The Animal Ecobiology Laboratory (LEBA) conducts high-quality multidisciplinary research in the field of animal ecobiology. Its main research axes include the effects of toxicity and environmental adaptations in both vertebrates and invertebrates, the study and monitoring of biodiversity and biomass, the evaluation of biological quality in both terrestrial (soil) and aquatic ecosystems, as well as the evolutionary dynamics of biodiversity with a focus on paleobiodiversity. The laboratory also explores the use of biocatalysis and its interaction with metabolic functions

The higher normal school - Cheikh Mohamed Bachir El-Ibrahimi -kouba was inaugurated on April 24, 1964 in accordance with Decree No. 134/64 with the task of training secondary school teachers for the national education sector. The school is a public institution under the tutelage of the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research and has an administrative and financial autonomy