EB1 Gosselies

Bio Parc Gosselies

History :

• 1999 : The roots of the BioPark were created by Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) with the Institute for Medical and Molecular Biology (IBMM) in Charleroi, employing 250 researchers.
• 2004 : The Institute for Medical Immunology (IMI) is created in partnership with GSK and the Walloon Region
• 2010 : The first incubator was founded on the BioPark to accelerate the creation of start-up companies in Life Sciences.
• 2011 : The Center Medical and Molecular Imaging (CMMI) is created in partnership with UMONS and with the support of FEDER European funds.

Today, BioPark Charleroi has grown into a thriving campus that unites scientific excellence, industrial strength and entrepreneurial ambition. They create an environment where researchers, entrepreneurs, investors and institutions collaborate to accelerate scientific progress, health innovation and business.

Charleroi

On September 3, 1666, Marquis Castel Rodrigo laid the first stone of a new fortress erected on the banks of the Sambre River in the village of Charnoy. This citadel, designed for defense, reinforced the border between the Spanish Netherlands and France. War threatened, and soon the French would seize the fortress, still under construction. In honor of the Spanish sovereign, Charles II, then barely five years old, the fortress was named "Charl le Roy" (Charles the King).

Source: charleroi-decouverte.be | Charleroi, 1666, Spanish fortress - 350 years / F. Dierick

 Between ancient stones and winding towers, Charleroi is rich in incomparable, timeless treasures that still punctuate a contrasting landscape of iconic castles and basilicas, listed houses and remarkable religious buildings, and former coal mining and industrial sites. They are all guardians of our glorious past.

 With its 600,000 inhabitants, Charleroi Métropole is emerging as a new force, a strategic link capable of connecting the potential of some 30 municipalities located across the vast territories of the provinces of Hainaut and Namur, which do not initially seem to have much in common.