Institut Imagine
Genetic diseases: from research to care
Milk For Good supports the Imagine Institute’s Scientific Outreach Grants scheme, which are awarded each year to three PhD students. This programme enables them to design science outreach activities aimed at the general public and young people, with a view to making research advances more accessible through workshops, educational games and open days. Its aim is to raise awareness of research issues amongst as many people as possible, to share the hopes that research inspires, and to foster new scientific careers. Established in 2014 and now headed by Professor Bana Jabri, the Imagine Institute brings together, under one roof, fundamental research, clinical research and technology transfer, with the aim of accelerating discoveries and developing new solutions to genetic diseases – which are often serious, debilitating and cause significant hardship for patients and their families.
At Imagine, patients with genetic disorders are at the heart of a virtuous cycle. Conceived by the Institute’s founders, this cycle begins with the patient and returns to them to cure them or, at the very least, bring them relief. By bringing together all the necessary skills and expertise under one roof to accelerate research, develop innovative treatments and create synergies, the Institute’s teams work together to identify the genes responsible for diseases and understand their mechanisms, with the ultimate aim of improving patient care and offering them treatment tailored to their condition.
With nearly 1,000 staff and 30 research teams, the Imagine Institute has, since its creation, identified more than 250 genes involved in rare diseases, developed more than 400 diagnostic and therapeutic solutions — at the preclinical or clinical stage — relating to more than 3,000 conditions, and carried out more than 25,000 DNA sequencing analyses. These advances contribute every day to a better understanding of these diseases and to accelerating the development of new treatments, for the benefit of patients.
Milk for good has supported the Scientific Outreach Grant scheme, awarded to three PhD students at the Institute each year and aimed at communicating the latest scientific research advances to the general public through games and open days.
