{"id":872,"date":"2026-03-11T13:48:49","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T12:48:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.toulouse-white-biotechnology.com?page_id=872"},"modified":"2026-03-12T15:47:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T14:47:12","slug":"our-identity","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.toulouse-white-biotechnology.com\/en\/who-we-are\/our-identity\/","title":{"rendered":"Our identity"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"acf pageheader-level-2 default-align-wide alignwide wp-block-acf-pageheader-level-2\" id=\"block_501066d4a9a4c26263fb45bf7e00fafc\">\n\t<div class=\"pageheader-level-2-content\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"pageheader-level-2-content-inner\">\n                <nav id=\"breadcrumbs\" class=\"breadcrumb is-style-white-breadcrumbs\"><span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.toulouse-white-biotechnology.com\/en\/\">Home<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/nav>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"pageheader-level-2-title\">Our identity<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">An agile biofoundry focused on transforming industry<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">TWB is a biofoundry supported by three public institutions that are pillars of French research: INRAE, INSA, and CNRS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Created in 2012 as part of the French government\u2019s Programme d\u2019Investissements d\u2019Avenir, TWB benefits from a consortium of around fifty public and private stakeholders who help guide our strategy alongside our founding institutions. We have supported more than 10 start-ups in achieving their ambitions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Organized around our core expertise\u2014microbial cell factories and the development of industrially scalable, disruptive biosolutions\u2014we carry out around fifty R&amp;D projects each year to build new sustainable production pathways. In close interaction with international stakeholders, we are actively involved in networks working toward a more innovative and efficient biotechnology industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-color-3-background-color has-background is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:100px;padding-bottom:100px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-color-1-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-e7e0d3034a9e7a2ca47a8b2219eec02a\">Organization profile<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;flex-basis:33%\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left has-color-1-color has-text-color has-link-color has-h-3-font-size wp-elements-9bba92e5ebd17e02a71dc2c734578415\"><strong>Founded\u00a0: <\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-container-content-69bc4bdf\">2012<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33%\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left has-color-1-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-cce8bb3f226b4e81b813c3bd675e7742\"><strong>Identity\u00a0:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-container-content-69bc4bdf\">Pre-industrial demonstrator<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33%\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left has-color-1-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-eb9182d289f778d2ffeebe3527d4537c\"><strong>Legal status\u00a0:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-container-content-69bc4bdf\">Joint Service Unit (UMS) managed by INRAE, under the joint supervision of INRAE, INSA, and CNRS (UMS INRAE 1337; UAR CNRS 3582), supported by a consortium of private and public partners that chairs the Strategic Orientation Committee (COS).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33%\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left has-color-1-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-95739428102202cac4275376847f4d94\"><strong>Executive team :<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-container-content-69bc4bdf\"><strong>Direction executive&nbsp;: <\/strong>Pascal Chapon<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Direction de l\u2019unit\u00e9&nbsp;:<\/strong> Elisabeth Lance<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Comit\u00e9 d&#8217;Orientation Strat\u00e9gique <\/strong>r\u00e9unissant une trentaine de repr\u00e9sentants du consortium, des tutelles et de la direction de TWB, analyses chimiques et cytom\u00e9trie<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Pr\u00e9sident du COS&nbsp;:<\/strong> Micha\u00ebl O\u2019Donohue, directeur scientifique Bio\u00e9conomie d\u2019INRAE<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Vice-Pr\u00e9sident du COS&nbsp;:<\/strong> J\u00e9r\u00e9mie Blache, pr\u00e9sident de Pili<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33%\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left has-color-1-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4c258b3de8588cdb4dc3192324cabf04\"><strong>Mission :<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-container-content-69bc4bdf\">Developing industrial biotechnology for a high-performing and sustainable economy<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33%\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left has-color-1-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-09bdfb13d7b56f6d121154240f7c81f0\"><strong>Activity\u00a0:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-container-content-69bc4bdf\">Research and development in biotechnology (TRL 1 to 6)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33%\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left has-color-1-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-0b3f6b5233645bbe01870c1e5c5fdf83\"><strong>Speciality\u00a0:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-container-content-69bc4bdf\">Synthetic biology, microbial resource