MISSIONS

The LERES is the chemical and microbiological analysis laboratory of the French School of Public Health (EHESP). Its professional team is organized around various activities :

–        Analysis. The laboratory is accredited by COFRAC since 2000 and approved for the sanitary control of water and effluents by Ministries of Health and of the Environment. The implementation of sampling and on-site or laboratory tests are connected to this activity.

–        Research. The laboratory is team the doctoral school “Vie-Agro-Santé” of the University of Rennes 1 and Agrocampus West. It receives in this context master and PhD students.

–        Teaching in the DSET Department.

–        Institutional support (EHESP sustainable development and doctoral network direction) as well as transfer to SMEs partners

The laboratory is mainly divided into 4 units (Extratox, MET, Biodiagnostic, Microbiology), divided in 2 poles (production and R & D). Its turnover is 2 million €.