Inauguration of SMMIL-E^* Laboratory, mirror site of LIMMS, in Lille, France

An inauguration of SMMIL-E laboratory, mirror site of LIMMS was held on Monday June 16, 2014 in Lille, in North France. It is in Centre Oscar Lambret (COL), which is in a big area of the Center of Regional Reference in Cancerology of Nord-Pas-de-Calais in south-west of Lille. An agreement was signed by Prof. Yashiro, Vice President of UTokyo, Prof. Fujii, Deputy Director of IIS, Dr. Fuchs, President of CNRS, Dr. Leclercq, Director General of COL, Prof. Rollet, President of University Lille 1. The Prefect of the Nord-Pas-de-Calais Region made an official speech and Prof. Fujita unveiled a SMMIL-E plate. After a press conference, a workshop on BioMEMS was held in the Institute of Biology of Lille (Campus Pasteur). Then the IIS mission visited the rooms of SMMIL-E Laboratory. A new building is planned in the same area as a priority investment under French state and region contract. This building will, host the SMMIL-E laboratory where IIS researchers will work with French collaborators on clinical applications of advanced BioMEMS Technologies mainly against cancer. *Seeding Microsystems in Medicine in Lille - European Japanese Technologies against Cancer -

From left: Prof. E. Lartigau, Director of SIRIC ONCOLille, Prof. D. Collard, Co-Director of LIMMS/CNRS-IIS, Prof. T. Fujii, Co-Director of LIMMS/CNRS-IIS, Prof. H. Fujita, Director of CIRMM, IIS