Institut Imagine participates in the Pasteur Paris-University (PPU) program for the recruitment of international doctoral students in collaboration with several Parisian universities.
Who is this program for?
It is intended for students who hold a Master's degree (or equivalent) from a university outside France, and who have not worked or resided in France for more than 12 months in the 3 years prior to their recruitment (October 1st, 2025).
The selection of the PPU-IMAGINE program is organized by Institut Imagine and selected students carry out their research in one of Institut Imagine lab.
Why join Institut Imagine?
By joining the program, students gain access to a stimulating and ideal environment for the training and career development of young researchers.
In addition, students can expand their knowledge by taking specialized courses and benefiting from an extensive seminar program with speakers from around the world. Students enrolled in the PPU-IMAGINE program will have access to the following activities or workshops offered by the PPU program:
- Oral presentation workshop
- Journal Club
- Scientific Integrity and Ethics Training courses
- French language courses
- Organization of the annual retreat
- Other PPU social activities (Luncheons)
Students are selected on a competitive basis. Candidates are first pre-selected by the host laboratories and their joint applications are then presented to a selection committee.
Doctoral students selected to follow this program at Institut Imagine will benefit from a specific 3-year employment contract with a net pre-tax monthly salary of ca. €2,200 (including health insurance, mutual insurance and provident funds) and the possibility of accommodation at the Cité International Universitaire de Paris.
At the end of their studies (usually three years), students support their PhD according to European guidelines.
Application process
1. Call for applications: the 2024-2025 call for applications begins on September 9th, 2024, and ends on October 27th, 2024. Please see below for the proposed PhD research projects. Candidates may contact potential host laboratories for further information.
Please note that candidates can only apply for a maximum of 2 PPU-IMAGINE projects.
2. Matching between project leaders and candidates from October 28th, 2024, to November 12th, 2024: the project leader selects 1 candidate from the applications received and they send the joint application by November 12th, 2024. Please note that to carry on with the selection process (joint application), candidates must choose one single project.
3. Pre-selection of candidates: applications are sent to a jury, which ranks and preselects the applications. Candidates will be informed of the status of their application and any follow-up action as of mid-December 2024.
4. Interview week: candidates will be invited to come to Institut Imagine for interview sessions between February 4th, 2025 and February 6th, 2025. Candidates will then be informed of the follow-up action to their application.
5. Beginning of the thesis: selected candidates are expected to start their PhD at Institut Imagine on October 1st, 2025. Please note that the selected candidates must be affiliated with the university/doctoral school of their host laboratory.
Projects
Candidates are invited to apply via Jotform for a maximum of 2 projects of their choice. The abstracts of project proposals may be downloaded using the links below.
Please note that you will have to fill out a short form to visualize a complete version of the research projects: 2024-2025 International PhD PPU-IMAGINE Request for projects.
- Deciphering New Molecular Mechanisms and Developing Therapeutic Approaches for Craniosynostoses using Zebrafish models - Project leader: Emilie Dambroise – Laboratory of Genetics of developmental disorders - Download the abstract
- Deciphering genetic etiology of predisposition to Whipple's disease - Project leader: Jacinta Bustamante – Laboratory of Human genetics of infectious diseases - Download the abstract
- An epigenomic ID for a better diagnosis - Project leader: Maud de Dieuleveult – Laboratory of Pathophysiological bases of skeletal dysplasias - Download the abstract
- Inborn errors of the alternative NF-κB pathway - Project leader: Guillaume Vogt – Laboratory of Human genetics of infectious diseases- Download the abstract
- Telomere maintenance mechanisms in Ewing sarcoma and Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma: from early steps of transformation to tumor formation - Project leader: Patrick Revy – Laboratory of Genome Dynamics in the Immune System - Download the abstract
- Investigation of abnormal PI3Kdelta signalling associated with inborn error of immunity - Project leader: Sven Kracker - Laboratory of Lymphocyte activation and susceptibility to EBV - Download the abstract
- Role of FUS in metabolic deregulation - Project leader: Edor Kabashi - Laboratory of Translational Research in Neurological Diseases- Download the abstract
- Evaluation of the oncogenic cooperation between KIT and FAS genes in Mastocytosis and identification of alternative FAS transcripts involved in mastocytosis pathophysiology using “targeted long reads sequencing” - Project leader: Leïla Maouche-Chrétien - Laboratory of Cellular and molecular mechanisms of hematological disorders and therapeutic implications - Download the abstract
- Integrative mRNA sequencing, proteomics and glycoproteomics to guide therapeutic repurposing in Darier disease - Project leader: Alain Hovnanian - Laboratory of Genetic skin diseases: from disease mechanism to therapy - Download the abstract
- Understanding the Physiopathology of Developmental Cerebellar Defects using human cellular Models and zebrafish - Project leader: Vincent Cantagrel - Laboratory of Developmental brain disorders - Download the abstract
- Genetics of autoimmune hepatitis: highlight the mTORC1 pathway - Project leader: Aude Magerus - Laboratory of Immunogenetics of pediatric autoimmune diseases - Download the abstract
- New insights into the pathophysiological mechanisms underlying HLH through the follow up of a gene therapy trial for UND13D-deficiency - Project leader: Fernando Sepulveda - Laboratory of Molecular basis of altered immune homeostasis - Download the abstract
- Advancing Treatment Approaches for Coeliac Disease-Associated Lymphoma - Project leader: Georgia Malamut - Laboratory of Cellular and molecular mechanisms of hematological disorders and therapeutic implications - Download the abstract
- Mechanisms underlying EBV-driven NK/T lymphoproliferations - Project leader: Sylvain Latour - Laboratory of Lymphocyte activation and susceptibility to EBV - Download the abstract
- Human genetics of HHV8-driven diseases - Project leader: Vivien Béziat - Laboratory of Human genetics of infectious diseases - Download the abstract
- Role of tRNA modifications in Galloway-Mowat syndrome - Project leader: Géraldine Mollet - Laboratory of Hereditary kidney diseases - Download the abstract
To apply
Please fill out the form via the following link: International PhD PPU-IMAGINE Application form 2024/2025
If you need more information, please contact the PPU-IMAGINE Team at callapplication@institutimagine.org
Language requirements
The program is run in English and therefore fluency in English is required. Any knowledge of French is not ultimately necessary. French language courses are part of the trainings offered during the first year of the PPU-IMAGINE PhD program.
To see more!
The videos below feature two PPU-IMAGINE students sharing their insights on the PPU-IMAGINE program. It might offer some useful takeaways. We recommend giving it a look!
