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IJPB PhD projects 2025

List of PhD projects and IJPB teams hosting a PhD student as part of the 2025 call. Please note that this list may be updated until June 16th.

Chemistry Speciality

> Biocatalytic approaches for lignin model synthesis and lignin demethylation
Team: "Lignocellulosic Biopolymers: from Cell Wall Assemblies to Synthons for Green Chemistry" APSYNTH
Direction: Betty Cottyn
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Biology Speciality

> Unraveling the Function of TRMs in Protoxylem Vessel Formation in Arabidopsis thaliana
Team: "Spatial Control of Cell Division" SPACE
Direction: Magalie Uyttewaal, Co-direction: David Bouchez
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> Exploration of the Functional Diversity of Plant Mitochondrial Peptidyl-tRNA Hydrolases
Team: "Organelles and Reproduction" OrgaRepro
Direction: Hakim Mireau
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> Investigating the functional connection between a microtubule-associated protein and NLP7 in Arabidopsis thaliana: A cytoskeletal role in nitrate signaling
Team: "Nitrogen Use, transport and signaling"  NUTS
Direction: Zsolt Kelemen, Co-direction: Anne Krapp
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Plant Science Speciality

> Characterisation of interindividual epigenetic variability in Arabidopsis
Team: "Epigenetic Natural Variation " VarEpi
Direction: Vincent Coustham
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> Contribution of plant autophagy in nitrogen nutrition during maize - arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis
Teams: "Symbiotic Nitrogen Acquisition in Plant-Microbe Systems" SYNAPS & "Senescence, Autophagy, Nutrient Recycling and Nitrogen Use Efficiency" SATURNE
Direction: Alia Dellagi, Co-direction: Céline Masclaux-Daubresse
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> Impact of tonoplastic sugar transport modification on plant response to the increase of atmospheric CO2
Team: "Carbon, Allocation, Transport and Signaling" CATS
Direction: Rozenn Le Hir
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> Decoding Plant Growth in Changing Temperatures: The Interplay of Calcium and Cell Wall Metabolism
Team: "Primary Cell Wall" PAR
Direction: Alexis Peaucelle
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> The importance of the transcriptional control of suberin biosynthesis for the resistance of seeds to stress
Team: "Seed - Development, Regulation, and Metabolism"  SEED-DREAM
Direction: Sébastien Baud
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> Genetic regulation of plant somatic embryogenesis initiation
Team: "Cell Biology and Plant Regeneration" BCR
Direction: Oumaya bouchabké-Coussa, Co-direction: Pierre Hilson
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> Revealing the Relationship Between Plant Cell Wall Architecture and Function in Growth, Development, and Fruit Ripening
Team:
"Primary Cell Wall" PAR
Direction: Kalina Haas, Co-direction: Heman Höfte
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Agronomy Speciality

> Identification and functional characterization of tonoplast sugar transporters in Setaria viridis under elevated CO2 conditions
Team:
"Carbon, Allocation, Transport and Signaling" CATS
Direction: Rozenn Le Hir
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Evolution Speciality

> Horizontal Gene Transfer in Plant Evolution and Breeding
Team: "Genomic Analysis of Plant-Parasite Interactions"
AGIPP
Direction:
Florian Maumus, news IJPB, 17/1/25
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IJPB PhD projects 2025