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Laboratories' PhD project proposals 2010/11

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Listed below are PhD project descriptions of laboratories wishing to host an FdV student for the coming 2010/11 year.

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Expectancy-related neuronal activity in the rat cerebral cortex induced by complex tactile stimuli.

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Date : 28/01/2010

Laboratory

Unité de Neurosciences, Information et Complexité CNRS UPR3293
1 avenue de la Terrasse 91190 Gif sur Yvette
Director : Yves Frégnac

PhD Supervisor

Daniel Shulz
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phone : +33 169823400

Subjects / Tools-Methodologies

1 : Sensory Physiology/Electrophysiology
2 : Neuronal coding/White noise analysis
3 : Functional plasticity/Whole cell patch recordings

 

Diversity of type IIB DNA topoisomerases: new mechanisms and drug targets

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Date : 5/03/2010

Laboratory

Molecular Biology of the gene in Extremophiles CNRS UMR8621
Institut de Génétique et Microbiologie 91405 Orsay
Director : Jean-Pierre Rousset

PhD Supervisor

Patrick Forterre
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phone : +33 33169157489

Subjects / Tools-Methodologies

1 : DNA topoisomerase/Biochemistry
2 : Evolution/Molecular Biology
3 : Enzymology/Single molecule analysis

 

Modelling the evolution of biological networks

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Date : 4/03/2010

Laboratory

Statistique et Génome UMR CNRS 8071
523 place des Terrasses 91000 Evry
Director : Christophe Ambroise

PhD Supervisor

Catherine Matias
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phone : +33 160873834

Subjects / Tools-Methodologies

1 : networks/modelling, comparison
2 : evolution/mathematical models, probability
3 : gene duplication/biological processes

 

Modelling the topology of a host-parasite interaction network with statistical models ...

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Date : 4/3/2010

Modelling the topology of a host-parasite interaction network with statistical models for heterogeneous random graphs.

Laboratory 1
Mathématique et Informatique Appliquées
UMR 518 AgroParistech/INRA
16 rue Claude Bernard, 75005 Paris
Unit/Lab Director : Stéphane Robin
http://www.agroparistech.fr/mia/doku.php

Laboratory 2
BIOGECO, BIOdiversité, Gènes et Communautés
UMR1202 INRA/Université Bordeaux1
69 route d'Arcachon, 33612 Cestas Cedex
Unit/Lab Director : Antoine Kremer
http://www.pierroton.inra.fr/biogeco/presentation-en.html

PhD Supervisor 1
Jean-Jacques Daudin
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phone : +33 1 44 08 16 67

PhD Supervisor 2
Corinne Vacher
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phone : +33 5 57 12 27 24

Subjects / Tools-Methodologies
1 Identifying Modules in Graphs / Clustering and Mixture Models
2 Topology of an Ecological Network / Statistical Analysis of Complex Data Sets
3 Impact of Global Change / Metagenomic Data Analysis

Available funding for this project : INRA grant.

 

Emotion disorders in adolescents: brain structure and behaviour correlates

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Date : 4/3/2010

Laboratory

Neuroimaging and Psychiatry INSERM - CEA Unit 1000
SHFJ, 4 place Gl. Leclerc 91401 Orsay
Director : Jean-Luc Martinot

PhD Supervisor

Jean-Luc Martinot
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phone : +33 1 69 86 77 57

Subjects / Tools-Methodologies

1 : Brain imagin / Magnetic resonance imaging
2 : Psychopathology / Neurospychology
3 : Image processing / softwares

 

The evolution of cooperation in a biological market. When evolution meets microeconomic theory

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Date : 4/03/2010

Laboratory

Ecologie et Evolution CNRS-UPMC-UMR 7625
UPMC, Bat A, 7e etage 7 quai St Bernard 75005 Paris
Director : Minus van Baalen

PhD Supervisor

Jean-Baptiste André
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phone : +33 144272694

Subjects / Tools-Methodologies

1 : Evolution/Mathematics
2 : Cooperation/Game theory
3 : Markets/microeconomics

 

Prediction of potential human P450 substrates by virtual screening and channels modeling

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Date : 4/03/2010

Laboratory

MTi UMR-S 973 (INSERM, Paris 7)
35 rue Hélène Brion, 75205 Paris Cedex 13. 75205 Paris
Director : Villoutreix

PhD Supervisor

Michel Petitjean
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phone : +33 33157278434

Subjects / Tools-Methodologies

1 : drug design/virtual screening
2 : structural bioinformatics/structure-based modeling
3 : P450 cytochromes/geometric modeling of channels

 

Single-molecule analysis of the initiation of replication

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Date : 16/2/2010

Laboratory

Biomolecular Nanomanipulation Group
Institut Jacques Monod / CNRS UMR 7592
15 rue Hélène Brion Batiment Buffon 242B
75205 Paris Cedex 13
Director : Giuseppe Baldacci

PhD Supervisor

Terence Strick
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phone : +33 157278020

Subjects / Tools-Methodologies

1 : DNA replication/magnetic trapping, single-molecule imaging
2 : DNA transcription/magnetic trapping, single-molecule imaging
3 : DNA repair/magnetic trapping, single-molecule imaging

 

Modelling the evolution of biological networks

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Date : 11/02/10

Laboratory

Statistique et Génome UMR CNRS 8071
Lab. Statistique et Génome 523 place des Terrasses 91000 Evry
Director : Christophe Ambroise

