Internship Opportunities in France – MuSkLE
Are you an international student looking to complete your internship in France?
Discover all the internship opportunities offered within the “Musculoskeletal System, Locomotion, and Exercise (MuSkLE)” programme.
Open calls for application
2026 - 2027
MUSKLE: Stage de recherche - M2
Neuroinflammation during cancer cachexia and molecular determinants
of skeletal muscle wasting
Laboratory: Laboratoire Interuniversitaire de Biologie de la Motricité (LIBM – UR 7424)
Research team: Team Skeletal muscle reconditioning & reconditioning – Systemic environment
Laboratory: Laboratoire Interuniversitaire de Biologie de la Motricité (LIBM – UR 7424)
Research team: Team Skeletal muscle reconditioning & reconditioning – Systemic environment
MUSKLE: Stage de recherche - M2
Deciphering the cellular secretome of skeletal muscle contraction
Laboratory: NeuroMyoGene institute (INMG) - Pathophysiology and genetics of neuron and muscle (PGNM) CNRS/UCBL1/UMR5261-INSERM U131
Research team: Stem cell environment and skeletal muscle homeostasis
Laboratory: NeuroMyoGene institute (INMG) - Pathophysiology and genetics of neuron and muscle (PGNM) CNRS/UCBL1/UMR5261-INSERM U131
Research team: Stem cell environment and skeletal muscle homeostasis
MUSKLE: Stage de recherche - M2
Deciphering the role of SMN in oxidative DNA damage repair and neuromuscular stress responses
Laboratory: NeuroMyoGene institute (INMG) - Pathophysiology and genetics of neuron and muscle (PGNM) CNRS/UCBL1/UMR5261-INSERM U131
Research team: Team Giglia-Mari – Nucleolar Dynamics and Genome Stability
Laboratory: NeuroMyoGene institute (INMG) - Pathophysiology and genetics of neuron and muscle (PGNM) CNRS/UCBL1/UMR5261-INSERM U131
Research team: Team Giglia-Mari – Nucleolar Dynamics and Genome Stability
MUSKLE: Stage de recherche - M2
Study of the role of a kinase in skeletal muscle homeostasis
Laboratory: NeuroMyoGene institute (INMG) - Pathophysiology and genetics of neuron and muscle (PGNM) CNRS/UCBL1/UMR5261-INSERM U131
Research team: https://pgnm.inmg.fr/en/strappazzon/ https://pgnm.inmg.fr/en/mounier/
Laboratory: NeuroMyoGene institute (INMG) - Pathophysiology and genetics of neuron and muscle (PGNM) CNRS/UCBL1/UMR5261-INSERM U131
Research team: https://pgnm.inmg.fr/en/strappazzon/ https://pgnm.inmg.fr/en/mounier/
MUSKLE: Stage de recherche - M2
Influence of footwear cushioning on propagation of vibrations to the visceral region during simulated running
Laboratory: Laboratoire Interuniversitaire de Biologie de la Motricité (LIBM – UR 7424)
Research team: Sport Performance and Injury Prevention (SPIP)
Laboratory: Laboratoire Interuniversitaire de Biologie de la Motricité (LIBM – UR 7424)
Research team: Sport Performance and Injury Prevention (SPIP)
MUSKLE: Stage de recherche - M2
Role of TRPV1 channels in Skeletal Muscle Hypoxia-Response
Laboratory: CarMeN Lab, INSERM U1060
Research team: IRIS Team- Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury Syndrome
Laboratory: CarMeN Lab, INSERM U1060
Research team: IRIS Team- Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury Syndrome
MUSKLE: Stage de recherche - M2
Muscle gene therapy by functionalized lipid nanoparticles: an in vitro and in vivo proof of concept.
