PhD Opportunities in Nutrition in France

INRAE Doctoral Contracts are salaried PhD positions hosted by France’s national research institute for agriculture, food and the environment. The institute has around 272 research units across France, giving doctoral researchers access to a wide national research network. These contracts support doctoral research linked to INRAE’s scientific areas, especially agriculture, food, ecology and the environment. The position is structured as a work contract rather than a stipend, so doctoral researche...

Mitoxi Lab is seeking a doctoral researcher for a thesis examining the relationship between mitochondrial dysfunction and key cellular processes. The project will focus on how impaired mitochondrial function is associated with epithelial–mesenchymal transition, a process involved in changes in cell identity and behavior, as well as with cell death. The research is situated within the lab’s broader focus on mitochondria and oxidative stress, offering an opportunity to study cellular mechanisms at...

PhD opportunity at the University of Caen Normandy, France in the ABTE laboratory, EcoTEA team, on foam-flow cleaning in milking systems . The project, called FOAMAT , focuses on improving cleaning performance while reducing water, energy, and detergent use. The research combines foam physical chemistry , fluid mechanics , process engineering , rheology , and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) to understand how foam formulation, structure, and flow conditions affect the removal of dairy residues...

Centre Energie, Environnement, Procédés (CEEP) at Mines Paris - PSL is recruiting a PhD student for a thesis on thermo-physiological modeling and AI control for personalized thermal comfort in electric vehicles . The project focuses on cabin air conditioning and HVAC control, addressing the limits of steady-state comfort models such as Fanger’s PMV in transient, non-uniform vehicle cabins. The doctoral research will develop a 3D thermo-physiological occupant model , validate it through human-sub...

Fully funded PhD opportunity in optical phenotyping , hyperspectral imaging , chemometrics , multiblock data integration , metabolomics , transcriptomics , and predictive modelling for the agroecological transition. The position is part of the TERRA-MED doctoral programme and the OPTIBIO project: Optical tools and methods for the agroecological transition: studying wheat mixtures under biotic stress . The successful candidate will be hosted by the Université de Montpellier and the ChemoSens grou...

Fully funded PhD opportunity in Neurochemistry, Neurobiology, and Behavior at the Centre de Recherche en Neurosciences de Lyon (CRNL) , Lyon, France. The project focuses on the role of branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs) in regulating the sleep-wake cycle in Drosophila . The student will work with Dr. Laurent Seugnet (WAKING team) and Dr. Sandrine Parrot (NeuroDialyTics facility), in collaboration with Dr. Thomas Riemensperger in Cologne, Germany. Research and training include monitoring BCAA lev...

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...