PhD Supervisor

Catherine Matias
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phone : +33 160873834

Subjects / Tools-Methodologies

1 : networks/modelling, comparison
2 : evolution/mathematical models, probability
3 : gene duplication/biological processes

 

Modelling and Engineering Genome Architecture

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Date : 6/2/2010

Laboratory


Epigenomics Project CNRS UPS3201
Genopole Campus 1 - Genavenir 6
5 rue Henri Desbruères 91030 EVRY cedex
Director : François KEPES

PhD Supervisor

François KEPES
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phone : +33 33169474431

Subjects / Tools-Methodologies

1 : Integrative Biology/systems and synthetic biology
2 : Chromosome structure and evolution/molecular genetics and microbiology
3 : Functional organization of cell nucleus/nucleoid/bioinformatics

 

HIV entry at the foreskin

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Date : 6/2/2010

Laboratory

Mucosal entry of HIV an mucosal immunology U1016 CNRS UMR 8104
22 rue Mechain 75014 paris
Director : Miorgane Bmsel

PhD Supervisor

Morgane Bomsel
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phone : +33 140516497

Subjects / Tools-Methodologies

1 : HIV/eplants/reconstruction of mucosa
2 : mucosa/confocal and live fluorescent microscopy
3 : mucosal immunity/cell biology and cellular immunology

Available funding

 

Effet du réchauffement climatique sur les risques d'invasions de fourmis en Europe

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Date : 02/02/2010

Laboratory
Laboratoire Ecologie, Systématique & Evolution UMR CNRS 8079
Bat 362, Université Paris Sud, 91405 Orsay
Director : Pr Paul Leadley

PhD Supervisor
Franck Courchamp
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phone : +33 169155685

Subjects / Tools-Methodologies

1 : Ecology/Modelling
2 : Climate change/Lab and field experiments
3 : Biological invasions/artificial ant colonies

Website : http://www.ese.u-psud.fr/

 

Synbiotic

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Date : 02/02/2010

Laboratory
LACL
Université Paris 12 - EA 4213
Bâtiment P2 - 240
Faculté des Sciences et technologies
61 rue du Général de Gaulle
94010 Créteil cedex
Director : Régine LALEAU

PhD Supervisor
Olivier MICHEL
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phone : +33 1 45 17 16 35

Subjects / Tools-Methodologies:
1 : A language for synthetic biology

 

Complex networks structural analysis for diffusion process modeling

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Date : 01/02/2010

Laboratory
LIP6
UMR 7606 / CNRS / UPMC
104 avenue du Pdt Kennedy
F - 75016 Paris
Director : Patrick Gallinari
website : LIP6

Thesis Supervisor
Matthieu Latapy
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tél : + 33 1 44 27 87 84

Subjects / Tools-Methodologies

1. Networks / graph theory
2. Diffusion phenomena / probabilities
3. Measurement / computer science

 

Environment for the design of Synthetic Biological Systems

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Date : 01/02/2010

Laboratory
IBISC
CNRS FRE 3901
523 place des terrasses de l'AGORA
91025 EVRY
Director :Jean Louis Giavitto

PhD Supervisor :
Franck Delaplace
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phone : +33 160873825

Subjects / Tools-Methodologies:
1 : Complex systems / Formal methods
2 : synthetic biology / Compiler Design
3 : Unconventional languages / Biological Network Analysis

Web site : www.ibisc.univ-evry.fr

 

Phytoplankton biodiversity and gene expression in the contemporary ocean

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Date : 31/10/2010

Laboratory
Molecular Plant Biology UMR 8197
Institut de Biologie de l'Ecole Normale Supérieure (IBENS)
46 rue d'Ulm
75005 Paris
Director : Antoine TRILLER

PhD Supervisor
Chris Bowler
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phone : +33 1 44 32 35 25

Subjects / Tools-Methodologies
1 : Diatom biology / Functional genomics
2 : Microbial oceanography / Comparative genomics
3 : Plankton biodiversity / Tara Oceans expedition

 

 

 

Etude physique et reconstitution d'une nano pompe bactérienne

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Date : 27/01/2010

Laboratory

Laboratoire de Physique Statistique de l'ENS UMR CNRS 8550
24 rue Lhomond 75005 Paris
Director : E. Perez

PhD Supervisor
Wladimir Urbach
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phone : +33 688580978

Subjects / Tools-Methodologies
1 : interaction of trasmembrane protein/Fluorescence recovery after pattern photobleaching
2 : efflux pump activity/micromanipulation of giant unilamelar vesicles
3 : biomimetic systems/microscopy and Small angle scattering

Web : http://www.lps.ens.fr/spip.php?rubrique34

Available funding from ANR

 

Multi-scale Modeling of cells

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Date : 27/01/2010

Laboratory :
Theoretical Physics of Condensed Matter
UMR 7600 University Pierre et Marie Curie
Director : Pascal Viot

PhD Supervisor :
Julien Mozziconacci
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phone : +33 144272643

Subjects / Tools-Methodologies :
1 : Chromosome Structure / Physics & 3D Graphics tools
2 : Modeling Single Molecule Experiments / Brownian Dynamics Simulation
3 : Integrating high-throughput biodata / Statistics

 

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