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CENTURI Funded PhD Positions

All application materials for the CENTURI PhD Call must be submitted by January 28th - with an exception for Reference Letters, which have an extended deadline until February 4th.
Late submissions will not be considered.

PHD2026_01 | Identifying evolutionary divergent functional gene modules in the human cerebellum development

Supervisors:

  • Baptiste LIBÉ-PHILIPPOT | baptiste.libe‐philippot@univ‐amu.fr | IBDM |
  • Léo GUIGNARD | leo.guignard@univ‐amu.fr | IBDM |
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PHD2026_02 | In silico and in vitro study of curvotaxis: cells surfing of deformation

Supervisors:

  • Jean‐Louis MILAN | jean‐louis.milan@univ‐eiffel.fr |LBA |

  • Olivier THÉODOLY | Olivier.theodoly@inserm.fr |LAI |

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PHD2026_03 | Neuronal Representations of Social Grammar in Murine Model of Neurodevelopmental Psychiatric Diseases.

Supervisors:

  • Jean-Marc FREYERMUTH | jean-marc.FREYERMUTH@univ-amu.fr |I2M|

  • Pascale CHAVIS | pascale.chavis@inserm.fr | INMED|

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PHD2026_04 | Mechanics of head eversion in Drosophila

Supervisors:

  • Raphael CLÉMENT | raphael.clement@univ‐amu.fr | IBDM |

  • Joel MARTHELOT | joel.marthelot@univ‐amu.fr |  IUSTI |

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PHD2026_06 | Membrane physics as the earliest amplifier of antigen driven T Cell signal initiation: implications for health and disease

Supervisors:

  • Yannick HAMON | hamon@ciml.univ-mrs.fr | CIML |

  • Pierre-Henri PUECH | pierre-henri.puech@univ-amu.fr | LAI |

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PHD2026_07 | Predatory behaviour of the bacteria Myxococcus xanthus: from individual decision-making to collective intelligence

Supervisors:

  • Tâm MIGNOT | tmignot@imm.cnrs.fr | LCB |

  • Aurore LOISY | aurore.loisy@univ-amu.fr |  IRPHÉ |

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PHD2026_08 | Dynamic systems modelling of novel anticancer treatment response integrating mathematics, -omics, imaging, and tumoroid biology

Supervisors:

  • Flavio MAINA | flavio.maina@univ-amu.fr | CRCM |

  • Florence HUBERT | florence.hubert@univ-amu.fr | I2M |

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PHD2026_09 | Mice social behavior modeling and recognition for autism characterization

Supervisors:

  • Séverine DUBUISSON | severine.dubuisson@univ-amu.fr | LIS |

  • Françoise MUSCATELLI | francoise.muscatelli@inserm.fr | INMED |

  • Laurent FASANO | laurent.fasano@univ-amu.fr | IBDM |

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PHD2026_10 | COMPutational Approaches for the study of bOUNDaries in spatio- temporal transcriptomics atlases with application to early HEART development – COMPOUND-HEART

Supervisors:

  • Paul VILLOUTREIX  | Paul.villoutreix@univ-amu.fr |  MMG |

  • Robert KELLY | Robert.kelly@univ-amu.fr | IBDM |

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PHD2026_12 | Learning the rules of confined cell migration in complex flow environments

Supervisors:

  • Ankur D. BORDOLOI|ankur-deep.BORDOLOI@univ-amu.fr | IRPHE |

  • Pierre RONCERAY| pierre.RONCERAY@univ-amu.fr | CINaM |

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PHD2026_14 | Non-Invasive Modulation of Pain via C-LTMR Sonogenetics

Supervisors:

  • Aziz MOQRICH | aziz.moqrich@univ-amu.fr | IBDM |

  • Emilie FRANCESCHINI | emilie.franceschini@univ-amu.fr | LMA |

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PHD2026_15 | Quantifying and modeling tissue viscoelasticity in developing embryos

Supervisors:

  • Emily GEHRELS | emily.gehrels@univ-amu.fr, | CINaM |

  • Simon GSELL | simon.gsell@univ-amu.fr | IRPHE |

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PHD2026_16 | Probing apical ECM–Cytoskeleton Interactions In Vivo Using Advanced Polarization and SHG Microscopy in the C. elegans skin

Supervisors:

  • Nathalie PUJOL | pujol@ciml.univ-mrs.fr | CIML |

  • Sophie BRASSELET | sophie.brasselet@fresnel.fr | Institut Fresnel |

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PHD2026_17 | How reaction-diffusion on a quasi-2D landscape determines the first steps of immune cell response

Supervisors:

