République Française Inserm
Institut thématique Neurosciences, sciences cognitives, neurologie, psychiatrie

PhD

Mars 2026

PhD position - Neurometabolic sequelae of experimental cerebral malaria

Type of contract CDD-36 months

Location Marseille, France

Status Available

We are looking for a highly motivated student with background in brain anatomy and neurometabolism, an interest in imaging, and hands-on experience with animal use in scientific procedures.

Publiée le : 19/03/2026

PhD positions in cognitive neuroscience (M/F)

Type of contract CDD

Location Toulouse, France

Status available

The candidate will work on a project co-funded by the Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR) and Austrian Science Fund (FWF). The project examines the role of the cerebellum in speech processing, a research question that is rapidly gaining in importance.

Publiée le : 12/03/2026

Translational Neuroendocrinology

Type of contract CDD

Location Leiden, Netherlands

Status available

We are seeking a talented and motivated PhD student to join a FNRS funded research project investigating the neuroendocrine control of memory, with a focus on kisspeptin?GnRH circuits in the adult and aging mouse brain. The successful candidate will join the dynamic scientific community of the GIGA Institute and will have access to state-of-the-art technological platforms, advanced training opportunities, and a highly collaborative research environment.

Publiée le : 05/03/2026

Février 2026

Ph.D Cortical Plasticity lab

Type of contract CDD

Location Bordeaux, France

Status available

The Cortical Plasticity Lab at Neurocentre Magendie has four open PhD positions in fundamental/preclinical neuroscience.

Publiée le : 18/02/2026

Janvier 2026

PhD (M/F) in Auditory Neuroscience (EEG)

Type of contract CDD

Location Marseille, France

Status available

This PhD aims to understand how the human brain processes real-world auditory scenes (environmental sounds, multi-source mixtures) and identify the mechanisms enabling their analysis and interpretation.

Publiée le : 21/01/2026

PhD Candidate PatCorg project

Type of contract CDD

Location Paris, France

Status available

We are seeking a PhD student candidate for the PatCorg ERC Synergy project, which aims to investigate how specific morphogens regulate the formation of signaling centers and the emergence of distinct CR cell lineages in human brain organoids.

Publiée le : 14/01/2026

BRAINEXPAND - Exploring Brain-Body interactions with Expansion microscopy

Type of contract CDD

Location Gif-sur-Yvette, France

Status available

This is an interdisciplinary project that combines microscopy technique, image analysis et Drosophila (neuro)biology. It would benefit from joint training and supervision in the NCB (PI Tihana Jovanic) and the DBC-EPI teams (PI JB Masson)

Publiée le : 07/01/2026

Neuromodulatory control of predictive processing in visual cortical circuits

Type of contract CDD

Location Marseille, France

Status available

The candidate will combine computational modelling (Perrinet lab, INT) and experimental neuroscience (Rancz lab,
INMED) to link theory and physiology.

Publiée le : 07/01/2026