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RENTRÉE 2022-2023

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Training through research

ENS de Lyon was ranked 7th of the World's best small universities (THE, 2018)

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2022 ERC Consolidator grants: a recipient at ENS de Lyon

The project by Mathieur Couttenier, Head of the Center for Economic Research on Governance, Inequality and Conflict, is one of 321 projects selected by the European Research Council (ERC).

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    Saugata Bhaduri, visiting professor at IHRIM
    Saugata Bhaduri, visiting professor at IHRIM
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    2023 BIOSANTEXC Research and Academic Mobility Programs
    2023 BIOSANTEXC Research and Academic Mobility Programs

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The ENS de Lyon is home to numerous research laboratories in the fields of exact sciences, social sciences and the humanities. Research activity at the ENS de Lyon is reflected in the number of publications and citations of its researchers, projects funded by the ERC and Horizon H2020, numerous scientific events, etc.

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Sociology of chinese youth

By Laurence Roulleau-Berger, research director at the CNRS and a member of the Triangle laboratory.

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Development of a pentavalent vaccine against New World arenaviruses

Publication of the CIRI in the journal Nature Microbiology on January 5, 2023. Communication of the Institut Pasteur on January 6, 2023.

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Mapping the chemistry of the Earth's mantle

Publication of the LGL-TPE in the journal PNAS on November 21, 2022. CNRS-INSU communication on December 7, 2022.

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YAP, protein involved in staphylococcus aureus infections, opens the door to new therapeutic strategies

Publication of the CIRI in the journal Nature Communications on November 16, 2022. Jean Monnet University press release on November 28, 2022.

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How can bats harbor so many viruses without developing symptoms?

Publication of the CIRI in the journal Science Advances on November 23, 2022. CNRS press alert on November 23, 2022.

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Steroid hormone metabolites activate the pyrin inflammasome

Publication of the CIRI in the journal Cell Reports on October 11, 2022. CNRS-INSB communication on November 7, 2022.

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Plastics response to extreme stretching

Publication of the Physics Laboratory in the journal Macromolecules on October 11, 2022. CNRS-INP communication on October 28, 2022.

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Lessons from Covid-19: a detailed roadmap to improve One Health approaches is available at last

Publication of the French Scientific Council on Covid-19 in the journal The Lancet on October 24, 2022. CIRAD press release on October 26, 2022.

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Religious Transnationalism and Climate Change

Samadia Sadouni is a senior lecturer in political science at Sciences Po Lyon and a member of the Triangle laboratory.

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Imprisonment or escape, the unfair fate of active particles in cells

Publication of the Physics Laboratory in the Journal of Fluid Mechanics on September 14, 2022. CNRS-INSIS communication on September 30, 2022.

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Monday, February 06, 2023

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Anglophone Studies Lectures: Postcolonialism and its Discontents

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lecture by Wojciech Drąg

Thursday, April 06, 2023

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Consolation in contemporary British and postcolonial literatures

Monday, April 24, 2023

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9th Congress On Ionic Liquids

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Studying at the ENS de Lyon offers the opportunity to pursue a degree from L3 to doctorate with individualized courses.

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China Scholarship Council: 2023 Call for applications

Call for PhD applications: to carry out a thesis or a doctoral research stay in ENS de Lyon's research laboratories. Applications are open until February 1, 2023.

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What does the École normale supérieure de Lyon (ENS de Lyon) stand for? Key figures, international rankings and why study at the ENS de Lyon.

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