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...

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...

Postdoctoral position in HIV latency and virus-host interactions at Institut Cochin in Paris, France , jointly affiliated with Inserm , CNRS , and Université Paris Cité . The project is supported by ANRS-MIE and focuses on the molecular mechanisms that allow replication-competent but transcriptionally silent HIV-1 to persist in latently infected cells. The research aims to understand how cellular factors controlling premature transcription termination enforce transcriptional silencing of HIV. Th...

INSA Lyon - Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon is advertising a postdoctoral position starting January 2027 within the MécaLIpS team at the LaMCoS laboratory . The project focuses on chronic pathologies induced by nanoparticles , with research centered on the coupling of biomechanical and biochemical techniques . This is a strong fit for candidates with interests in biomedical engineering , biology , medical science , and related interdisciplinary research on disease mechanisms an...

New postdoc opportunity in the group of Mehdi BENIDDIR at Université Paris-Saclay / Genoscope - Centre National de Séquençage . The project is in natural product chemistry and biochemistry , focusing on combinatorial enzymatic and spontaneous reactions to understand the emergence of structural diversity in natural product metabolism . This is a postdoctoral research position . The post does not mention funding details, eligibility requirements, deadline, or an application portal. Interested cand...

Post-doctoral researcher in Cell Biology and Immunology at the Centre d'Immunologie de Marseille-Luminy (CIML), France. This funded postdoctoral opportunity is part of an INCA PL-BIO project focused on understanding how the endoplasmic reticulum unfolded protein response (UPR) can potentiate immunotherapy. The research will investigate how small molecules that stimulate the UPR may synergize with the innate immune response to improve the efficacy of immunotherapeutic treatments. The successful c...