DECRYPTING BIOLOGICAL COMPLEXITY,
FROM TISSUE TO MOLECULE
INTRODUCTION
CHICS is a multidisciplinary platform comprising 4 complementary technical facilities that share common expertise in multiparametric technologies.
The platform is open to all CRC members, as well as to laboratories affiliated or not with CRC (Sorbonne University, Université Paris Cité, INSERM), and to private companies.
OUR MISSIONS
Providing our users with cutting-edge equipment and high-level expertise.
This includes:
- Providing access to the instruments.
- Comprehensive services carried out by CHICS staff.
- In-depth and personalized training on our equipment and areas of expertise.
- Personalized assistance for the design and interpretation of experiments.
- Collaboration with research teams to develop methods specific to their projects.
- An active technological watch that can lead to collaborations for testing and evaluating new equipment and products.
our news
Discover the Xenium Spatial Platform with 10X Genomics
June 12, 2025
Your CHICS platform, in partnership with Aurélien Bayot (10X Genomics), invites you to an exclusive seminar to explore how 10X GENOMICS Xenium technology can enhance your research.
Join us to discover real-world use cases, engage with experts, and learn how Xenium technology is redefining the possibilities for analyzing your samples.
A morning dedicated to innovation and applied research — not to be missed!
Your contacts :
Aurélie Bayot (10X GENOMICS) – Lucie Poupel (CHICS – CRC) & Catherine Monnot (CRC)
Dive into the World of Spatial Biology with AKOYA
April 1, 2025
CHICS, in partnership with AKOYA, invites you to a full day of exploration in spatial biology.
Discover how spatial omics is revolutionizing research and unlocking new scientific perspectives. The program features talks by renowned researchers, inspiring case studies, and an immersive dive into cutting-edge technologies reshaping our understanding of life.
Join us for a day of discovery, exchange, and innovation!
Spécial seminar Single-Cell BD
March 20, 2025
Seminar led by CELINE JAIMET (Single Cell Specialist at BD)
AYMERIC SYLVIN (Institut Gustave Roussy)
will also be attending and will present his work:
“High-throughput scRNA-seq as a tool for better understanding immune cell heterogeneity and their contribution to diseases.”
OUR FACILITIES
ACCESS REQUEST AND FORMS
Service request and reservation site: https://openiris.io/
To create a new user account on Open Iris, contact Hélène Fohrer-Ting – e-mail: helene.fohrer-ting@crc.jussieu.fr
New external user: Download the form, fill it out, and return it to us signed.
Download CRC External User Registration Form
TEAM
PARTENAIRES
WHERE TO FIND US
Surélévation Building – Ground floor
Two possible access routes:
- Via the corridor of the Surélévation building
- From outside between staircases F and G