management, bioprocesses, scale-up<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33%\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left has-color-1-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-20b48cc1c337c855c88eb4da6acd4cd7\"><strong>Surface<\/strong> :<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-container-content-69bc4bdf\">3500m2<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-blanc-color has-color-2-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-eee0e5fddbc6de5a378aad8948884240 is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:100px;padding-bottom:100px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-blanc-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-bb7a5c54e24b29eb873a23c479ecf032 is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-blanc-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-fa4b19d97b408477aba21f5c21168555 is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Governance<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>TWB\u2019s governance is based on its consortium, an executive management team, and complementary governing bodies.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left has-h-3-font-size\"><strong>The executive management\u00a0: <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-container-content-69bc4bdf\">TWB\u2019s executive management is led by the Executive Director and the Unit Director. It is responsible for day-to-day operational decisions and relies on the Executive Committee, composed of its various directors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\"><strong>Strategic Orientation Committee (COS)<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Le COS est compos\u00e9 des tutelles de TWB, des repr\u00e9sentants du consortium et de la direction executive. Il constitue l&#8217;organe de r\u00e9flexion et de d\u00e9cision strat\u00e9gique du d\u00e9monstrateur. Il se r\u00e9unit minimum 2 fois par an.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Il a en charge notamment :<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Les orientations strat\u00e9giques et la d\u00e9finition de la feuille de route de TWB,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Les arbitrages des entr\u00e9es et sorties du consortium,<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\"><strong>The Scientific Committee<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\"><strong>The Ethics and Sustainable Development Committee<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading alignwide\">Our key figures<\/h2>\n\n\n<section class=\"acf applications default-align-wide alignwide wp-block-acf-applications\" id=\"block_238c553f4d80196890e53fedd9fb6b27\">\n                    <div class=\"applications-list cards grid\">\n                            <article class=\"card-application application-item \" data-id=\"\">\n                    <div class=\"application-item-content recto\">\n                                                    <picture class=\"application-item-icon\">\n                                <source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.toulouse-white-biotechnology.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/03\/picto-arbre-blanc-91x80.webp, https:\/\/www.toulouse-white-biotechnology.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/03\/picto-arbre-blanc-91x80.webp 2x\" media=\"(max-width: 425px)\">\n                                <source type=\"image\/jpeg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.toulouse-white-biotechnology.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/03\/picto-arbre-blanc-91x80.jpg, https:\/\/www.toulouse-white-biotechnology.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/03\/picto-arbre-blanc-91x80.jpg 2x\" media=\"(max-width: 425px)\">\n                                <source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.toulouse-white-biotechnology.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/03\/picto-arbre-blanc-91x80.webp, https:\/\/www.toulouse-white-biotechnology.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/03\/picto-arbre-blanc-91x80.webp 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 426px)\">\n                                <source type=\"image\/jpeg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.toulouse-white-biotechnology.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/03\/picto-arbre-blanc-91x80.jpg, https:\/\/www.toulouse-white-biotechnology.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/03\/picto-arbre-blanc-91x80.jpg 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 426px)\">\n                                <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.toulouse-white-biotechnology.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/03\/picto-arbre-blanc-91x80.jpg\" alt=\"Picto Arbre Blanc\" width=\"185\" height=\"80\"\/>\n                            <\/picture>\n                                                <div class=\"application-item-content-text\">\n                            <div class=\"application-item-content-text-inner\">\n                                                                    <h3 class=\"application-item-title h4\">Our story<\/h3>\n                                                                                            <\/div>\n                                                            <span class=\"arrow arrow-right hover-link\"><\/span>\n                                                    <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n\n                                                                <div class=\"application-item-content-hover\" data-lenis-prevent>\n                                                                                        <div class=\"application-item-zone-de-texte\"><p><strong>2012:<\/strong> Creation of TWB with a consortium of 31 members<br data-start=\"53\" data-end=\"56\" \/><strong>2020:<\/strong> Installation on the INSA campus<br data-start=\"93\" data-end=\"96\" \/><strong>2025:<\/strong> End of the first consortium with 45 members, 400 completed projects, and 10 start-ups hosted and supported<br data-start=\"208\" data-end=\"211\" \/><strong>2026:<\/strong> Launch of a new consortium offering<\/p>\n<\/div>\n                                                                                <\/div>\n                                    <\/article>\n                            <article class=\"card-application application-item \" data-id=\"\">\n                    <div class=\"application-item-content recto\">\n                                                    <picture class=\"application-item-icon\">\n                                <source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.toulouse-white-biotechnology.