Biom'@x

Science and technology for health and life science.

Biom@x is a multidisciplinary center within the FEMTO-ST Institute which operates transversally across departments in order to structure STEM research in the domain of health, life science, agrifood systems and the links between health and the environment. It aims to federate our critical mass of more than a hundred researchers active in research and development projects for health and life science. We also aims to facilitate academic, medical and industrial partnerships, on both a national and international scale.

Research in Biom@x draws from the broad disciplinary base of the 7 FEMTO-ST's departments: micro-and nano-scale engineering, computer science, biomechanics, robotics, metrology, energy and optics.

At the cellular level, we are a key player in the national ecosystem for biotherapies, contributing innovations in biosensors and lab- and organ-on-chip for diagnosis or cellular therapies. Doing so, we work in close collaboration with the French Blood Agency, the UMR Right and local industries of he agro-environmental sector (UMT CAPPLAI).
At the organ level, we are contributing to the development of artificial intelligence for medical imaging, minimally-invasive robotic surgery and mechanical methods for the characterization of human skin. We are also active in the creation of medtech start-ups - a recent example is Amarob (https://amarob.com/), which markets robotic tools for ENT surgery.
At the organism level, we are working in the field of control engineering and individual prognosis for intensive care, neurology and oncology. We are also developing new data anonymization techniques for e-health applications. Our innovations are used at the patient bedside, in clinical trials or already in routine practice at several local and national hospitals (among which Hopital Nord Franche-Comté) and GHU Psychiatry and Neurosciences in Paris).
At the multiorganism level, we conduct pluridisciplinary research into the acceptability of medical devices and the computational prediction of emergencies in medical, fire and rescue services.

While our work is steeped in academic research, Biom@x also aims to strengthen the links betweenresearch, higher education and the industry. To do so, we are in constant interaction with the fast-growing medtech/biotech ecosystem in Region Bourgogne Franche-Comté, including the PMT Healtg Cluster, the Besançon University Hospital (CHRU) and its Clinical Center (CIC 1431) as well as the Etablissement Français du Sang.

We also work closely with other local research units ( e.g., RIGHT, UTINAM, SINERGIES, and CTM and higher-education institutions, notably in the domain of biomedical engineering and microtechnology ( SUPMICROTECH, ISIFC, and the EIPHI and INTHERAPI graduate schools) .

For a recent portfolio of research projects, please see :