PhD Opportunities in Biochemistry in France

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...

PhD Opportunity in France under the France Excellence Eiffel scholarship program 2027 . The host team at IPBS-Toulouse is seeking an exceptional international candidate for doctoral research in integrative structural biology , microbiology and glycobiology , and antibiotic resistance . The post is aligned with a research environment focused on structural biology , cryo-EM , and cell wall studies. Eligibility highlights: applicants should have an excellent academic record, a Master’s degree (or e...

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...

Call for a PhD opportunity in cardiac metabolism and epigenetics under the MSCA COFUND BEST doctoral programme . The proposed project is hosted at the University of Toulouse – I2MC (Inserm UMR1297) and is supervised by Caroline Conte , in collaboration with Marion Laudette (University of Gothenburg, Sweden). Research topic: Epigenetic mechanisms at the interface between metabolism and cardiac dysfunction. The project aims to understand how cardiac metabolism, epigenetic regulation, and gene expr...