Scientists collaborate to acquire new competencies and to access to scientific equipment that they require to perform research. Since the development of genomics and tools for «mass gene and protein exploration», instrumentation has become more and more resource-consuming, making sharing...

The collective management of technological platforms is one of the key-issue of life sciences policy in France. Technological platforms have been given two missions by public policies : contributing to knowledge production and realize technological transfer to the industry. The historical and...