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BIOSANTEXC Research and Academic Mobility Program 2026: the call is open.

ENS-CSC doctoral fellowship program: the 2026 call for applications is now open!

As part of the ENS-IISER partnership, Hemal BAPAT, a BS-MS student at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Bhopal, joined ENS de Lyon through the BIOSANTEXC program for a three-month research internship at the Developmental Epigenomics Laboratory at IGFL.

As part of the ENS-IISER partnership, Divyan SHARMA, a BS-MS student at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Bhopal, joined ENS de Lyon through the BIOSANTEXC program for a three-month research internship at the RDP Laboratory.

As part of the ENS-IISER partnership, Nikita SHARMA, a doctoral student at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal, joined ENS de Lyon through the BIOSANTEXC program and completed a three-month internship at the IGFL.

As part of the ENS-IISER partnership, Aswathy LATIKA BABU, a doctoral student at the NCCS, joined ENS de Lyon through the BIOSANTEXC program and completed a three-month internship at the IGFL.

As part of the ENS-IISER partnership, Gayatree MISHRA , a doctoral student from IISER Bhopal, joined ENS de Lyon through the BIOSANTEXC program and completed a three-month internship at the IGFL.

The call from India to France is closed. 

PhD/Postdoctoral mobility from India to France: the campaign is closed.

ENS-CSC doctoral fellowship program: the 2026 call for applications is now open!

On December 5, 2025, Laurence Roulleau-Berger, Emeritus Research Director at the CNRS, Triangle Laboratory, and French Director of the International Advanced Laboratory (CNRS-ENS de Lyon/Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Post-Western Sociology in Europe and in China) was appointed Vice President for European Engagement at the Global China Academy.

Romain Graziani, professor of Chinese studies at ENS de Lyon and researcher at the Institut d'Asie Orientale, received the Académie des Belles-Lettres prize and the Sollers prize for his book Les Lois et les Nombres. Photo credit © Gallimard - Francesca Mantovani

Since the start of the 2025 academic year, missions to China, Japan, the United States, and Canada by the Vice President for International Relations have strengthened or initiated our relationships with major international universities.

The 2026 JoRISS call for Sino-French research projects is open as of October 19 2026.

As part of the ENS-IISER partnership, Kunal RAJPUT, IISER Mohali student, completed a three-month internship at the IGFL.

Rémy Madinier is a research director at the CNRS. A historian specializing in contemporary religious history in Indonesia, he works within the Institute of East Asian Studies (IAO) at the École normale supérieure (ENS) in Lyon. He is publishing La Java des Jésuites : Une autre histoire des relations islamo-chrétiennes - XIX^e-XXI^e siècles.

The campaign is closed.

As part of the ENS-IISER partnership, Achyusman SAMANTA, IISER Pune student, completed a three-month internship at the IGFL.

As part of the ENS-IISER partnership, Sanika GHADAGE, IISER Bhopal student, completed a three-month internship at the RDP.

As part of the ENS-IISER partnership, Prakhar BHARDWAJ, IISER Tirupati's doctoral student, completed a three-month PhD research stay at RDP.

As part of the ENS-IISER partnership, Kiran PANGHAL, IISER PhD student, completed a three-month PhD stay at the RDP.

François Guillemot is a historian specializing in contemporary Vietnam, and a CNRS research engineer at the Lyon Institute of East Asian Studies (IAO). He is the author of “Histoire du Viêt Nam contemporain - De 1858 à nos jours”, published by La Découverte.

Romain Graziani is a professor of Chinese studies at ENS de Lyon and a researcher at the East Asian Institute. He publishes "Les Lois et les Nombres" with Gallimard.

As part of the ENS-IISER partnership, Kush GULATI, IISER Mohali's student, focuses his research on analysing single-cell RNA-seq data in skin samples at IGFL.

As part of the ENS-IISER partnership, Naman ARORA, completed his six-month internship at CIRI under the supervision of Saïdi M HOMA SOUDJA in collaboration with Stéphane PAUL’s lab in Saint-Etienne. He is a student at IISER Mohali, and his research focuses on shaping T cell response at homeostasis.

