Created on January 1, 2011, the Institute of Analytical Sciences (ISA) is one of Europe’s leading centers for research, training and expertise in this field. Located close to La Doua science campus (Lyon – Villeurbanne) within the Lyon City of the Environnement and Analysis (CLEA), ISA is a joint research unit (UMR 5280) affiliated to the CNRS (The National Center for Scientific Research) and Lyon1 University.
The institute brings together over 120 scientists and technical staff with expertise ranging from theoretical chemistry to modeling, biochemistry, analytical chemistry and physics. ISA also boasts a wide range of state-of-the-art equipment.
The ISA’s mission and ambition are to devise and develop the analytical tools of the future. It brings together chemists, physical chemists and biochemists who draw on fundamental and instrumental research to develop innovative tools and tackle the challenges of analytical chemistry in relation to complex mixtures, the characterisation of transient or short-lived species, and very small-volume samples, as well as in terms of portability, data processing, environmental compatibility and cost.
The Institute has organized its research activities along 3 axes: Multidimensional approaches for complex matrices (MDMC), Surface and miniaturization for analytical research and technology (SMART), Theoretical and experimental approaches for molecular interactions (ATHEXIM).
Within the University of Lyon 1, the ISA forms part of the Faculty of Science, alongside all the joint research units (UMRs) in mathematics, physics and chemistry, as well as the Biosciences Department, which brings together the UMRs in biology and biochemistry. The unit therefore benefits from a relatively rich academic ecosystem.
The research units specialising in chemistry in the Lyon area are grouped together within the Lyon Institute of Chemistry (ICL). The unit is involved in the iMUST Laboratory of Excellence (Labex) and the H2O’Lyon University Research School (EUR). It is also a key partner in the OneWater PEPR.
It forms part of a French biocluster for innovation in infectious diseases (BCF2I) and a University Hospital Institute (IHU EVEREST) specialising in hepatology, and draws on the Axel’One platform. It is also involved in the Arqus Alliance (a European university network of which Lyon1 University is a member). There are several competitiveness clusters in the Greater South region; the ISA maintains links with several of them (InnovAlliance, AXELERA, Techtera, Polymeris).
The ISA commercialises its research in the form of patents and the establishment of start-ups, through the SATT Pulsalys.
Moreover, ISA hosts some start-ups.
Director : Emmanuelle VULLIET– Assistant Director : Vincent DUGAS
