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Training through research

ENS de Lyon offers training for teaching and research careers

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An urban campus in the heart of Europe

ENS de Lyon offers a unique study environment in the center of the city

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ENS de Lyon library offers more than 1.2 million reference documents and electronic resources

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ENS de Lyon institutional presentation video

ENS de Lyon institutional presentation video. This 2.10 minute video introduce ENS de Lyon in a succession of images of the different sites and memebers of the school, accompanied by texts and figures in French and in English. The texts displayed on the images are transcribed below in french and then in english. Image descriptions are shown in square brackets.

Bienvenue à l’École normale supérieure de Lyon

Welcome to École normale supérieure de Lyon

[Image of students throwing their hats at a graduation ceremony]

Formation & Recherche

Research and education

[Images of lecture theatres and research laboratories at ENS de Lyon]

2400 étudiantes et étudiants

2400 students

[Photograph of a graduating class of students from ENS de Lyon]

700 enseignantes-chercheures et enseignants-chercheurs

700 Academic staff

[Images of faculty memeber in teaching and research situations]

600 personnels administratifs et techniques

600 admistrative staff

[Images of various administrative staff in professional situations: managers, gardeners, IT specialists, animators]

12 départements de formation

12 departments

[Mosaic of 12 images representing the activities of the various departments of ENS de Lyon]

30 structures de recherche

30 research units

[Mosaic of 12 images representing the activities of the various research structures at ENS de Lyon]

Sciences et humanités

Humanities and sciences

[Image taken from an ENS de Lyon graduation ceremony when the Humanities department took to the stage]

Interface entre Science & société

When science and society meet

[Overhead view of a ‘climate fresk’]

Exigence

Aiming high

[Image taken from a graduation ceremony at ENS de Lyon during the presentation of the degree by the school's governing body]

Curiosité

Curiosity

[Composition of 3 images with interactions between faculty memebers and students]

Ouverture

Openness

[Composition of 2 images at events open to the public]

Rejoignez-nous

Join us

[Aerial views of ENS de Lyon site]

Créer

Create

[Image from a research units at ENS de Lyon]

Transmettre

Transmit

[2 Images of students and teachers]

Diffuser la connaissance

Disseminate knowledge

[Mosaic of 4 images of students and teachers]

Pour un monde plus intelligible et durable

Making sense of the world for a sustainable future

[Close-up of a flower in the garden of ENS de Lyon, then a view of the garden on the Descartes campus]

École normale supérieure

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ENS de Lyon congratulates Thierry Dauxois on his appointment as president of the CNRS. Photo credit: © Cyril FRÉSILLON / CNRS Images

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

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First ever live observation of the rotation of a planetary nursery

According to a communication from the CNRS dated June 1, 2026. Based on a scientific paper published in Astronomy & Astrophysics to which the Lyon Astrophysics Research Center (CNRS/ENS de Lyon/Lyon 1 Claude Bernard University) contributed: “Destructuring the disk of AB Aurigae: dynamics and accretion”. Thumbnail credit: © ESO

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The first rose pangenome identified

Press release – Over the course of five years, researchers sequenced 55,000 genes to produce the first rose pangenome. Coordinated by INRAE together with the ENS de Lyon, Huazhong University (Wuhan) and the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (Shenzhen), the work provides valuable resources for breeding high-quality roses better suited to global change. The findings were published in Nature Genetics.

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Our stifled words

Anne-Lyse Chabert, a CNRS research fellow at IHRIM, and Gabrielle Halpern, a philosopher and author of numerous books, have published Nos paroles empêchées (Our Stifled Words) with Éditions de l'Aube.

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Plants activate their “survival mode” within minutes: the key lies in their lipids!

According to a communication from the CNRS dated April 3, 2026. Based on a scientific paper published in Current Biology to which the RDP Laboratory (CNRS/ENS de Lyon/INRAE) contributed: “Acute Remodeling of Phosphoinositide Lipids Promotes Endocytosis Downstream of RALF/FERONIA Signaling.” Thumbnail credit: © Vincent ARONDEL/CNRS Images

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When actin guides cell division

According to a CNRS communication dated February 19, 2026. Based on a scientific publication in Science Advances, to which the RDP – Plant Reproduction and Development Laboratory contributed: “The actin cytoskeleton is required to maintain plant cell division orientation against cellular geometry.” Thumbnail credit: © Camila Goldy

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Lire la romance – Femmes, patriarcat et littérature populaire

Co-published by ENS Éditions and the Ministry of Culture (DEPS), the book Lire la romance offers a new translation of the 1991 edition of Reading the Romance, published under the title Lire la romance in the early 1980s, in an academic context marked by the emergence of women's studies and feminist studies in the United States.

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Microbiota activates intestinal steroids to counteract malnutrition

According to a CNRS communication dated January 26, 2026. Based on a scientific publication in Development to which Longwei Bai, Stéphanie Bellemin, Elodie Guillemot, Maura Strigini, Benjamin Gillet, Cathy Isaura Ramos, and François Leulier, members of the IGFL, contributed: “Ecdysone-mediated intestinal growth contributes to microbiota-driven developmental plasticity under malnutrition.” Thumbnail credit: © François LEULIER/CNRS Images

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When genome duplication redraws its fountain-like structure in waves

According to a CNRS communication dated December 23, 2025. Based on a scientific publication in Genome Biology to which Dario D'Asaro, Jean-Michel Arbona, Vinciane Piveteau, Aurèle Piazza, Cédric Vaillant, and Daniel Jost, members of the Laboratory of Biology and Modeling of the Cell (CNRS/ENS Lyon/INSERM/Univ Lyon 1), contributed: “Genome-wide modeling of DNA replication in space and time confirms the emergence of replication-specific patterns in vivo in eukaryotes.” Thumbnail credit © Dario D'Asaro

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New study reveals images of young planetary systems and their belts of asteroids and comets

According to a press release from Université Grenoble Alpes and the CNRS dated December 3, 2025. Based on a scientific publication in Astronomy & Astrophysics, to which the Lyon Astrophysics Research Center (CRAL, CNRS / Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 / ENS de Lyon) of the Lyon Observatory of Universe Sciences contributed: “Characterization of debris disks observed with SPHERE.” Photo credit: © N. Engler et al./Astronomy & Astrophysics

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Understanding the mechanical response of foams by observing individual bubbles is possible!