  • Kheya SENGUPTA | kheya.sengupta@cnrs.fr, | CINaM |

  • Patrick CHAMES | Patrick.chames@inserm.fr, | CRCM |

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PHD2026_18 | High-Throughput Characterization of Antibody-Antigen Interactions Under Mechanical Stress

Supervisors:

  • Thomas DUPIC | dupic@ciml.univ-mrs.fr | CIML |

  • Philippe ROBERT | philippe.robert@inserm.fr | LAI |

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PHD2026_19 | Neuromodulatory control of predictive processing in visual cortical circuits

Supervisors:

  • Ede RANCZ | ede.rancz@inserm.fr | INMED |

  • Laurent PERRINET | laurent.perrinet@cnrs.fr | INT |

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PHD2026_20 | Cognitive maps during group exploration

Supervisors:

  • Jérôme EPSZTEIN | jerome.epsztein@inserm.fr | INMED, INSERM |

  • Mathieu GÉNOIS |  mathieu.genois@cpt.univ-mrs.fr | CPT |

  • Julie KOENIG GAMBINI | julie.koenig@inserm.fr | INMED |
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Affiliated PhD Positions

PhD Ronceray Lab | Learning the stochastic dynamics of active biological systems

Supervisor:
Pierre Ronceray, CINaM,  pierre.RONCERAY@univ-amu.fr

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PhD Helfer Lab l Physical mechanisms of red blood cell genesis

Supervisor:
Emmanuèle Helfer, CINaM, emmanuelle.helfer@univ-amu.fr

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PhD Jean-François Rupprecht and Thomas Lecuit I Inference of an active viscoelastic model of embryonic flows & application to the gastrulation process

Supervisors: Jean-François Rupprecht (CPT) / rupprecht.jf@gmail.com, Thomas Lecuit (IBDM) / thomas.lecuit@univ-amu.fr

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Affiliated Postdoctoral Positions

PDP Schaeffer Lab | Investigate molecular mechanisms of axon regeneration

Supervisor:

Julia Schaeffer, IBDM, julia.schaeffer@univ-amu.fr

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PDP Habermann Lab | Fatty-acid degradation in bacterial predators and prey: to kill or to survive? A phylogenetic and metabolic modelling approach.

Supervisors:

Bianca Habermann, CNRS, bianca.habermann@univ-amu.fr | Tam Mignot, CNRS, tmignot@imm.cnrs.fr

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PDP Cossart Lab | Postdoctoral Position in Neuroscience for Physicists, Mathematicians, or Engineers 

Supervisors:

Rosa Cossart, Inserm, rosa.cossart@inserm.fr | Lorenzo Fontolan, Inserm, lorenzo.fontolan@inserm.fr

 

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PDP Le Goff Lab | Morphogenesis of Drosophila metamorphosis

Supervisors:

Loïc Le Goff, Institut Fresnel, loic.legoff@fresnel.fr | Philippe Roudot, Institut Fresnel, philippe.roudot@univ-amu.fr

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PDP Rupprecht Lab | Branching random walks and the modelling of sensory neurons

Supervisor:

Jean-François Rupprecht, CPT, rupprecht.jf@gmail.com

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PDP Guignard Lab | Acquiring and maintaining bilateral symmetry in Parhyale hawaiensis

Lead supervisor: Léo Guignard (LIS) – leo.guignard@univ-amu.fr

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PDP Lorenzo Fontolan | Postdoctoral position in computational models of brain circuits

Lead supervisor: Lorenzo Fontolan (Inmed) – lorenzo.fontolan@univ-amu.fr

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PDP Pierre Ronceray | Postdoctoral position on stochastic inference

Lead supervisor: Pierre Ronceray (CINaM) pierre.RONCERAY@univ-amu.fr

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Engineers

Ingénieur de recherche Microscopie & Microfluidique appliquées aux cyanobactéries |
Laboratoire de Chimie Bactérienne (LCB)- Equipe Latifi

https://lcb.cnrs.fr/team/latifi/

Date de début : 01/09/2025

Candidature : https://emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/UMR7283-TAMMIG0-006/Default.aspx

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Data Integration and Analysis Engineer | Biological Imaging & Multi-omics

Multi-Engineering Platform

Application deadline: February 22nd, 2026
Starting date: June 1st, 2026
Applications: contact@centuri-livingsystems.org
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Internships

M2 Internship: Flow through deformable vascular network

Duration: 5-6 months
Grant: 600 euros per month
Degree: M2, Starting from February 2026.
Location: IRPHE, 49 Rue F. Joliot Curie 13013 Marseille
Contact: Ankur Bordoloi (ankur-deep.bordoloi@univ-amu.fr), Martin Brandenbourger (martin.brandenbourger@univ-amu.fr)

 

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