PhD program 2025 : joint procedure to InLife & IPV
In 2025, the InLife Initiative and the Interfaces for the Living (IPV) PhD program associated in a joint procedure to award 10 PhD contracts: 3 InLife contracts and 7 IPV contracts.
Calendrier
20/01/2025 - 26/02/2025
Submitting PhD projects to LimeSurvey
26/03/2025
Publication of selected projects
26/03/2025 - 05/05/2025
Submitting candidate applications to LimeSurvey
26/05/2025 - 27/05/2025
Interviews of candidates
12/06/2025
Publication of results
Recommandations
Research PhD projects must be submitted online via the LimeSurvey form : https://lime3-app3.sorbonne-universite.fr/index.php/756377?lang=fr
The scientific scope concerns all PhD projects adopting an interdisciplinary approach at the interface with life sciences :
- InLife's 2025 call for projects concerns the two priority scientific axes of the Initiative.
- IPV is renewing a broad call for projects without a priority theme.
Eligibility criteria imply PhD co-supervision between two different Doctoral Schools :
- InLife doctoral contracts fall within the scope of the Sorbonne University Alliance.
- IPV doctoral contracts fall within the scope of Sorbonne University.
Projects can be written in French or English. Evaluation is carried out jointly by the InLife Executive Committee and the IPV board members.
Selection of PhD research projects
Project selection was carried out by an interdisciplinary committee composed of the Executive Committee and the IPV board members (Nicolas Biais physique LJP, Roba Moumné chimie CPCV, Isabelle Callebault bioinformatique IMPMC) : 38 submitted projects and 23 projects selected for the interviews.
List of projects selected for the interviews
- Project : Elucidating the theoretical and physiological basis of anti-correlated slow oscillation activity - Supervisors: Elim HONG et Delphine Salort
- Project : Conception et développement de MetalloPROTACs, une stratégie anticancer pour la dégradation ciblée de protéines d’intérêt - Supervisors: Candice Botuha et Joëlle Sobczak-Thépot
- Project : New chemically engineered homeoproteins and derived cell-penetrating peptides with improved properties for therapeutic applications - Supervisors: Fabienne Burlina et Julien Pytkowicz
- Project : Development of Innovative Probes for Characterizing Proline Metabolism in Living Organisms - Supervisors: Franck Ferreira et Arnould Savouré
- Project : Manganese-based Antioxidants Delivered by Extracellular Vesicles (EVs) - Supervisors: Clotilde Policar et Philippe Seksik
- Project : Cyclodextrins Self-assembling for cryo-EM structure of flexible proteins (CORSET) - Supervisors: Matthieu Sollogoub et Daniel Levy
- Project : Impact of Structural Variants on Genome and Proteome Evolution in Saccharomyces cerevisiae - Supervisors: Gilles Fischer et Anne Lopes
- Project : Sigmoidal transcriptional response of ERK-induced immediate-early genes - Supervisors: Hitoyoshi YASUO et Geneviève DUPONT
- Project : Les éthers de glycérol d’origine bactérienne : identification de leurs microorganismes sources et étude de leur mécanisme adaptatif en réponse aux changements des paramètres environnementaux - Supervisors: Arnaud Huguet et David Touboul
- Project : Paléobiogéographie diachronique de la fragmentation du Gondwana : comment la tectonique des plaques a structuré la biodiversité actuelle - Supervisors: Valery Zeitoun et Thierry Bourgoin
- Project : Marangoni-induced spreading of bacterial colony - Supervisors: Maxime Deforet et Arnaud Antkowiak
- Project : Transport et rétention de micro-algues : les diatomées pennées dans la mousse marine - Supervisors: Florence Elias et Benjamin Bailleul
- Project : Numerical and experimental study of phase transition in fish collective behavior - Supervisors: Benjamin THIRIA et Laurent BOUDIN
