Ircelyon Day 2026
Our annual Ircelyon Day took place on June 18, 2026 at the amphitheater of the University of Lyon. An opportunity to get together outside the lab for a day, but also to discover what colleagues...
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A look back at Adsorption Day with Microtrac
On May 28, 2026, we had the pleasure of co-organizing at our facilities an Adsorption Day with our partner Microtrac. Ircelyon as a Reference Site for Microtrac Ircelyon is a reference site for Microtrac in...
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ICL and its Laboratories in « The Laboratory Gazette »
We recently spoke to you about the May 2026 edition of The Laboratory Gazette, which highlights our expertise in high-resolution mass spectrometry. This same edition also features a page on the Institut de Chimie de...
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Ircelyon’s Interdisciplinary Mission Commits to Responsible Research
A pioneering approach to examining the impacts of research The Interdisciplinary Mission of Ircelyon (MIDI) is a cross-cutting initiative launched in March 2024, in response to the call from the CNRS Ethics Committee (COMETS, Opinion...
Expertise in High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry
Discover our expertise in Gazette du Laboratoire’s May 2026 feature on high-resolution mass spectrometry. This article highlights Ircelyon’s high-resolution mass spectrometry pole, specializing in atmospheric chemistry (CARE team). Cutting-edge technologyOur team employs mobile Orbitrap (Thermo...
Recruitment for Study Engineer in Electron Microscopy (Internal Mobility)
We are recruiting a position of Study Engineer in Electron Microscopy through internal mobility via the NOEMI campaign. DutiesThe study engineer in materials science/material characterization will be responsible for experimentation and characterization of materials, particularly...
Double Distinction for IRCELYON at DivCat Awards 2026
The Catalysis Division of the French Chemical Society (DivCat SCF) has announced the winners of its 2026 Awards, which annually highlight outstanding achievements in catalysis.IRCELYON is proud to include a researcher and a PhD student...
Scientific Seminar Anton Paar & Ircelyon
Anton Paar and IRCELYON are pleased to invite you to a technical day dedicated to advanced material characterization methods, on the Tuesday, April 28th at IRCELYON – DR7 Amphitheatre (Villeurbanne). This event will bring together...
Womens International Day at Ircelyon
Ircelyon welcomes young students every year in celebration of the International Womens Day and the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. This event offers women from the institute, whether they hold scientific or...
Researcher Portraits: 3 Perspectives on the 2025 Nobel Laureates in Chemistry
On October 8, 2025, the Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded for groundbreaking work on MOFs (Metal-Organic Frameworks) or porous coordination polymers. A field in which our laboratory, Ircelyon, has been a leader for many...
The Black Liquor, Have You Heard Of It?
Léa Vilcocq (from the CARE team) has recently published an article titled \”Catalytic Valorization of Black Liquor for the Chemical Industry\”. This article appears in the January issue of Actualité Chimique, the journal of the...
How Engineering Shapes Scientific Research
The Year of Engineering runs from September 2025 to June 2026. The goal of this initiative is to bring together schools, research, businesses, and the general public. It highlights scientific and technological professions and knowledge...
Happy New Year 2026!
The entire Ircelyon laboratory team wishes you a wonderful 2026! Thank you for your commitment alongside us. Together, let’s continue to innovate for a sustainable future. Discover our retrospective and relive the highlights of 2025:...
Léa Vilcocq joins Ircelyon!
We are delighted to welcome Léa Vilcocq, a CNRS Research Scientist, who joined our team on October 1, 2025.Having joined the CNRS in 2016, Léa previously contributed to the work of the LGPC and then...
Gold-nano 2026 thematic school
GDR Or-nano (Research Group)is organising its thematic school from 13 to 17 April 2026 in Cargèse, Corsica. This school is one of the highlights celebrating Or-nano’s 20th anniversary in 2026! Interdisciplinaire, l’école réunira environ 70...
Position available for internal mobility at CNRS: Research Engineer in Electron Microscopy
As part of the CNRS internal mobility campaign (FSEP), the IRCELYON laboratory is recruiting a Research Engineer in electron microscopy. We are looking for a motivated individual to join our Ircatech characterisation platform, supporting our...