Laboratory: NeuroMyoGene institute (INMG) - Pathophysiology and genetics of neuron and muscle (PGNM) CNRS/UCBL1/UMR5261-INSERM U131
Research team: Team Schaeffer
Laboratory: NeuroMyoGene institute (INMG) - Pathophysiology and genetics of neuron and muscle (PGNM) CNRS/UCBL1/UMR5261-INSERM U131
Research team: Team Schaeffer
MUSKLE: Stage de recherche - M2
Evaluation of abdominal muscle forces in daily activities for biomechanical evaluation of stresses on repaired abdominal wall.
Laboratory: Laboratoire de Biomécanique des Chocs – LBMC UMR_T9406
Research team: LBMC is a single-team laboratory.
Laboratory: Laboratoire de Biomécanique des Chocs – LBMC UMR_T9406
Research team: LBMC is a single-team laboratory.
MUSKLE: Stage de recherche - M2
Defining the quiescent ID of muscle stem cells
Laboratory: NeuroMyoGene institute (INMG) - Pathophysiology and genetics of neuron and muscle (PGNM) CNRS/UCBL1/UMR5261-INSERM U131
Research team: Muscle Nuclear & Cytoskeleton Architecture (MNCA)
Laboratory: NeuroMyoGene institute (INMG) - Pathophysiology and genetics of neuron and muscle (PGNM) CNRS/UCBL1/UMR5261-INSERM U131
Research team: Muscle Nuclear & Cytoskeleton Architecture (MNCA)
MUSKLE: Stage de recherche - M2
Role of TGF-beta signalling in connective tissue precursors for skeletal muscle patterning
Laboratory: Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle de Lyon (IGFL / ENS Lyon)
Research team: Developmental and Evolutionary Histories of Vertebrates (DEHV)
Laboratory: Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle de Lyon (IGFL / ENS Lyon)
Research team: Developmental and Evolutionary Histories of Vertebrates (DEHV)
MUSKLE: Stage de recherche - M2
Relationship between strength balance of glenohumeral rotator muscles and humeral head translation in overhead athletes. Effects of muscular fatigue on the glenohumeral joint stability.
Laboratory: Laboratoire Interuniversitaire de Biologie de la Motricité (LIBM – UR 7424)
Research team: Sport Performance and Injury Prevention (SPIP)
Laboratory: Laboratoire Interuniversitaire de Biologie de la Motricité (LIBM – UR 7424)
Research team: Sport Performance and Injury Prevention (SPIP)
MUSKLE: Stage de recherche - M2
Role of the reticulum-mitochondria Ca2+ coupling in the excitation-energetics coupling in adult rat cardiomyocytes
Laboratory: CarMeN - U1060
MERISM / future INTERACT team - Mitochondria-reticulum coupling, liver-heart crosstalk, and cardio-metabolic diseases (starts on 01/01/27)Florence Ruggiero
Laboratory: CarMeN - U1060
MERISM / future INTERACT team - Mitochondria-reticulum coupling, liver-heart crosstalk, and cardio-metabolic diseases (starts on 01/01/27)Florence Ruggiero
MUSKLE: Stage de recherche - M2
Skeletal deconditioning in microgravity : bone imaging and correlation to other
biological/physiological parameters
Laboratory: SAINBIOSE, INSERM U1059 and University Jean Monnet Saint-Etienne
Research team: SAINBIOSE-LBTO (from 2027: SAINBIOSE-BOOST)
Laboratory: SAINBIOSE, INSERM U1059 and University Jean Monnet Saint-Etienne
Research team: SAINBIOSE-LBTO (from 2027: SAINBIOSE-BOOST)
MUSKLE: Stage de recherche - M2
Finite element modelling of the behaviour of spastic muscles
Laboratory: Laboratory of biomechanics and impact mechanics (LBMC, UMR_T9406)
Research team: « Maintaining good health » theme
Laboratory: Laboratory of biomechanics and impact mechanics (LBMC, UMR_T9406)
Research team: « Maintaining good health » theme
MUSKLE: Stage de recherche - M2
Deciphering the role of the tubulin code in skeletal muscle regeneration