- Project : Engineering fibroblast diversity - Supervisors: Cécile Legallais et Delphine Duprez
- Project : Beyond 3D Geometric Morphometrics via Deep Learning - Supervisors: Raphael Cornette et Marc Lelarge
- Project : From elephant trunk to robotics: an interdisciplinary approach to bio-inspired solutions - Supervisors: Emmanuelle Pouydebat et Damien Chablat
- Project : Comprendre les interactions entre les crustacés planctoniques (Branchiopoda, Copépodes Calanoïdes) et la géochimie des écosystèmes aquatiques stagnants - Supervisors: Nicolas Rabet et Katell Quénéa
- Project : Etude pluridisciplinaire du phénomène de saut d’harmonique à l’interface entre analyse physico-chimique et transcriptomique comparative - Supervisors: Tony Robillard et Aline Percot
- Project : Cultural transmission of non-random mating behaviours during genetic admixture processes in human evolution - Supervisors: Paul VERDU et Flora JAY
- Project : Mathematical modeling of muscle tissue architecture emergence and ageing - Supervisors: Diane Peurichard et Louis Casteilla
Interviews
Jury composition :
- Catherine Venien-Bryan (ED Complexité du vivant, SU)
- Benoit Claude Forget (ED Physique en Ile de France, SU)
- Roba Moumné (ED Chimie moléculaire, SU)
- Christine Ménager (ED Chimie physique, SU)
- Jean Baptiste Boulé (ED Sc. De la nature et de l’homme, MNHN)
- Nicolas Bredèche (ED Informatique, télécommunications, électronique, SU)
- Stéphane Robin (ED Sc. Mathématiques, SU)
- Salim Bouzebda (ED UTC)
Interviews : 16 projects were defended by a candidate on May 26 and 27, 2025.
Results
InLife PhD contracts:
Emmanuelle de Bressy de Guast
Engineering fibroblast diversity
Supervisor: Cécile Legallais, Biomécanique et Bioingénierie (BMBI), UTC
Co-Supervisor: Delphine Duprez Développement, Adaptation et Vieillissement (Dev2A), SU
Sam Gaborieau
Numerical and experimental study of phase transition in fish collective behavior
Supervisor: Benjamin Thiria, Physique et Mécanique des Milieux Hétérogènes (PMMH), SU
Co-Supervisor: Laurent BOUDIN, Laboratoire Jacques-Louis Lions (LJLL), SU
Jackson Carter
Beyond 3D Geometric Morphometrics via Deep Learning
Supervisor: Raphaël Cornette, Institut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB), MNHN
Co-Supervisor: Marc Lelarge, Institut national de recherche en informatique et en automatique (INRIA)
IPV PhD contracts:
Varmitha Thiruchelvam
Supervisor: Fabienne Burlina, Laboratoire de Chimie Physique et Chimie du Vivant (CPCV), SU
Co-Supervisor: Julien Pytkowicz, Laboratoire Biomolécules : Conception, Isolement et Synthèse (BioCIS), CNRS
Pauline Autin
Marangoni-induced spreading of bacterial colony
Supervisor: Maxime Deforet, Laboratoire Jean Perrin (LJP), SU
Co-Supervisor: Arnaud Antkowiak, Institut Jean le Rond d'Alembert, SU
Simon Berthe
Supervisor: Arnaud Gautier, Laboratoire de Chimie Physique et Chimie du Vivant (CPCV), SU
Co-Supervisor: Franck Perez, Cell Biology and Cancer, Institut Curie
Elisa Bouvier
Supervisor: Candice Botuha, Institut Parisien de chimie moléculaire (IPCM), SU
Co-Supervisor: Joëlle Sobczak-Thépot, Centre de recherche Saint-Antoine CRSA), SU
Lucie Partout
Supervisor: Valery Zeitoun, Centre de Recherche en Paléontologie - Paris, SU
Co-Supervisor: Thierry Bourgoin, Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB), MNHN
Andrea Tarabini
Impact of Structural Variants on Genome and Proteome Evolution in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Supervisor: Gilles Fischer, Laboratoire de Biologie Computationnelle, Quantitative et Synthétique (CQSB), SU
Co-Supervisor: Anne Lopes Institut de Biologie Intégrative de la Cellule (I2BC), Université Paris-Saclay
Yi Yuan
Manganese-based Antioxidants Delivered by Extracellular Vesicles (EVs)
Supervisor: Clotilde Policar, Chimie Physique et Chimie du Vivant (CPCV), SU
Co-Supervisor: Philippe Seksik, Centre de recherche Saint-Antoine CRSA), SU