New presentation brochure
Ircelyon is pleased to present its brand new brochure. Find out about the latest highlights from the laboratory. And to find out more about our current projects, feel free to take a look at the...
MOFs at the heart of Franco-Japanese collaboration
Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) have been in the spotlight since the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar Yaghi. Several of our researchers have also been working on these...
Immersive conference: In search of green hydrogen
Would you like to learn more about hydrogen and the energy transition? Ircelyon once again took part in the CNRS’s ‘Échappées inattendues’ event on 30 June 2025 at the Vaulx-en-Velin Planetarium as part of Hydrogen...
Pro Bike certification
In 2025, Ircelyon committed to obtaining ‘Pro Vélo’ certification. This included participating in ‘Mai à Vélo’ (May by Bike) and maintenance workshops in June and September. What is the Pro-Vélo label? The Pro-Vélo Employer label...
GECAT 2026
The GECat 2026 conference will take place from May 18th to 21st, 2026, at the Azureva Centre in La-Londe-les-Maures (Côte d’Azur, France).The Catalysis Study Group, a committee of DivCat, brings together the entire French-speaking community in this...
Our researchers associated with the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, awarded to Prof. Kitagawa, Prof. Yaghi and Prof. Robson!
Mathieu Prévot, Mickaele Bonneau, Aude Demessence and David Farrusseng contributed to the work that was awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. During his postdoctoral research in Professor Omar Yaghi’s laboratory (UC Berkeley), Mathieu Prévot...
2 new recruits at the institute in 2025!
This year, we welcomed two new researchers: – Dr Ibrahim khalil, new CNRS recruit who joined in February and works within the CATREN team on the development of bifunctional catalysts for the bio-based and selective...
VALOTHERBIO Thematic School
The GDR Thermobio is organising the VALOTHERBIO thematic school from 6 to 10 October 2025 at the Villa Clythia in Fréjus. For its second edition on the Thermochemical Valorisation of Biomass and Waste: Characterisation, Processes...
2025 Institute Day
The Ircelyon Science Day took place on 1 July 2025. It was an opportunity to get together for oral presentations, coffee breaks and an outdoor buffet in the sunshine. For this event, 2 speakers have...
What is nocturnal oxidation?
Thanks to the work of researchers who reproduce atmospheric chemistry in the laboratory, we are gradually learning more about cloud formation and climate. A joint study by scientists from Ircelyon (CARE team) and the University...
Outreach article on catalysis for energy
The IRCELYON laboratory is recognised as an institute of excellence in the field of heterogeneous catalysis, an essential area of expertise for the development of new energies. It is in this context that our colleagues...
A student influencer at Ircelyon
Ircelyon has welcomed to its CARE team, Clara Inés Alcolado Olivares, a PhD student known in Spain for sharing science videos on social networks. Sharing science with society is one of our missions, and meeting...
FCCAT 2025
The FCCAT 2025 Congress took place from May 19 to 23. This 4th edition was an opportunity for the French and international catalysis communities to share their most advanced research in a spirit of conviviality....
Visit from Fermin Cuevas, CNRS representative in China
On Wednesday 9 April, we welcomed the CNRS representative in China, Fermin Cuevas, accompanied by Clarisse Munier, Head of the Africa – Middle East – India sector in the Europe and International Division (DEI). This...
LUMA IRCATECH research facilities
Take a look at the new Operando component of the PEPR LUMA research programme (light-matter interactions) within our IRCATECH research facilities.Each month the PEPR LUMA unveils a new video presenting its research facilities. In April,...
Ultradispersed sulfide catalysts: how many atoms for an active site?
The thesis work of Daria Ryaboshapka (CATREN team) for which she was awarded the thesis prize of the Catalysis Division of the Société Chimique de France (SCF DivCat), are also the subject of an article...
Tribute to François Figueras
He arrived in France at the age of two with his parents, who were persecuted by the Franco regime. He lived in the Ain region before moving to Lyon in 1953. After studying at the...
Participation in the “Échappées inattendues”
The échappées inattendues are ‘events and get-togethers open to all to debate, experiment, explore and exchange ideas with scientists’. The Ircelyon laboratory took part in 2 of these events at the end of 2024: An...