Laboratory: NeuroMyoGene institute (INMG) - Pathophysiology and genetics of neuron and muscle (PGNM) CNRS/UCBL1/UMR5261-INSERM U131
Research team: Muscle Nuclear & Cytoskeleton Architecture (MNCA)
Laboratory: NeuroMyoGene institute (INMG) - Pathophysiology and genetics of neuron and muscle (PGNM) CNRS/UCBL1/UMR5261-INSERM U131
Research team: Muscle Nuclear & Cytoskeleton Architecture (MNCA)
MUSKLE: Stage de recherche - M2
3D anatomical analysis of muscle and brain alterations in mouse models of
neurodevelopmental disorders
Laboratory: NeuroMyoGene institute (INMG) - Pathophysiology and genetics of neuron and muscle (PGNM) CNRS/UCBL1/UMR5261-INSERM U131
Research team: Yalcin-Jacquemond Team (as of 01/01/2027) NGMM - NeuroGenetic Mechanisms of CNS disorders and Muscle function
Laboratory: NeuroMyoGene institute (INMG) - Pathophysiology and genetics of neuron and muscle (PGNM) CNRS/UCBL1/UMR5261-INSERM U131
Research team: Yalcin-Jacquemond Team (as of 01/01/2027) NGMM - NeuroGenetic Mechanisms of CNS disorders and Muscle function
MUSKLE: Stage de recherche - M2
Sex-differences in motor function, muscle activity, and skeletal muscle tissue mechanical properties following exercise-induced fatigue and recovery.
Laboratory: Laboratoire Interuniversitaire de Biologie de la Motricité (LIBM – UR 7424)
Research team: Sport Performance and Injury Prevention (SPIP)
Laboratory: Laboratoire Interuniversitaire de Biologie de la Motricité (LIBM – UR 7424)
Research team: Sport Performance and Injury Prevention (SPIP)
MUSKLE: Stage de recherche - M2
Deciphering the role of tubulin isotypes in the formation & maintenance of skeletal muscle
Laboratory: NeuroMyoGene institute (INMG) - Pathophysiology and genetics of neuron and muscle (PGNM) CNRS/UCBL1/UMR5261-INSERM U131
Research team: Muscle Nuclear & Cytoskeleton Architecture (MNCA)
Laboratory: NeuroMyoGene institute (INMG) - Pathophysiology and genetics of neuron and muscle (PGNM) CNRS/UCBL1/UMR5261-INSERM U131
Research team: Muscle Nuclear & Cytoskeleton Architecture (MNCA)
Closed calls
2025 - 2026
MUSKLE: Stage de recherche - M2
Deciphering the microtubule network re-organization during muscle fiber formation using “Live-SuperResolution Microscopy” in healthy and pathological conditions
Laboratory: Pathophysiology and genetics of neuron and muscle (PGNM)
Research team: Muscle Nuclear & Cytoskeleton Architecture (MNCA)
Laboratory: Pathophysiology and genetics of neuron and muscle (PGNM)
Research team: Muscle Nuclear & Cytoskeleton Architecture (MNCA)
MUSKLE: Stage de recherche - M2
Building and maintaining the architecture of the locomotor system: from genes to function
Laboratories: Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle de Lyon
Research team: fonction et développement du système neuromusculaire
Laboratories: Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle de Lyon
Research team: fonction et développement du système neuromusculaire
MUSKLE: Stage de recherche - M2
Studying the pathophysiological mechanisms of Bethlem myopathy using zebrafish model
Laboratory: Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle de Lyon (IGFL / ENS Lyon), CNRS UMR 5242
Research team: Florence Ruggiero
Laboratory: Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle de Lyon (IGFL / ENS Lyon), CNRS UMR 5242
Research team: Florence Ruggiero
MUSKLE: Stage de recherche - M2
Ultrasound assessment of the humeral head translation during maximal voluntary contraction of rotator cuff and periscapular muscles
Laboratory: Laboratoire Interuniversitaire de Biologie de la Motricité – UR 7424
Research team: Sport Performance and Injury Prevention