According to a CNRS publication dated November 5, 2025. Based on a scientific publication in Nature Communications to which Stéphane Santucci, a CNRS researcher at ENS de Lyon's Physics Laboratory (LPENSL), contributed: Multiscale stress dynamics in sheared liquid foams revealed by tomo-rheoscopy. Thumbnail credit: © CNRS

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Immune defenses: a repeated invention throughout evolution

According to a communication from the CNRS dated November 12, 2025. Based on a scientific publication in Nature Ecology & Evolution to which Lucie Étienne, CNRS research director at CIRI, and Alexandre Legrand, INSERM researcher and CIRI doctor, contributed: Evolutionary characterization of antiviral SAMD9/9L across kingdoms supports ancient convergence and lineage-specific adaptations. Thumbnail photo credit: © Cédric SUEUR/Marie PELE/IPHC/CNRS Images

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Temporal information: an efficient fuel for a microscopic engine!

According to a CNRS communication dated October 29, 2025. Based on a scientific publication in Physical Review Letters to which Ludovic Bellon, a CNRS researcher at ENS de Lyon's Physics Laboratory (LPENSL), contributed: “Information Engine Fueled by First-Passage Times.” Thumbnail image: a Brownian particle (subject to thermal agitation) wanders in a confined well until it reaches a threshold, where an automated system (a demon) acts on the position of the well to extract energy from the particle. © Aubin Archambault, Caroline Crauste-Thibierge, Alberto Imparato, Christopher Jarzynski, Sergio Ciliberto, Ludovic Bellon.

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First light from 4MOST, the next-generation cosmograph

National press release. The 4MOST instrument, installed in Chile on the European Southern Observatory's (ESO) VISTA telescope and developed largely by teams from the CNRS, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, and ENS de Lyon, has just achieved first light. This first ray of light from space, analyzed by the instrument's spectrographs, marks the beginning of a great adventure in studying and mapping the sky: thanks to its cutting-edge technology, 4MOST can study the light from 2,400 celestial objects simultaneously, every 15 minutes. Thumbnail image credit: Image: Roelof de Jong / AIP; Jens-Kristian Krogager / CRAL; background image: Harshwardhan Pathak / Telescope Live

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Mosses reveal the secret of their shape

According to a CNRS communication dated October 16, 2025. Based on a scientific publication in Current Biology to which the RDP laboratory at ENS de Lyon contributed: “Robust branch patterning in moss shoots via symplasmic auxin diffusion.” Image © Des Callaghan

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Martian oceans: the northern plains of Mars reveal new clues

Press release, Villeurbanne, October 9, 2025. The past of the planet Mars continues to captivate the scientific community. One question in particular remains unanswered: did oceans once cover the surface of the Red Planet? Recently, a research team, bringing together numerous French laboratories including the Lyon Geology Laboratory: Earth, Planets, Environment (LGL-TPE – Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 / ENS de Lyon / CNRS) and the Marseille Astrophysics Laboratory (LAM – Aix Marseille Université / CNRS / CNES), has been studying the Northern Plains of Mars using various NASA and ESA probes orbiting Mars. They have published their new findings in the journal Communications Earth & Environment.

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First simulation of the formation of a brown dwarf through gravitational collapse

According to a CNRS communication dated September 30, 2025. Based on a scientific publication in Astrophysical Journal to which Adnan-Ali Ahmad, a CNRS researcher at the Lyon Astrophysics Research Center (CRAL), contributed: “Brown Dwarf Formation Through Gravitational Collapse: Insights From 3D Numerical Simulations.” Image: © Adnan-Ali AHMAD and Alex ANDRIX – CRAL

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The HTLV-1 retrovirus reprograms the antiviral response through control of nuclear export

According to a CNRS announcement dated September 29, 2025, based on a scientific publication in Nucleic Acids Research to which Vincent Mocquet, research fellow at ENS de Lyon within the LBMC, contributed. Thumbnail: The HTLV-1 retrovirus © Vincent Mocquet

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The dust disk of Fomalhaut shaped by a hidden planet

According to a press release from the Lyon Observatory dated September 4, 2025, based on a scientific publication to which Elliot Lynch, researcher at CRAL (ENS de Lyon/CNRS/UCBL), contributed as part of an international team: “ALMA Reveals an Eccentricity Gradient in the Fomalhaut Debris Disk”, published in The Astrophysical Journal on September 4, 2025.

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L’Économie de la violence – À qui profite la guerre ? Enjeux et solutions (The Economy of Violence – Who Benefits from War? Issues and Solutions)

Mathieu Couttenier, professor of economics at ENS de Lyon and director of the CERGIC laboratory, has published L’Économie de la violence with Les Léonides (publisher).

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"Des frères mendiants en français," a collective volume edited by Thibaut Radomme

Thibaut Radomme is a senior lecturer in medieval literature at Université Jean Monnet Saint-Étienne and a researcher-teacher at the IHRIM laboratory. He has published the collective volume Des frères mendiants en français with Classiques Garnier.

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