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Uncovering the signaling roles of inositol polyphosphates in plant growth and development


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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-26-0699  

Direction

DRF

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Category

Life Sciences

Thesis topics

Uncovering the signaling roles of inositol polyphosphates in plant growth and development

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Job description

Inositol polyphosphates (InsPs), particularly their pyrophosphate derivatives (PP-InsPs), are recently characterized as signaling molecules present in all eukaryotes. Extensive research has been conducted on the PP-InsP pathway revealing its impacts on organogenesis and various diseases such as cancer metastasis, obesity, and diabetes. Cellular PP-InsPs exist in low concentrations, complex isoforms, and turnover fast, therefore, making them a real challenge to monitor and to analyze. This restricts the PP-InsP study especially on defining their specific roles or putatively variable distribution among cells/tissues. To solve the problem, this project aims to create cellular reporters for monitoring PP-InsPs in real-time. Given the PP-InsP pathway is conserved, the development of the PP-InsP sensors in plants will have a broader impact on the study of to the fundamental characteristics of PP-InsP signaling in animals. For example, the transfer of the PP-InsP reporters to cancer cell lines for possibility to use it for better understanding of PP-InsP-regulated cancer metastasis in the future.

University / doctoral school

Sciences du Vivant
Aix-Marseille Université

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Site

Cadarache

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Position start date

01/09/2026

Person to be contacted by the applicant

Zhu Jinsheng jinsheng.zhu@cea.fr
CEA
DRF/BIAM//EBMP
BIAM-EBMP
CIté des énergies
CEA Cadarache 13108 St Paul lez Durance
0442253152

Tutor / Responsible thesis director

Zhu Jinsheng jinsheng.zhu@cea.fr
CEA
DRF/BIAM//EBMP
BIAM-EBMP
CIté des énergies
CEA Cadarache 13108 St Paul lez Durance
0442253152

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