AltraBio Timeline



January 2009
AltraBio moves into the new premises at 24 rue Baldassini, Lyon (Gerland district)

June 2008
Presence at BIO International Convention 2008 in San Diego

March 2008
Presence at BioSquare (Basel, 12-14 March 2008).

January 2008
Presence at BioData forum (Geneva, 22-23 January 2008).

December 2007
AltraBio presented at the colloquium Creating knowledge—creating values on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Lyon campus of École Normale Supérieure. (Lyon, 11-12 December 2007)

November 2007
Presence at the European BioAlpine Convention (Colleretto Giacosa, Italy, 6-7 November).

October 2007
Presence at Biopartnering Europe and Biotechnology Business Exchange in London

September 2007
Presence at EuroBio in Lille

August 2007
AltraBio featured in the press section of the web site of Crealys, a business incubator of the Rhône-Alpes region.

May 2007
Presence at BIO International Convention 2007 in Boston

March 2007
Presence, in association with Lyon BioPole, at Biosquare 2007, Biodiscovery Days , BioVision and BioPartnering in Lyon

February 2007
Endorsement of the project by Novacité business incubator of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the city of Lyon

January 2007
Presence at BioData 2007

November 2006
Endorsement of the project by Rhône-Alpes Entreprendre, a small-to-medium entreprise network of the Rhône-Alpes region

October 2006
Presence at EuroBio 2006

September 2006
Contract with a Fortune Global 500 company to provide biological data analysis services

July 2006
Incorporation of AltraBio

May 2006
Recipient of a Merck Santé Grant (funding provided by Merck KgA to support life science startup companies in Rhône-Alpes region and administered by Crealys)

May 2006
AltraBio moves into the premises of the life science business incubator at Ecole Normale Supérieure (ENS) Lyon. Launch of collaboration with CNRS- and INSERM-funded groups on the ENS campus

March 2006
Laureate of the Regional Enterprise Creation Contest of the Rhône-Alpes region

December 2005
Endorsement of the project by Crealys. Award of a small business development grant by the Rhône-Alpes region

October 2005
Selection of the project by the entrepreneurship program of EM Lyon, a major European business school

September 2005
Selection of the AltraBio creation project by Crealys, a business incubator of the Rhône-Alpes region supporting startups before their incorporation