PhD Opportunities in Pharmacy in France

This PhD project explores how systemic inflammation during sepsis can alter brain function through glial activation and changes in monoamine metabolism. The work is centered on a neurobiological mechanism linking neuroinflammation, the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR), and the UDP-glucuronosyltransferase UGT1A6a in astrocytes. The advertised research builds on preliminary evidence that glial cells can glucuronidate morphine, that LPS increases this activity in vitro and in vivo, and that this eff...

This PhD project, STILANTIBIO (“How Do Plant Polyphenolic Stilbenoids Act as Antimicrobial Agents?”), explores how plant-derived stilbenoids act against microbes through a combined approach in chemistry, chemical biology, microbiology, and bioinformatics. The doctoral research is part of a collaborative programme with the Institut de Chimie & Biologie des Membranes et des Nano-objets (CBMN) and the Centre de BioInformatique de Bordeaux (CBiB) . The student will work on the design and synthesis o...

This doctoral project focuses on deep generative models for the joint analysis of biological tissue images and spatial molecular measurements . The student will develop new deep learning methods designed to connect image data with spatially resolved molecular information, with the goal of addressing biological questions in collaboration with partner research teams. The research is based in Auguste Genovesio’s team , which works on image analysis and artificial intelligence at IBENS, ENS-PSL , an...

The doctoral project is part of the interdisciplinary AcrioFarm research on overdoses, within the CNRS PRIME team directed by Marie Jauffret-Roustide . It focuses on the experience of opioids among users, with particular attention to access to care and harm reduction in a context marked by the spread of synthetic opioids and rising overdose rates. The thesis will examine users’ preferences for natural and synthetic opioids, their experiences of treatment and harm reduction services, and the prev...

This PhD project is about inverse problems for biomedical images , with a specific focus on mammography and breast cancer risk assessment . The research aims to improve the analysis of X-ray mammograms by developing denoising methods that preserve the fine structural properties of mammographic textures, especially the self-similarity and fractal characteristics that can reveal patterns linked to cancer risk. The thesis is rooted in the challenge that risk-related parenchymal patterns can be diff...

CRI Research Fellowship at the Center for Research and Interdisciplinarity in France is a recurring research fellowship scheme for researchers at different career stages. The call describes three types of research fellows with differing profiles and lengths of stay, and it is designed for candidates ranging from postdoctoral young investigators to tenured scientists. The fellowship is positioned as an interdisciplinary research opportunity centered at the CRI Research lab environment. Fellows be...

This AFM-Telethon PhD fellowship supports doctoral research in France on neuromuscular diseases and rare genetic disorders. It is offered by the French Muscular Dystrophy Association (AFM), a French charity that funds research into muscle and nerve disorders through its telethon. The fellowship is designed for PhD research carried out in a French laboratory as part of a funded project led by the student’s supervisor or head of laboratory. The advertised research area includes topics such as musc...

PhD opportunity in AI and medical ultrasound focused on SynthUS, a project developing robust ultrasound foundation models through differentiable domain randomisation. The research addresses the substantial variability of real-world medical ultrasound images, which presents a major challenge for AI-based analysis. The project will combine physics-based image simulation, generative AI, and differentiable learning to create models that generalise across imaging domains. The PhD researcher will inve...

This scholarship supports a PhD in cancer research at a French university, with the dissertation carried out in a laboratory in France. It is funded by the Ligue Nationale Contre le Cancer , France’s largest independent non-profit organisation supporting cancer research. The call is broad in the way it defines eligible cancer-related work, spanning basic research , translational research , clinical research , epidemiological research , and applied social sciences focused on cancer and cancer pre...