The GABI unit is a founding member of SAPS

Created in 2015, SAPS federates 7 research units, 2 experimental units, 1 Unité Mixte de Service, 3 technology platforms and 6 technical platforms, 1 GIE laboratory under the supervision of the Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (INRAE), AgroParisTech, Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS), Ecole nationale vétérinaire d'Alfort (ENVA), Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES) and Fédération Nationale des Courses Hippiques (FNCH).

Objectives 

Develop new scientific knowledge in animal biology and health :

• Promote interactions between research on farm animals or animal models and research on animal and human health.
• Strengthen links between animal and human health research (One Health, zoonoses, environmental effects).
• Develop predictive approaches and “data science” in the field of animal biology and health.
• Promote high-performance, environmentally-friendly breeding systems.
• Contribute to the dialogue between science and society and meet the diverse expectations of citizens..

Areas of research 

Our research falls into four main areas of multidisciplinary research in Animal Science

Our research falls into four main areas of multidisciplinary research in Animal Science :

• animal genetics, genomics and epigenetics ;
• the biology of reproduction, development and cellular differentiation ;
• animal and human health; immunology, infectiology and virology;
• computational biology, combining mathematical modeling, computer programming, statistics and artificial intelligence.

Research into the fundamental mechanisms of life and the major functions of the animal kingdom, as well as the analysis of associated data, are grouped into two cross-disciplinary areas :

• Area 1: Functional organization and regulation of genome expression.
• Area 2: Computational biology and modeling of complex biological systems.

The knowledge and methods acquired in these areas contribute to meeting two major societal challenges: the agro-ecological transition of livestock farming and the implementation of the "One Health" concept, the latter defining two more operational areas:

• Area 3: Livestock systems and healthy, sustainable food.
• Area 4: Interactions between organisms, ecosystems and the environment.