PhD, Master’s & Postdoc Opportunities in Biochemistry in France

Funded Postdoctoral Position in Bioorganic Chemistry and Chemical Biology Dr. Anton Granzhan’s group is recruiting a postdoctoral researcher in the Laboratory of Pharmacological and Toxicological Chemistry and Biochemistry (LCBPT, UMR8601) at Université Paris Cité, France. The project focuses on DNA three-way junction ligands for cancer therapy, combining bioorganic chemistry, chemical biology, medicinal chemistry, synthetic chemistry, pharmacological chemistry, toxicological chemistry, and bioc...

Fully funded PhD position in plant epigenetics and periderm formation under stress at the University of Perpignan Via Domitia in France, within the Plant Genome and Development Laboratory (LGDP) and co-hosted by the University of Girona's Cork Laboratory . This opportunity is a strong fit for students interested in plant biology , molecular biology , biochemistry , genomics , plant physiology , and stress-related developmental processes. The project focuses on how plants form periderm under stre...

Funded PhD position in Molecular Microbiology at CNRS / Université Lyon 1 in Lyon, France . The SAB Team at MMSB is recruiting a PhD candidate to study how bacteria switch between growing and non-growing states, with a focus on pathogenesis, stress survival, and the CtrA pathway . The project uses Caulobacter crescentus as a model system and will involve characterization of candidate genes identified in Tn-seq screens. Research methods include CRISPRi , mutant construction, Western blots, protei...

Fully funded PhD position in Microbiology and Biotechnology on lignin-active enzyme discovery from insect microbiomes . The opportunity is based at the Toulouse Biotechnology Institute (France) , with INRAE-TBI and co-supervision at Wageningen University & Research (Netherlands) . The project is associated with Dr Guillermina Hernández-Raquet 's group. Research interests include microbiology , biotechnology , biochemistry , bioprocess engineering , molecular biology , analytical chemistry , and ...

Fully funded 3-year PhD position in the team of Mathilde Guzzo at MMSB (Molecular Microbiology and Structural Biochemistry), CNRS / Université Lyon I. The project focuses on molecular microbiology , bacterial genetics , signal transduction , biochemistry , and cell biology . Using Caulobacter crescentus as a model organism, the research will investigate how bacteria regulate growth in response to environmental changes and uncover molecular mechanisms of bacterial adaptation. Ideal candidates sho...

New postdoctoral position in Paris on molecular dynamics simulations and GPCR mechanosensitivity , hosted by the Laboratoire de Biochimie Théorique (CNRS, IBPC) in collaboration with Guillaume Stirnemann’s group at École normale supérieure . The project aims at the computational study of GPCR sensitivity to membrane lateral pressure , with close interaction with experimental biochemists and biophysicists including Laurent Catoire, Ewen Lescop, and Jean-Louis Banères. This is a strong fit for can...

Postdoctoral Research Fellow opportunity in Translational Research in Pulmonary Disease at INSERM UMR-1100 , Research Center for Respiratory Diseases (CEPR), Tours, France . The fellow will join INSERM U1100 (Team 2) on an international translational research project supporting an ongoing Phase 1b/2a clinical trial of a novel therapeutic molecule for a pulmonary disease. The work focuses on measuring neutrophil serine protease activity in patient sputum samples in collaboration with academic and...

Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Proteolytic Enzymes Biology and Cellular Models at INSERM UMR-1100 , Research Center for Respiratory Diseases (CEPR), Tours, France. The project is part of an international research programme focused on the intracellular fate of neutrophil serine proteases , including neutrophil elastase , proteinase 3 , and cathepsin G , in cellular models, with collaboration across academic and industry partners. Research activities include culture and maintenance of cellular mo...

Two-year postdoctoral fellow position in adipose tissue pathophysiology at the Saint Antoine Research Centre (CRSA) , INSERM / Sorbonne University , Paris 12, France. The postdoc will join the team “Lipodystrophies, metabolic and hormonal adaptations, and aging” led by Pr B. Fève , working with Pr V. Béréziat , Dr C. Lagathu , and Pr J. Capeau (emeritus professor) on the metabolic sub-study of the international ELDORADO clinical trial . Research topics include: characterization of adipose tissue...