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/03\/picto-arbre-blanc-91x80.webp, https:\/\/www.toulouse-white-biotechnology.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/03\/picto-arbre-blanc-91x80.webp 2x\" media=\"(max-width: 425px)\">\n                                <source type=\"image\/jpeg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.toulouse-white-biotechnology.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/03\/picto-arbre-blanc-91x80.jpg, https:\/\/www.toulouse-white-biotechnology.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/03\/picto-arbre-blanc-91x80.jpg 2x\" media=\"(max-width: 425px)\">\n                                <source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.toulouse-white-biotechnology.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/03\/picto-arbre-blanc-91x80.webp, https:\/\/www.toulouse-white-biotechnology.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/03\/picto-arbre-blanc-91x80.webp 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 426px)\">\n                                <source type=\"image\/jpeg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.toulouse-white-biotechnology.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/03\/picto-arbre-blanc-91x80.jpg, https:\/\/www.toulouse-white-biotechnology.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/03\/picto-arbre-blanc-91x80.jpg 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 426px)\">\n                                <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.toulouse-white-biotechnology.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/03\/picto-arbre-blanc-91x80.jpg\" alt=\"Picto Arbre Blanc\" width=\"185\" height=\"80\"\/>\n                            <\/picture>\n                                                <div class=\"application-item-content-text\">\n                            <div class=\"application-item-content-text-inner\">\n                                                                    <h3 class=\"application-item-title h4\">R&#038;D projects<\/h3>\n                                                                                            <\/div>\n                                                            <span class=\"arrow arrow-right hover-link\"><\/span>\n                                                    <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n\n                                                                <div class=\"application-item-content-hover\" data-lenis-prevent>\n                                                                                        <div class=\"application-item-zone-de-texte\"><p>More than 400 projects developed<\/p>\n<\/div>\n                                                                                <\/div>\n                                    <\/article>\n                            <article class=\"card-application application-item \" data-id=\"\">\n                    <div class=\"application-item-content recto\">\n                                                    <picture class=\"application-item-icon\">\n                                <source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.toulouse-white-biotechnology.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/03\/picto-arbre-blanc-91x80.webp, https:\/\/www.toulouse-white-biotechnology.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/03\/picto-arbre-blanc-91x80.webp 2x\" media=\"(max-width: 425px)\">\n                                <source type=\"image\/jpeg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.toulouse-white-biotechnology.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/03\/picto-arbre-blanc-91x80.jpg, https:\/\/www.toulouse-white-biotechnology.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/03\/picto-arbre-blanc-91x80.jpg 2x\" media=\"(max-width: 425px)\">\n                                <source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.toulouse-white-biotechnology.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/03\/picto-arbre-blanc-91x80.webp, https:\/\/www.toulouse-white-biotechnology.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/03\/picto-arbre-blanc-91x80.webp 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 426px)\">\n                                <source type=\"image\/jpeg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.toulouse-white-biotechnology.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/03\/picto-arbre-blanc-91x80.jpg, https:\/\/www.toulouse-white-biotechnology.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/03\/picto-arbre-blanc-91x80.jpg 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 426px)\">\n                                <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.toulouse-white-biotechnology.