘aerosols, clouds, radiation and the atmospheric water cycle’ data from Earth observation space missions and atmospheric observation networks.

For further details, please consult the detailed information sheet.

Contact
Scientific director: Jérôme Riedi (Director)
Technical director: Nicolas Pascal

Under the administrative supervision of:
University of Lille, CNRS, CNES

Website

Competencies

• Historical and social construction of the visual: analysis of the role and place of the visual in contemporary and past societies, taking into account not only the associated material, social, political and cultural aspects, but also the human dimension in scientific debates and technological and digital developments.
• Perception and visual cognition: study of the phenomena involved in the visual exploration of a scene, perception and interaction with the objects that surround us, and the individual affective experience provoked by visual content.
• Modelling, visualisation and interaction: development of methods for analysing and classifying complex data obtained from visual devices such as video, multispectral images, three-dimensional data (3D/4D) or heterogeneous data from electrophysiological sensors.
• Arts, science and technology: creating synergy and collaboration between artists and scientists, with the aim of working together to produce objects that are both works of art and the results of scientific research.

Contact

Technical director: Mohamed Ladrouz
Scientific directors: Yann Coello and Laurent Sparrow

99a Boulevard Descat
59 200 Tourcoing
contact-irdive[at]univ-lille[point]fr

Under the administrative supervision of:

University of Lille, CNRS

Website

Competencies

• Regional X-ray imaging platform
• In-situ testing under microtomography
• Characterisation of the 3D microstructure of materials subjected to complex loads

For further details, please consult the detailed information sheet.

Contact

Scientific director: Thomas Rougelot and Nathalie Limodin
Technical director: Jérôme Hosdez

Under the administrative supervision of:

University of Lille, CNRS, Centrale de Lille

Website

Competencies

• Supercomputers
• Research in digital simulation and supercomputing
• Training and support in the use of computing and/or storage resources (cluster job submission, mass storage, etc.)
• Parallel programming

Contact

Scientific director: Nouredine Melab
Technical director: Matthieu Marquillie

Bâtiment M4 - Bureau 40
Campus Cité Scientifique
59 650 Villeneuve d’Ascq

Under the administrative supervision of:

University of Lille

Website

Competencies

• Laser diagnostics in reactive media (Laser-Induced Fluorescence (LIF), Cavity Ring-Down Spectroscopy (CRDS))
• Laser-Induced Incandescence (LII)
• Infrared Absorption by Tunable Diode Laser (TDLAS) or Quantum Cascade Laser (QCLAS)
• High-Speed Fluorescence after Gas Expansion (FAGE)
• Optical metrology of fluid flows (Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV))
• StereoPIV (3 velocity components in a plane)
• TomoPIV (visualisation of 3 velocity components in a volume) with or without time resolution
• Training academic and industrial staff in optical metrology

Contact

Scientific directors: Xavier Mercier and Christophe Cuvier
Technical directors: Amaury Lahccen and Yasar Ostovan

Under the administrative supervision of:

University of Lille, CNRS, Centrale de Lille

Website

Competencies

• Exchange and transfer between business and academia
• Hosting marketing research and studies with a wide range of methodologies (qualitative and/or quantitative studies)
• State-of-the-art physiological behavioural measurement technologies
• Wide-ranging marketing and consumer issues
• Distribution issues and new business challenges
• Supporting companies in their transition to responsible, social and sustainable development marketing policies
• Development of theoretical, methodological and practical training for incubators

Contact

Scientific director: Maud Herbert

Blanchemaille, Euratechnologie
4ème étage
87 rue du Fontenoy
59 100 Roubaix
mihx.adm@gmail.com

Under the administrative supervision of:

University of Lille

Website

The advanced characterisation platform offers its academic and industrial partners expertise and know-how in chemical and/or structural analysis. Hosted by the Institut Chevreul (Chemistry-Materials Sector), it is made up of 8 instrumental clusters and is the site of numerous methodological and technological developments, ensuring that it remains at the highest level of performance. The advanced characterisation platform promotes and supports partnership research through services and collaborations. It also organises training activities for its academic and industrial partners.

Divisions

• NMR – Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
  Scientific director: Laurent Delevoye
• MRME – Magnetism and Electronic Magnetic Resonance
  Scientific director: Hervé Vezin
  Technical director: Ahouari Hania and Minaud Claire
• PMEL - Lille Electron Microscopy Platform
  Scientific director: Damien Jacob
  Technical director: Jean-François Dhenin
• D2RX – X-ray Diffraction
  Scientific director: Pascal Roussel
  Technical director: Frédéric Capet
• Surface Analysis
  Scientific director: Jean-François Paul
  Technical director: Nicolas Nuns and Pardis Simon
• Vibrational Spectroscopy
  Scientific director: Isabelle De Waele
  Technical director: Myriam Moreau
• Mass Spectrometry
  Scientific director: Ahmed Mazzah
• ICP - Plasma Torch Spectrometry
  Scientific director: Gabriel Billon
  Technical director: David Dumoulin

For further details, please consult the detailed information sheet.

