PhD positions in interdisciplinary projects, in developmental biology, immunology and neuroscience (funded)

Organization: Aix-Marseille Université

Available from: October 1, 2025

Send CV, publications, summary and references to:
https://centuri-livingsystems.org/recruitment/

Position Information:

The Turing Centre for Living Systems (CENTURI) wishes to attract talented PhD students to the Luminy campus. To do so, CENTURI will fund up to 7 PhD positions to start in 2025. PhD students will work in an interdisciplinary life science environment, and have backgrounds in any of the following fields: cell or developmental biology, immunology, neurobiology, biophysics, theoretical physics, computer science, bioinformatics, applied mathematics, engineering.

Candidates can apply to one of the advertised CENTURI projects, providing that they meet the application criteria and that their application is supported by at least 2 host labs.

PhD students will be co-supervised by two or three supervisors from our community. Candidates can apply to a maximum of three projects.

Do not hesitate to contact the projects’ supervisors for more information.

Applications must be submitted via the project’s application form and must be written in english.

Deadline for application: January 27, 2025

Deadline for recommendation letters: January 27, 2025

Duration: 3 years

Video interviews: March 26-27, 2025

Expected profile – selection criteria

Candidates will be evaluated based on the following criteria:

Academic achievements
Past research experience (internships, master thesis)
Interest to work in a multidisciplinary research environment
Enthusiasm and communication skills

To apply please fill the form associated to each project. Applications must include the following documents, in English (compiled into a single PDF file):

CV
cover letter
transcript of your MSc’s grades (M1 and M2 if available)

2 letters of recommendation must also be sent by your references. Please note that an automatic email will be sent to them so that they can upload their recommendation letter. We invite you to contact them to make sure that they have received the notification email.

Free websites are available to convert and compile documents into PDF files. Here is an example of said website: https://smallpdf.com/