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/03\/picto-arbre-blanc-91x80.jpg\" alt=\"Picto Arbre Blanc\" width=\"185\" height=\"80\"\/>\n                            <\/picture>\n                                                <div class=\"application-item-content-text\">\n                            <div class=\"application-item-content-text-inner\">\n                                                                    <h3 class=\"application-item-title h4\">Publications and patents<\/h3>\n                                                                                            <\/div>\n                                                            <span class=\"arrow arrow-right hover-link\"><\/span>\n                                                    <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n\n                                                                <div class=\"application-item-content-hover\" data-lenis-prevent>\n                                                                                        <div class=\"application-item-zone-de-texte\"><p>At the origin of around one hundred patents and publications<\/p>\n<\/div>\n                                                                                <\/div>\n                                    <\/article>\n                            <article class=\"card-application application-item \" data-id=\"\">\n                    <div class=\"application-item-content recto\">\n                                                    <picture class=\"application-item-icon\">\n                                <source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.toulouse-white-biotechnology.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/03\/picto-arbre-blanc-91x80.webp, https:\/\/www.toulouse-white-biotechnology.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/03\/picto-arbre-blanc-91x80.webp 2x\" media=\"(max-width: 425px)\">\n                                <source type=\"image\/jpeg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.toulouse-white-biotechnology.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/03\/picto-arbre-blanc-91x80.jpg, https:\/\/www.toulouse-white-biotechnology.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/03\/picto-arbre-blanc-91x80.jpg 2x\" media=\"(max-width: 425px)\">\n                                <source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.toulouse-white-biotechnology.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/03\/picto-arbre-blanc-91x80.webp, https:\/\/www.toulouse-white-biotechnology.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/03\/picto-arbre-blanc-91x80.webp 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 426px)\">\n                                <source type=\"image\/jpeg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.toulouse-white-biotechnology.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/03\/picto-arbre-blanc-91x80.jpg, https:\/\/www.toulouse-white-biotechnology.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/03\/picto-arbre-blanc-91x80.jpg 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 426px)\">\n                                <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.toulouse-white-biotechnology.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/03\/picto-arbre-blanc-91x80.jpg\" alt=\"Picto Arbre Blanc\" width=\"185\" height=\"80\"\/>\n                            <\/picture>\n                                                <div class=\"application-item-content-text\">\n                            <div class=\"application-item-content-text-inner\">\n                                                                    <h3 class=\"application-item-title h4\">Start-ups <\/h3>\n                                                                                            <\/div>\n                                                            <span class=\"arrow arrow-right hover-link\"><\/span>\n                                                    <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n\n                                                                <div class=\"application-item-content-hover\" data-lenis-prevent>\n                                                                                        <div class=\"application-item-zone-de-texte\"><p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"161\">11 start-ups created within its ecosystem and with its support: Tol\u00e9rys, Enobraq, Carbios, MicroPep, Pili, Lantana Bio, BioC3, Amineo, Allozyme, Aviwell, iMEAN<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"163\" data-end=\"193\">92% funded at Series A stage<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"195\" data-end=\"232\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">More than \u20ac200M in total funds raised<\/p>\n<\/div>\n                                                                                <\/div>\n                                    <\/article>\n                            <article class=\"card-application application-item \" data-id=\"\">\n                    <div class=\"application-item-content recto\">\n                                                    <picture class=\"application-item-icon\">\n                                <source type=\"image\/webp\" 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srcset=\"https:\/\/www.toulouse-white-biotechnology.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/03\/picto-arbre-blanc-91x80.jpg, https:\/\/www.toulouse-white-biotechnology.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/03\/picto-arbre-blanc-91x80.jpg 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 426px)\">\n                                <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.toulouse-white-biotechnology.