Competencies

• Characterisation of materials in controlled environments
• Study of molecules and condensed matter (NMR, EPR, XRD, electron microscopy, vibrational spectroscopy, surface analysis, ICP, mass spectrometry, etc.)
• Chemical, structural or microstructural analysis of samples

Contact
Isabelle De Waele (Director)

Under the administrative supervision of:
University of Lille, CNRS

Website

Divisions

• Near-field microscopy
  Technical director: Dominique Deresmes
• Electrical characterisation of microwave components and microsystems
  Technical director: Sophie Barois
• Measuring electromagnetic interactions
  Technical director: Lamine Kone
• Characterisation of communication systems
  Technical director: Rédha Kassi

Competencies

• Characterisation of components or micro-devices (manufactured in our micro/nanofabrication plant) and systems
• Observation and manipulation of nano-sized objects
• Monitoring of technological processes, growth and characterisation of materials and nanostructures at nanometric or atomic scale
• Evaluating the behaviour of electronic components or subsystems over a wide frequency range (up to THz)
• Electrical characterisation and imaging of microsystems and nanodevices
• Electromagnetic interactions between electronic/electrical equipment and their electromagnetic operating environment over a wide frequency range (kHz to 20 GHz)
• Evaluating the performance of wired and wireless communication systems (5G, IoT, THz, optical, etc.)

Contact

Scientific director: Christophe Lethien

IEMN, PCMP Platform
Campus Cité Scientifique
Avenue Henri Poincaré
CS 60069
59 650 Villeneuve d’Ascq

Under the administrative supervision of:

University of Lille, CNRS

The Pharo platform is a pure object programming language and a powerful environment that focuses on simplicity and immediate feedback (think of an IDE and an OS rolled into one). Pharo has unique paedagogical properties and is used worldwide by 40 universities to teach object-oriented programming. Pharo is used by 20 international research groups. Pharo’s development is supported by a
a 46-member industrial consortium.

For further details, please consult the detailed information sheet.

Contact
Scientific director: Stéphane Ducasse
Technical director: Esteban Lorenzano

Under the administrative supervision of:
University of Lille, Inria

Website

Competencies

• Casting and controlled solidification of metallic materials
• Development of friction materials (filled polymers)
• Additive manufacturing of metals and ceramics
• Characterising the microstructures of metallic and ceramic materials
• Characterising the thermal and thermomechanical properties of materials
• Characterising surface topography
• Electrochemical characterisation of surfaces

For further details, please consult the detailed information sheet.

Contact

Scientific director: Denis Najjar
Technical directors: Arnaud Beaurain and Jean-François Witz

Under the administrative supervision of:

University of Lille, CNRS, Centrale Lille

Website

Competencies

• Pooling of equipment and R&D engineering for the development of Cross-Reality (XR) devices and applications.
• Immersive auditorium and experimentation and demonstration areas equipped with various virtual reality, mixed reality and tactile and gestural interaction devices.
• Services and technical and scientific competencies to support and further develop multidisciplinary projects involving advanced visualisation and interaction technologies, from feasibility studies to operational prototypes (TRL 6).

Contact

Technical director: Samuel Degrande
Scientific director: Laurent Grisoni

IRCICA
Parc Scientifique de la Haute Borne
50 avenue du Halley 59650 Villeneuve d’Ascq
contact-pirvi[at]univ-lille[point]fr

Under the administrative supervision of:

University of Lille, CNRS

Website

Competencies

• Unique testing facilities for studying wall turbulence at high Reynolds numbers and flow control
• Expertise in optical metrology (PIV) and hot-wire anemometry

For further details, please consult the detailed information sheet.

Contact

Scientific director: Jean-Marc Foucaut
Technical director: Christophe Cuvier

Under the administrative supervision of:

University of Lille, CNRS, Centrale de Lille

Website

Competencies

• Mobile robotics
• Medical robotics
• Deformable robotics
• Collaborative robotics
• Autonomous vehicle
• Monitoring
• Operational reliability
• Middleware and embedded real-time systems
• Indoor and outdoor test tracks available for full-scale validation of intelligent vehicles

Contact

Scientific director: Maan El Badaoui El Najjar
Technical director: Gérald Dherbomez

Under the administrative supervision of:

University of Lille, CNRS, Centrale de Lille, Inria

Website

Divisions

• REALCAT – High-throughput screening cluster for catalyst development
  Scientific director: Sébastien Paul
  Technical director: Svetlana Heyte
• UPCAT – Specialised tools for the synthesis, activation, regeneration and shaping of heterogeneous catalysts
  Scientific director: Sébastien Royer
  Technical director: Jérémy Dhainaut
• PPTS - Powder Processes and Technologies
  Scientific director: Nouria Fatah
• HT-SMARTFORMU – High-throughput Formulations
  Scientific director: Véronique Rataj
  Technical director: Christel Pierlot
• FIRE-RESIST – Reactions and Fire Resistance of Materials
  Scientific director: Serge Bourbigot
  Technical director: Johan Sarazin

For further details, please consult the detailed information sheet.

Competencies

• High-throughput catalytic screening
• Scaling-up and shaping of heterogeneous catalysts
• Powder processes and technologies
• Development of high-throughput formulations
• Measurements of material reactions and fire resistance.

Under the administrative supervision of:
University of Lille, CNRS, Centrale Lille

Competencies

• Helping to identify and access quantitative data
• Facilitating the use of data using specialised methods and software
• Providing information on data and events
• Raising awareness of data usage and issues (data management plan, GDPR, etc.)

Contact

Technical director: Ada-Marlen Chmilevschi
Scientific director: Héloïse Petit

European Centre for Human and Social Sciences
2 rue des Canonniers
BP 80217
59002 Lille Cedex

Under the administrative supervision of:

University of Lille, CNRS

Website