GANIL within its region
A leading scientific presence in the Basse-Normandie region
The installation of the GANIL in Basse-Normandie has changed the scientific development in this region. This is illustrated by the Northern plateau of Caen, where a major scientific platform, centered on GANIL, has been developed :
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Cutting-edge technological advances, such as the high bit rate regional network VIKMAN, were developed thanks to the association of various laboratories.
Since 1980, GANIL has made its beams available as a service to companies, and has spawned new startup companies :
- BIOPORE (1986-1990)
- GANELEC (1989-1993)
- Pantechnik (1991 until present)
- X-ION (1998 until present)
A startup incubator "Normandie Incubation" was created in order to stimulate the emergence of new projects.
Since its launch in October 2000, Normandie Incubation has supported 47 projects, leading to the incorporation of 28 companies and the creation of 140 direct jobs.
Regional authorities invest in GANIL's projects
As far back as 1975, the Basse-Normandie region made a substantial financial contribution to this project. Its support, through active and financial cooperation in numerous research programs, has never failed.
SPIRAL2 is financed to the level of 33% by local authorities. The framework agreement concerning SPIRAL2 was signed at GANIL on September 4th 2006, between the CNRS, the CEA, the Basse-Normandie region, the Calvados department, the Calvados prefecture, the City of Caen, and the Metropolitan Area of "Caen la Mer".
GANIL and its campus
Facilities such as SPIRAL2, CIRIL, and Cyceron are proof of the strength and dynamism of the multidisciplinary scientific platform, which has developed on the Jules Horowitz Campus over the last thirty years.
Previously installed in the countryside, this campus now lies at the heart of a complex which combines higher education, research, innovation and economic development. It is one of the driving forces of Basse-Normandie, and thus a successful example of decentralization.
More than a thousand scientists, working in dozens of French and European laboratories, need the installations of one of these three facilities for their research. The Campus is a structuring platform for Europe, and an asset for France.
CIRIL/CIMAP, the Multidisciplinary Ion Laser Research Center, was created to develop multidisciplinary research using GANIL's ion beams. Its primary objective is to gain an understanding of the effect of ions on the electrons of atoms in various materials. The second question deals with the consequences of such perturbations at different distances in time and space. This research involves a wide community of players, whose topics of concern cover many areas of research, from the atom to the living being, from solids to cells, from matter to materials.
Cyceron/CI-NAPS is an imaging center where biomedical research has been carried out since 1985, mainly in the field of neurosciences. As a public interest group (GIP) placed under the authority of major national research organizations (CEA, CNRS, INSERM), other partners of Cyceron include the Caen Basse-Normandie University, the Teaching Hospital of Caen, the François Baclesse Centre for the Treatment of Cancer, as well as the GANIL. Within the framework of an agreement with the Basse-Normandie Regional Hospitalization Agency, Cyceron offers its imaging facilities as a service for clinical research, in particular cancerology.
