Type of contract CDD
Location Toulouse, France
Statut Available
Key Words zebrafish, circadian rhythms, neuroscience
Details of the offer
Place of work: Integrative Biology Centre / MCD unit
Missions:
The subject of the thesis will be the study of signals that allow light to generate and entrain circadian rhythms of locomotor activity in a diurnal vertebrate: the zebrafish. In particular, the student will analyze the role of the pineal gland and dissect the neuronal and humoral mechanisms mediating its action on the circadian rhythm. A battery of genetic and pharmacological tools will be used, as well as an innovative approach enabling the functioning of the circadian clock to be visualised by confocal microscopy in individual cells of the zebrafish larva.
he person will be recruited within the MCD unit of the CBI in Toulouse (https://mcd.cbi-toulouse.fr). He/she will work under the supervision of Elise CAU as part of an ANR (CIRCOLOCO). They will benefit from a stimulating scientific environment as part of a small team under construction.
Type of job
Type of contract CDD
Application deadline
Employment start date 01/10/2025
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