General information
Organisation
The French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) is a key player in research, development and innovation in four main areas :
• defence and security,
• nuclear energy (fission and fusion),
• technological research for industry,
• fundamental research in the physical sciences and life sciences.
Drawing on its widely acknowledged expertise, and thanks to its 16000 technicians, engineers, researchers and staff, the CEA actively participates in collaborative projects with a large number of academic and industrial partners.
The CEA is established in ten centers spread throughout France
Reference
SL-DRF-24-0255
Direction
DRF
Thesis topic details
Category
Life Sciences
Thesis topics
Molecular and physiological characterization of sugar biosynthetic pathways in brown macroalgae
Contract
Thèse
Job description
The aim of this PhD project is to characterize sugar biosynthetic pathways in brown macroalgae at the molecular and physiological levels. Brown macroalgae produce two main types of storage sugars: mannitol (a simple sugar) and laminarin (a polymer made up mainly of glucose units, with the optional addition of a few mannitol units). As these biosynthetic pathways have been poorly described so far, the main aim of this PhD project is to identify and characterize the enzymes responsible for the catalytic activities of these two interconnected biosynthetic pathways in the brown macroalga Ectocarpus. Original molecular and cellular biology approaches, including genome editing, will be used to generate the biological material needed to characterize these biosynthetic pathways and their role in brown macroalgal physiology.
University / doctoral school
Sciences de la Vie et de la Santé (SVS)
Aix-Marseille Université
Thesis topic location
Site
Cadarache
Requester
Position start date
01/10/2024
Person to be contacted by the applicant
Veillet Florian 
florian.veillet@cea.fr
CEA
DRF/BIAM
Institut de Biosciences et Biotechnologies d’Aix Marseille, UMR 7265 CNRS CEA, CEA Cadarache,
13108 Saint-Paul-lez-Durance
France
Tutor / Responsible thesis director
BEISSON Frédéric frederic.beisson@cea.fr
CNRS
DSV/IBEB/SBVME/L3BM
Institut de Biosciences et Biotechnologies d’Aix Marseille, UMR 7265 CNRS CEA, CEA Cadarache,
13108 Saint-Paul-lez-Durance
France
+33 4 42 25 28 97
En savoir plus
https://www.cite-des-energies.fr/biam/recherche/ebmp/
