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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 | [email protected] |LAI |

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

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PHD2026_04 | Mechanics of head eversion in Drosophila

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  • 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

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

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

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PHD2026_09 | Mice social behavior modeling and recognition for autism characterization

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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

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

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

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PHD2026_15 | Quantifying and modeling tissue viscoelasticity in developing embryos

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

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

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

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PHD2026_19 | Neuromodulatory control of predictive processing in visual cortical circuits

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PHD2026_20 | Cognitive maps during group exploration

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Affiliated PhD Positions

PhD Emmanuèle Helfer / Ankur Bordoloi / Simon Mendez | Heterotypical Active Matter Transport in Disordered Networks

2 PhD in Soft Matter and Mechanobiology, Supervisors: Emmanuèle Helfer (CINaM) and Ankur Deep Bordoloi (IRPHE), Marseille

1 PhD in Computational Biophysics, Supervisor: Simon Mendez (IMAG) Montpellier

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Application Deadline: 31.10.2026

 

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PhD Schaeffer Lab | Dynamics of ribosome local supply in axon regrowth

Supervisors:

Julia Schaeffer, IBDM, [email protected] | Séverine Dubuisson, LIS, [email protected]

Application Deadline: 10.05.2026

 

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

Supervisor:
Pierre Ronceray, CINaM,  [email protected]

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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) / [email protected], Thomas Lecuit (IBDM) / [email protected]

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Affiliated Postdoctoral Positions

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, [email protected] | Tam Mignot, CNRS, [email protected]

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

Supervisors:

Rosa Cossart, Inserm, [email protected] | Lorenzo Fontolan, Inserm, [email protected]

 

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

Supervisor:

Jean-François Rupprecht, CPT, [email protected]

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PDP Pierre Ronceray | Postdoctoral position on stochastic inference

Lead supervisor: Pierre Ronceray (CINaM) [email protected]

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Affiliated Internship Positions

MsC 2 Internship | Cancer cell migration through confined environments under fluid stresses

Send a motivation letter, CV and University transcripts to:
[email protected]

Duration: 5-6 months
Grant: 600 euros per month
Degree: M2, Starting from February 2026.
Location: IRPHE, 49 Rue F. Joliot Curie 13013 Marseille

 

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M2 Internship | Optimizing microbial intake strategies for therapeutic outcome: a mathematical modeling perspective

Send a cover letter and a CV – informal inquiries welcomed - to:
[email protected]

Duration: 6 months, starting January 2027 (at the earliest)
Location: Laboratoire de Chimie Bactérienne, Marseille
Application deadline: November 30, 2026

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M1 Internship | How can a differentiation factor also set pattern spacing? Deciphering the role of PatN in Anabaena through experimentally-driven mathematical modeling

Send a cover letter and a CV – informal inquiries welcomed - to:
[email protected]

Duration: 3 to 4months, starting January 2027 (at the earliest)
Location: Laboratoire de Chimie Bactérienne, Marseille
Application deadline: November 30, 2026

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