Laboratory: Laboratoire Interuniversitaire de Biologie de la Motricité – UR 7424
Research team: Sport Performance and Injury Prevention
MUSKLE: Stage de recherche - M2
Functional effects of a TRPV1 mutation associated with exertional heat stroke
Laboratory: CarMeN Laboratory
Research team: IRIS Team- Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury Syndrome
Laboratory: CarMeN Laboratory
Research team: IRIS Team- Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury Syndrome
MUSKLE: Stage de recherche - M2
Molecular regulation of protein transport in skeletal muscle
Laboratory : Institut Neuromyogene -Physiopathology of Neuron and Muscle (PGNM)
Research team: Muscle Nuclear & Cytoskeleton Architecture (MNCA)
Laboratory : Institut Neuromyogene -Physiopathology of Neuron and Muscle (PGNM)
Research team: Muscle Nuclear & Cytoskeleton Architecture (MNCA)
MUSKLE: Stage de recherche - M2
Development of iPSC-Derived Cellular Models from Patients with Spinal Muscular Atrophy and In Vitro Phenotypic Characterization Using iPSC-Derived Cells
Laboratory: : Institut NeuroMyoGène, Laboratoire Physiopathologie et Génétique du Neurone et du Muscle
Research team: Equipe Schaeffer
Laboratory: : Institut NeuroMyoGène, Laboratoire Physiopathologie et Génétique du Neurone et du Muscle
Research team: Equipe Schaeffer
MUSKLE: Stage de recherche - M2
Interaction between acute physical exercise and anticancer treatment on tumoral microenvironment in mice models of colorectal cancer
Laboratory: Laboratoire Interuniversitaire de Biologie de la Motricité, UR7424
Research team: Team Atherosclerosis, Thrombosis and Physical Activity
Laboratory: Laboratoire Interuniversitaire de Biologie de la Motricité, UR7424
Research team: Team Atherosclerosis, Thrombosis and Physical Activity
MUSKLE: Stage de recherche - M2
Interaction of physical activity and sleep apnea on the biological markers of carotid plaque rupture
Laboratory: Laboratoire Interuniversitaire de Biologie de la Motricité, UR7424,
Research team: Team Atherosclerosis, Thrombosis and Physical Activity
Laboratory: Laboratoire Interuniversitaire de Biologie de la Motricité, UR7424,
Research team: Team Atherosclerosis, Thrombosis and Physical Activity
MUSKLE: Stage de recherche - M2
Role of TGF-beta signalling in connective tissue precursors for skeletal muscle patterning
Laboratory: Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle de Lyon (IGFL / ENS Lyon)
Research team: “Developmental and Evolutionary Histories of Vertebrates” (DEHV)
Laboratory: Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle de Lyon (IGFL / ENS Lyon)
Research team: “Developmental and Evolutionary Histories of Vertebrates” (DEHV)
MUSKLE: Stage de recherche - M2
Investigating the implication of a new gene in Hereditary Sensory and Autonomic Neuropathies Using Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell (iPSC)-Derived Models
Laboratory: Institut NeuroMyoGène, Laboratoire Physiopathologie et Génétique du Neurone et du Muscle
Research team: Equipe Schaeffer
Laboratory: Institut NeuroMyoGène, Laboratoire Physiopathologie et Génétique du Neurone et du Muscle
Research team: Equipe Schaeffer
MUSKLE: Stage de recherche - M2
Myonuclear adaptations to contractile activity
Laboratory: Institut NeuroMyoGène - Physiopathologie et Génétique du Neurone et du Muscle (PGNM)
Research team: Stem cell environment and skeletal muscle homeostasis
Laboratory: Institut NeuroMyoGène - Physiopathologie et Génétique du Neurone et du Muscle (PGNM)
Research team: Stem cell environment and skeletal muscle homeostasis
