Institut du cerveau et de la moelle épinière
The Institut du cerveau et de la moelle épinière is a recognized public utility foundation founded in 2005 which has housed since 2010, on the site of the Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, a research center run by 600 researchers, engineers and technicians conducting basic or clinical research on the brain and neurological or psychiatric diseases as well as on the spinal cord.History
On June 18, 2008, it was in the presence of the Minister of Education and Research Valérie Pécresse, the Mayor of Paris Bertrand Delanoë and the President of the Ile-de-France Regional Council Jean-Paul Huchon, that the Founding members and their sponsor Michelle Yeoh laid the foundation stone of the ICM. The official inauguration of the building took place on September 24, 2010 in the presence of the Minister of Health Roselyne Bachelot. This research center, whose modern and functional architecture was designed by Jean-Michel Wilmotte, makes it possible to reconcile basic research and applied research, in particular for clinical purposes, within the same place. When it opened, the building brought together the vast majority of research teams in neuroscience, neurology, psychiatry or psychology which had previously been scattered over the Pitié-Salpêtrière site.Founders
The ICM brings together personalities from all walks of life and who have placed their various areas of expertise at the service of the Foundation: Gérard Saillant, Yves Agid, Olivier Lyon-Caen, Luc Besson, Louis Camilleri, Jean Glavany, Maurice Lévy, Jean-Pierre Martel, Max Mosley, Lindsay Owen-Jones, Michael Schumacher, Jean Todt, David de Rothschild and Serge Weinberg.
The ICM sponsors are Jean Reno and Michelle Yeoh.Incubator iPEPS
The ICM hosts a business incubator. As of December 2019, more than 27 companies have been housed in this incubator.
