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A network for bringing NANOtechnologies TO LIFE
NANO2LIFE
Coordinator: Dr. Patrick Boisseau, CEA France (patrick.boisseau@cea.fr)
NoEo, FP 6 priority 3 - NMP

MICRO AND NANOTECHNOLOGIES BULLETIN
Vol. 4/No. 2 and 3; p 12.

Nano2Life in brief

N2L provides a frame to improve European competitiveness in nanobiotech by integrating excellent organisations, offering access to the largest and most advanced multidisciplinary expertise, facilities and know-how.
Integration is achieved by coordinating research, training and communication in academia and industry.
The envisioned permanent European Institute of Nanobiotech will guarantee long term integration.

Objectives of Nano2Life

To tackle fragmentation: 5 clusters today; No european organisation;

To durably integrate organisations: Long term effort

To interface two worlds: nano and bio: No chance that a Med. Doctor meets a physicist, or a chemist or a biologist!

To make EU an international leader: Good science but poor commercialisation

To translate science into economic benefits: Significant commitment of companies;
Shortest transfer from academia to industry;

To educate society about nanobiotech: Don’t repeat the GMO scenario again;

Partners in Nano2 life MIC Copenhagen Mesa+ Twente NMRC Cork INSAT Newcastle NanoBio Grenoble, France PCB Barcelona, Spain Lund University Bio-Analytik Muenster NanoBioNet Saarbruecken EPFL Lausanne FSRM Neuchatel JRC Ispra Demokritos Athens Greece FORTH Heraklion Tel Aviv Univiversity Associate members

Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry , Prague, Czeck Rep.
  Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
  National Institute for Microtechnologies (IMT), Bucharest, Romania
  "Petru Poni" Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, Iasi, Romania
  National Centre on NAnotechnology, Sofia, Bulgaria
  Institute for Materials Science and Technology (BAYATI)
  Institute of Chemistry Budapest, Hungary