MUSKLE: Stage de recherche - M2
Validation of a markerless system for assessing jump biomechanics
Laboratory: Laboratoire Interuniversitaire de Biologie de la Motricité
Research team: Sport Performance and Injury Prevention, SPIP
Laboratory: Laboratoire Interuniversitaire de Biologie de la Motricité
Research team: Sport Performance and Injury Prevention, SPIP
MUSKLE: Stage de recherche - M2
Cardiovasculaire, Métabolisme, Diabétologie et Nutrition
Laboratories: Laboratoire de Recherche CarMeN UMR INSERM-INRAe, Université Lyon 1
Laboratories: Laboratoire de Recherche CarMeN UMR INSERM-INRAe, Université Lyon 1
MUSKLE: Stage de recherche - M2
Role of TGF-beta signalling in connective tissue precursors for skeletal muscle patterning
Laboratory: Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle de Lyon (IGFL / ENS Lyon), CNRS UMR 5242
Research team: “Developmental and Evolutionary Histories of Vertebrates” (DEHV)
Laboratory: Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle de Lyon (IGFL / ENS Lyon), CNRS UMR 5242
Research team: “Developmental and Evolutionary Histories of Vertebrates” (DEHV)
MUSKLE: Stage de recherche - M2
Phenotype of canine chondrocytes across age and condition of hip and stifle joints
Laboratory: Laboratory of biomechanics an impact mechanics (LBMC, UMR_T9406)
Research team: « Maintaining good health » theme
Laboratory: Laboratory of biomechanics an impact mechanics (LBMC, UMR_T9406)
Research team: « Maintaining good health » theme
MUSKLE: Stage de recherche - M2
Mechanoregulated genes in articular chondrocytes and mechanically-driven pathogenesis of osteoarthritis
Laboratory: Tissue Biology and Therapeutic Engineering Laboratory (LBTI)
Research team: OsteoArticular and Dental Research
Laboratory: Tissue Biology and Therapeutic Engineering Laboratory (LBTI)
Research team: OsteoArticular and Dental Research
Closed calls
2024 - 2025
MUSKLE: Stage de recherche - M2
Control of the degenerative cartilage through the histone modifying enzyme lsd-1
Laboratory: Tissue Biology and Therapeutic Engineering Laboratory (LBTI), CNRS UMR 5305
Research objective: Our project aims at deciphering the epigenetic signaling exerted by the histone modifying enzyme Lsd-1 in articular cartilage. The interplay with inflammatory pathway and metabolism will be analysed in the context of degenerative joint disease such as osteoarthritis (OA).
Laboratory: Tissue Biology and Therapeutic Engineering Laboratory (LBTI), CNRS UMR 5305
Research objective: Our project aims at deciphering the epigenetic signaling exerted by the histone modifying enzyme Lsd-1 in articular cartilage. The interplay with inflammatory pathway and metabolism will be analysed in the context of degenerative joint disease such as osteoarthritis (OA).
MUSKLE: Stage de recherche - M2
Evaluation of isolated muscle functional capabilities under environmental stress using the innovative FOVE ergometer.
Laboratory: LIBM (Interuniversity Laboratory of Human Movement Sciences), Univ Savoie Mont-Blanc
Laboratory: LIBM (Interuniversity Laboratory of Human Movement Sciences), Univ Savoie Mont-Blanc
MUSKLE: Stage de recherche - M2
Extracellular matrix function in motor nerve regeneration in zebrafish
Laboratory: Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle de Lyon ENS de lyon - CNRS UMR5242 – INRAE USC 1370
Laboratory: Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle de Lyon ENS de lyon - CNRS UMR5242 – INRAE USC 1370
MUSKLE: Stage de recherche - M2
Effect on bone of physical training and nutritional supplementation in microgravity analog model in rat.