As part of the ENS-IISER partnership, Prisha TANDA, IISER Mohali's student her research focuses on understanding the enigmatic interplays between DNA replication during the S phase and condensin-mediated chromosome assembly during mitosis. She has completed her six-month internship at the Laboratory of Biology and Modeling of the Cell (LBMC).

Mònica Ginés-Blasi, a postdoctoral fellow at the Institut d'Asie Orientale (IAO), in ENS de Lyon, publishes Intentional Invisibilization in Modern Asian History, published by De Gruyter Brill.

As part of the ENS-IISER partnership, Nancy, IISER Mohali's student in Virology, has completed her five-month internship at the International Research Center in Infectious Diseases (CIRI).

As part of the ENS-IISER partnership, Mridusmita DAS, IISER Pune student in Drosophilia, has completed her six-month internship at the Laboratory of Biology and Modeling of the Cell (LBMC).

Norbert Danysz, a PhD student in Chinese Studies at IAO – Institute of East Asian Studies – is among the 2025 recipients of the Fondation des Treilles Young Researchers Award.

As part of the ENS-IISER partnership, Ananya CHANDRA, IISER Mohali’s student in Cell Biology, has completed her six-month internship at the Laboratory of Biology and Modeling of the Cell (LBMC) in early 2024.

In the framework of the BIOSANTEXC project, the Office of International Relations of ENS de Lyon hosted a get-together on February 3rd 2025 to welcome interns and PhD students from the IISERs.

As part of the ENS-IISER partnership, Raghav GALGALI, IISER Bhopal’s student in Biological Sciences, has completed his six-month internship at the Institute of Functional Genomics of Lyon (IGFL) in early 2024.

Since 2010, the East Asia Institute (IAO) has been celebrating the Lunar New Year at ENS de Lyon. Through its association with this global event, which brings together nearly a billion people every year, the strength of the School's links with Asia is also expressed. A cultural and joyful tribute, whose beautiful posters, over the years, retrace the programme. 

Chinese students, applications for the CSC-ENS 2025 doctoral scholarships are open from January 20 to February 14, 2025. Discover the thesis topics proposed.

On May 28 and 29, 2024, the Franco-Indian life sciences for global health program BIOSANTEXC held its mid-term workshop. The event provided an opportunity to bring all the partners together to discuss the construction of a global Franco-Indian campus, and to present the concrete results of the first collaborations, such as the emergence of a plant biology project which was the subject of its own workshop on May 30 and 31. 

For the second time this year, ENS de Lyon welcomed a delegation from East China Normal University. These meetings enabled to renew strong contacts and establish a work schedule for the development of collaborative programs.

In the framework of the BIOSANTEXC project, the Office of International Affairs of ENS de Lyon hosted a get-together on October 5th to welcome interns and visiting professors from the IISERs.

The 11 consortium partners met from May 23 to 25 at IISER Pune, for the official launch event of the Franco-Indian campus for life sciences for health Biosantexc.

On June 7 and 8, 2023, ENS de Lyon welcomed a delegation from East China Normal University, led by its Vice-President of International Relations.

A delegation from ENS de Lyon, composed of the Office of International Affairs and representatives of the four laboratories in life sciences of the ENS de Lyon, will be present at the IISER Pune, where this important moment of the Biosantexc project will take place form May 23 to May 25, 2023.

By Laurence Roulleau-Berger, research director at the CNRS, Triangle laboratory.

Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Pune, India
Visiting Professor 2022-23 - March 8 to April 5, 2023
Inviting Professor: Jens Hasserodt

Find the selected project for the 2022 JoRISS call.

The ENS-IISER partnership encouraged Megha Jacob and Deevitha Balasubramanian, graduate students in biology at IISER Tirupati, to apply for a 6-month internship at ENS de Lyon in 2021.

Ashley Suraj Hermon, IISER Bhopal's student in Biological Sciences, has completed his two month internship at the IGFL in mid-2022.