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/03\/picto-arbre-blanc-91x80.jpg\" alt=\"Picto Arbre Blanc\" width=\"185\" height=\"80\"\/>\n                            <\/picture>\n                                                <div class=\"application-item-content-text\">\n                            <div class=\"application-item-content-text-inner\">\n                                                                    <h3 class=\"application-item-title h4\">Equipment<\/h3>\n                                                                                            <\/div>\n                                                            <span class=\"arrow arrow-right hover-link\"><\/span>\n                                                    <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n\n                                                                <div class=\"application-item-content-hover\" data-lenis-prevent>\n                                                                                        <div class=\"application-item-zone-de-texte\"><p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"98\">4 technological platforms installed: analytical, cytometry, strain engineering, and fermentation<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"100\" data-end=\"153\">Maximum biodiversity screening throughput: xxxx\/day<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"155\" data-end=\"199\">xxxx fermenters ranging from 2 mL to 300 L<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"201\" data-end=\"233\">xxxx chemical analyses per day<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"235\" data-end=\"268\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">xxxx cytometry labeling protocols<\/p>\n<\/div>\n                                                                                <\/div>\n                                    <\/article>\n                    <\/div>\n            <\/section>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading alignwide has-color-1-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-e23c7a4b05ce85d902952de1e4842e7c\">Our history<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>The concept of the Toulouse White Biotechnology demonstrator was born in 2010, under the leadership of Pierre Monsan, Emeritus Professor at INSA Toulouse and Mines ParisTech. Local, academic, and industrial stakeholders joined the initiative to support the creation in Toulouse of a national and international center of excellence in industrial biotechnology (also known as white biotechnology), aimed at accelerating its development and promoting the bioeconomy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In March 2011, the project was selected as a winner of the French government\u2019s Programme d\u2019Investissements d\u2019Avenir call for projects, \u201cHealth and Biotechnology \u2013 Pre-industrial Demonstrators,\u201d managed by the ANR (French National Research Agency). TWB received an initial \u20ac20 million in public funding over 10 years. Following a positive evaluation in 2019, an additional \u20ac7 million was granted for the 2020\u20132025 period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2011, around thirty public and private members already formed the consortium. Today, it includes around fifty members, among them about ten industrial groups, around fifteen SMEs and mid-sized companies, and about ten start-ups.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Since 2012, together with its partners, TWB has developed more than 400 projects, leading to around one hundred publications and patents. It has supported the creation and development of ten start-ups. Some of them\u2014Pili, iMEAN, BioC3, Lantana Bio, Allozyme, and Aviwell\u2014are still hosted and supported on our site at the INSA Campus. Others, such as MicroPep, Amoeba, and Carbios, have since required larger facilities to support their growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 3,000 m\u00b2 technology hall project, led by INSA, will further expand our capacity to host start-ups and mature projects up to the pre-industrial stage starting in the second half of 2027, thanks in particular to the installation of a 2 m\u00b3 bioreactor.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-color-1-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-8c7252f54ff17ca9db6e526cde38189f\">10 reasons to work with TWB<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p>01.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Exceptional talent:<\/strong> Benefit from collaboration with 70+ scientists and engineers, and a dynamic network of partners and innovative start-ups.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p>02.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tailor-made innovation: <\/strong>Develop turnkey solutions, from proof of concept to pre-industrial production, with scientific and strategic support.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p>03.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ultra-fast R&amp;D:<\/strong> Leverage state-of-the-art infrastructure and expertise in synthetic biology and fermentation to reduce your time-to-market.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p>04.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Optimized costs:<\/strong> Pool resources and risks through co-innovation and the sharing of experimental and scientific resources within an efficient consortium.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p>05.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Total flexibility:<\/strong> Address your needs with tailored offers (Synergist, Catalyst, Pioneer) designed to match your ambitions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p>06.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Simplified legal security:<\/strong> Pre-negotiated intellectual property rights and pre-defined contracts for smoother collaboration.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p>07.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Transparent ROI:<\/strong> Secure your processes with a clear economic model supported by the state.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p>08.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Strategic network:<\/strong> Join a unique ecosystem for B2B partnerships and co-innovation opportunities.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p>09.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Enhanced visibility:<\/strong> Maximize your sector impact through exclusive events (TWB Talks, Start-up Days).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p>10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sustainable impact:<\/strong> Align your projects with CSR objectives and help shape the industry of tomorrow.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><picture><source 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