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

The PhD@Tec21 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Cofund doctoral programme offers seven full-time doctoral positions in mechanical engineering and chemical engineering at Université Grenoble Alpes in Grenoble, France. The programme trains researchers in interdisciplinary areas including environmental engineering, bioengineering, sustainable energy, transportation, ecotechnology and cleantech. Research projects span geomechanics, fluid mechanics, biophysics, rheophysics, materials behavior and multiphysics m...

A 13-month postdoctoral position is available for a synthetic chemist to join a research team at the Center for Molecular Biophysics (CBM) in Orléans, France. The project aims to create the next generation of near-infrared lanthanide molecular complexes for imaging organoids. The work combines synthetic chemistry, molecular biophysics, lanthanide coordination chemistry, near-infrared imaging, and chemical biology. The position is funded through a collaboration with the team of Arnaud Menuet and ...

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...

PhD opportunity: REMEDY-HIV: REprogramming Host Membrane Dynamics for Anti-HIV Therapy The Institute of Pharmacology and Structural Biology (IPBS), part of CNRS and the University of Toulouse, is recruiting a motivated PhD candidate for the BEST Doctoral Programme. Based in Toulouse, France, IPBS is an internationally recognized research institute working across cancer biology, immunology, microbiology, structural biology, and biophysics, with strong expertise in molecular and cellular biology a...

The Institute of Pharmacology and Structural Biology (IPBS), affiliated with CNRS and the University of Toulouse, is offering a PhD opportunity within the BEST Doctoral Programme. This project, titled MAP-GET: Mapping of cellular targets following gene electrotransfer in tumors , is focused on biological sciences and cancer-related research. The work is situated at IPBS in Toulouse, a major research environment known for expertise in cancer biology, immunology, microbiology, structural biology, ...

International PhD opportunity at the University of Toulouse in the MSCA COFUND BEST doctoral programme. The project is titled “Electromechanical control of directional cell migration in the intestinal epithelium” and is jointly supervised by Denis Krndija at CBI Toulouse and Thuan Beng Saw at Westlake University (China). Research focus: cell biology , mechanobiology , bioelectric signals , tissue mechanics , directional cell migration , and intestinal epithelium . The project will combine organo...

3-year PhD position in Biochemistry in Lyon, France , at the Molecular Microbiology and Structural Biochemistry (MMSB) Unit , CNRS / Université Lyon. The project focuses on the molecular mechanism of a multidrug efflux pump belonging to the ABC transporter superfamily . The research will combine biochemistry , structural biology , and biophysics to understand how this membrane protein recognizes and transports different substrates, with the broader goal of uncovering the molecular mechanisms und...

Postdoctoral position at Aix-Marseille Université / LAI (Marseille-Luminy) in the project Modelling bacterial transport strategies in real-life environments . This postdoc sits at the interface of biophysics, active matter, stochastic transport, porous-media physics, and optimal control . The project studies magnetotactic bacteria , which align with Earth’s magnetic field while responding to chemical and oxygen cues. A key scientific goal is to understand how these bacteria navigate in heterogen...

PhD opportunity at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF), Grenoble, France. This project focuses on probing conformational membrane protein dynamics by time-resolved X-ray solution scattering (TR-XSS) , a cutting-edge approach for watching biomolecular structural changes unfold in real time. You will join the ID09 team at the ESRF, a leading international research infrastructure for ultrafast X-ray science . The project investigates two high-impact membrane proteins: the zinc-transp...