Laboratory: SAINBIOSE, U1059
Laboratory: SAINBIOSE, U1059
MUSKLE: Stage de recherche - M2
Phenotype of canine chondrocytes across age and condition of hip and stifle joints
Laboratory: Laboratory of biomechanics an impact mechanics (LBMC, UMR_T9406),
Laboratory: Laboratory of biomechanics an impact mechanics (LBMC, UMR_T9406),
MUSKLE: Research Internship - M2
BFstretch project: “Assessment of mechanical behaviour in the two heads of the biceps femoris muscle during passive knee motion at different hip angles”
Laboratory: Laboratoire Interuniversitaire de Biologie de la Motricité, UR 7424.
Laboratory: Laboratoire Interuniversitaire de Biologie de la Motricité, UR 7424.
MUSKLE: Stage de recherche - M2
Striated skeletal muscle resistance to cancer metastasis
Laboratory: Laboratoire Physiopathologie et Génétique du Neurone et du Muscle, CNRS UMR 5261 -INSERM U1315
Laboratory: Laboratoire Physiopathologie et Génétique du Neurone et du Muscle, CNRS UMR 5261 -INSERM U1315
MUSKLE: Stage de recherche - M2
Role of PHF2 lysine demethylase in the lipid metabolism regulation of Muscle stem cell fate.
Laboratory: Institut NeuroMyoGène-Pathophysiology and genetics of Neuron and Muscle (INMG-PGNM), Faculté de Médecine
Laboratory: Institut NeuroMyoGène-Pathophysiology and genetics of Neuron and Muscle (INMG-PGNM), Faculté de Médecine
MUSKLE: Stage de recherche - M2
Impact of inflammation in the composition and function of skeletal muscle-released extracellular vesicles on macrophages
Laboratory: Laboratoire CarMeN UMR INSERM 1060 / Université Lyon 1/ INRA 1397
Laboratory: Laboratoire CarMeN UMR INSERM 1060 / Université Lyon 1/ INRA 1397
MUSKLE: Stage de recherche - M2
Building and maintaining the architecture of the locomotor system: from genes to function.
Laboratory: Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle de Lyon
Laboratory: Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle de Lyon
MUSKLE: Stage de recherche - M2
Influence of transient vibrations on fatigue and muscle damage
Laboratory: LIBM, Laboratoire Interuniversitaire de Biologie de la Motricité, Université Claude Bernard LYON 1.
Laboratory: LIBM, Laboratoire Interuniversitaire de Biologie de la Motricité, Université Claude Bernard LYON 1.
MUSKLE: Stage de recherche - M2
Mechanical loading and immune cells recruitment in arthritis
Laboratory: SAINBIOSE (Health, Engineering, Biology – St Etienne) INSERM U1059
Laboratory: SAINBIOSE (Health, Engineering, Biology – St Etienne) INSERM U1059
MUSKLE: Stage de recherche - M2
Effects of perceived shoulder dysfunction on the biomechanics of physical performance tests for upper limbs in athletes
Laboratory: Laboratoire Interuniversitaire de Biologie de la Motricité – UR7424
Laboratory: Laboratoire Interuniversitaire de Biologie de la Motricité – UR7424
MUSKLE: Stage de recherche - M2
Development of biomimetic tools for cartilage tissue engineering
Laboratory: aboratoire de Biologie Tissulaire et d’Ingénierie thérapeutique (LBTI), UMR5305
Laboratory: aboratoire de Biologie Tissulaire et d’Ingénierie thérapeutique (LBTI), UMR5305
MUSKLE: Stage de recherche - M2
Deciphering microtubule network re-organization during
muscle fiber formation using “Live-Super-Resolution
Microscopy” in healthy and pathological conditions
Laboratory: Pathophysiology and genetics of neuron and muscle (PGNM) CNRS/UCBL1 UMR 5261 - INSERM U1315
Laboratory: Pathophysiology and genetics of neuron and muscle (PGNM) CNRS/UCBL1 UMR 5261 - INSERM U1315