INBS — Infrastructures Nationales en Biologie Santé
Overview
INBS is the collective designation for French national research infrastructures in biology and health, the majority of which were funded through the Investissements d’Avenir (PIA) programme from 2011 onwards. France currently has 27 INBS on the Ministry of Higher Education and Research roadmap (as of 2024), spanning genomics, bioinformatics, imaging, structural biology, metabolomics, proteomics, phenotyping, clinical research, and biobanking. The GIS IBiSA serves as the coordination body between the INBS and their national supervisory organisations. The infrastructures are designed to offer high-level services to the research community and industry, to train scientific communities, and to develop innovative technological research, while integrating into European networks (ESFRI, EOSC, ELIXIR).
Member Infrastructures Relevant to Neuroscience
Of the 27 INBS, those most directly relevant to open neuroscience include France BioImaging (FBI), France Life Imaging (FLI), IFB (Institut Français de Bioinformatique), France Génomique, BIOBANQUES, and NeurATRIS. IBiSA is the GIS that labels and coordinates technological platforms and biological resource centres across the full INBS network.
Role in the French Open Science Ecosystem
INBS is the structural backbone linking French national biology/health platforms to each other, to European ESFRI infrastructures, and to the EOSC. It does not operate platforms directly but coordinates strategy, access policies, data management frameworks, and European integration across all member infrastructures.
Connections
- Member infrastructures: France BioImaging, France Life Imaging, IFB, France Génomique, NeurATRIS, IBiSA