During the visit of a delegation from Lyon in Japan, an agreement was signed between the lMSUT (Institute of Medical Sciences - University of Tokyo), the University Claude Bernard Lyon 1 and the ENS de Lyon.
This agreement is part of the IARI Program (International Alliance Research Internship Program) which has been developed in the framework of the cooperation between the ENS de Lyon and the University of Tokyo.
The agreement encompasses internships in the fields of biosciences, medical sciences and bioengineering. Every year, one or two students of the ENS de Lyon will thus benefit from this program, as well as one or two students of the University of Tokyo who will have the possibility to do an internships in one of the school's labs.
Institutions involved in the IARI Program:

• in Japan: GSFS (Graduate School of Frontier Sciences), lMSUT (Institute of Medical Sciences University of Tokyo), IMCB (Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences), University of Tokyo
• in France: ENS de Lyon, University Claude Bernard Lyon 1, INSA Lyon and the Université de Lyon.

Signature of the agreement, with the Dean of the Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, Frédéric Fleury, president of the University Claude Bernard Lyon 1,and Jean-François Pinton, president of the ENS de Lyon.