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The need for advice on protocols for non-interventional research involving human subjects is becoming increasingly urgent. In order to meet this need, the UdL Research Ethics Committee was launched in 2020. Composed of 16 members, it intends to provide an advisory opinion on research protocols (both for basic and applied research) to researchers and research professors at the Université de Lyon.
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- [PUBLIC EVENT] 2023 edition of My Thesis in 180 Seconds: meet our 12 finalists and watch the regional final202321 MAR
The Université de Lyon regional final of the international Francophone “My Thesis in 180 Seconds” competition will take place on Tuesday, March 21, 2023, at 6 PM. You can watch the final in person or via live streaming on the UdL website and Facebook page.
- [ACADEMIC EVENT] Water Week 2023202320 MAR 25 MAR
The graduate school H2O'Lyon and their partners are offering a week of open university events to match World Water Day on March 22, the theme of which this year is "Accelerating Change". A rich programme to better understand the issues surrounding water. To be followed face-to-face or remotely: webinars, workshops, exhibitions, round discussions, etc.
- [PUBLIC EVENT] 25th edition of the Brain Awareness Week202308 MAR 22 MAR
The 25th Brain Awareness Week (Semaine du Cerveau) 2023 will be held in the city of Lyon under the theme: “My brain explores the world”.
- [IN OUR INSTITUTIONS] CNRS laboratory at bottom of Mediterranean for probing sea and sky202327 FEB
The CNRS laboratory "Sous-marin Provence Méditerranée", co-directed with Aix-Marseille University and IFREMER, is a pioneering new research platform.
- [IN OUR INSTITUTIONS] ERC Consolidator: 41 French recipients, including three from the Lyon Saint-Étienne site202323 FEB
In 2022, the European Research Council funded more than 300 researchers in Europe through its “ERC Consolidator Grants”. Forty-one of the recipients are from France, including three from the Lyon Saint-Étienne university site.
- [RETROSPECTIVE] The Université de Lyon resumes its academic partnerships in Brazil202322 FEB
Brazil, and in particular the State of São Paulo, is one of the geographical areas with which the Université de Lyon has been developing close relations. After a brief interruption due to the Covid crisis, the Université de Lyon resumed its activities in 2022, particularly in the fields of training and research.
- [PORTRAIT] The Collegium de Lyon welcomed the new fellows of its 2022-2023 cohort202320 FEB
The international researchers in residency at the Collegium de Lyon for 2023 have arrived.
- [CALL FOR APPLICATIONS] The Research Ethics Committee is calling for new members202301 FEB
The Université de Lyon’s Research Ethics Committee is a consultative body that aims to support researchers who wish to ensure the ethics of their research protocols (except for research involving the human person).
- "À l’École de l’Anthropocène" returns from January 24 to 28, 2023202324 JAN 28 JAN
From January 24 to 28, 2023, the École urbaine de Lyon – Université de Lyon and its partners are organizing the fifth edition of the “À l’École de l’Anthropocène” (Anthropocene School) event, hosted for the second year at the Rize in Villeurbanne.
- Discover the winners of the 2022 Young Researcher Prize202208 DEC
On December 5, at the Lumière Institute, the Métropole de Lyon and the City of Lyon, together with the Université de Lyon, awarded the 2022 Young Researcher Prize. Watch the video and find out more about the research projects of the four winners and the reasons why they came to Lyon.
- A successful 2022 Research Ethics Committee Congress at the Université de Lyon202202 DEC
The Université de Lyon – via the CER-UdL (UdL Research Ethics Committee) – hosted the Congress of Research Ethics Committees on December 2, 2022 in Lyon. This one-day event brought together the institutional Research Ethics Committees (RECs) from all over France, in order to discuss “Reviewing human research ethics: laws and practices”.
- The Université de Lyon hosts the 2022 Congress of Research Ethics Committees202202 DEC
The Université de Lyon – via the CER-UdL (UdL Research Ethics Committee) – is hosting the Congress of Research Ethics Committees on December 2, 2022 in Lyon. This one-day event brings together the institutional Research Ethics Committees from all over France (academic, university-hospital and institutional structures) to discuss “Reviewing human research ethics: laws and practices”.
- The Collegium de Lyon welcomes new fellows202228 NOV
New international fellows started their residency at the Collegium de Lyon for the academic year 2022-23.
- My Thesis in 180 Seconds – 2023 call for applications2022 202322 NOV 21 FEB
All PhD students and recent graduates of the Université de Lyon are invited to take part in the 2023 edition of the My Thesis in 180 seconds competition.
- The CNRS shines a spotlight on its 2022 Lyon-based talent202222 NOV
On November 22, 2022 the Grand Amphitheater of the Université Lumière Lyon 2 hosted the official ceremony in honor of research talents from the CNRS Rhône Auvergne, during which six Lyon-based researchers received this prestigious award.