France-BioImaging’s governance relies on a structured and inclusive model, bringing together a wide range of stakeholders involved in guiding, advising, and making strategic decisions.
From scientific and technological experts to institutional and industrial representatives, each governance body plays a specific role to ensure the infrastructure’s effective operations, innovation, and long-term sustainability.
FBI governance chart and national coordination structure
Executive Board (EB)
The Executive Board comprises the National Coordination, the nine node coordinators or their substitutes, and Representatives of the FBI core Facilities. According to the topics to be addressed, members of the National Advisory Committee are invited.
France-BioImaging Node Community Commitee
The FBI node community is composed of all the Core-facility and R&D staff. They are at the heart of the France BioImaging activities, and as such, are a pivotal source of information to shape FBI’s strategies. In 2019, a dedicated CoreF WG was created, Its role is based on the node COMMUNITY tasks. Their representatives are permanently invited to the Executive Board (Executive Committee).
France-BioImaging Institutional Committee (IC)
The institutional committee involves representatives of all signatories of the Consortium Agreement. The Institutional Committee takes responsibility of decisions concerning major changes in orientation, composition, evolution and sustainability of the national infrastructure FBI.
It is also convened in case of major conflicts between members of the Executive Board. For all the above reasons, the national coordinator informs the main supervising institution of FBI, the CNRS. Then, the CNRS notifies the other Parties and organizes debates and meetings. Final, the Institutional Committees takes decision, if necessary.
Scientific Advisory Board (SAB)
The SAB is composed of six independent and eminent members of the scientific community in the field of biological imaging, from abroad.
National Advisory Committee (NAC)
The NAC is composed of three bodies representing users, the industrial community and technological networks.
National User Committee
The NUC is composed of users of our facilities who do not belong to the France BioImaging perimeter. It gives completely independent recommendations and suggestions on the user-related activities of FBI.
National “Tech Watch” Committee
The National Tech Watch committee is composed of representatives of the technological networks and research groups (GDR) in our field. It allows for the coordination of the communities specialized in biological imaging technologies and methodologies. FBI has signed partnerships conventions with the RIME and RTmfm networks. The “Tech Watch” committee gathers the whole community of biological imaging, beyond the official FBI’s perimeter.
These networks (and others) branch out into regional and local scales. FBI’s dissemination and animation activities are also inscribed in such local contexts (PhysChemCell, Light Sheet Microscopy, Storage Day in collaboration with IFB, chemical cell imaging, RIC Paris-Saclay, etc.)
France-BioImaging Industry Committee (IC)
President: Fabrice Schmitt (Zeiss)
Vice-President: Martin Belle (CryoCapCell)
The IC is composed of local representatives of companies involved in field of microscopy, from start-ups to big conglomerates.
The IC gives recommendations and suggestions on the direction of industrial partnerships initiated by FBI. It is also actively involved in the implementation of FBI’s integrated training offer, as members of the IC have noticed the need to gather and coordinate efforts to provide the best training, from fundamental knowledge to practical skills, in order to create a virtous circle that benefit the whole community.
The IC follows rules of procedure defining its organization.
Please click here to consult the Rule of Procedure document.
Please click here to read the FBI Industry Committee’s Letter of Engagement.