MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships at Université Paris Cité and its partners – Meet Up 2026

Lab: UMR_S 970 PARCC

Institution: Université Paris Cité, INSERM

Researcher: Maria-Christina Zennaro, maria-christina.zennaro@inserm.fr

Thematics: 

Research performed by our team is entirely devoted to improve diagnosis and treatment of hypertension, by developing an integrative research program spanning from basic science in cell and animal models to genetic and clinical investigations in patients. Within this call, our project focuses on unraveling how common genetic variations influence adrenal function and aldosterone production, key mechanisms with direct implications for personalised care and innovative therapeutic strategies.

Lab: UMR 1137 IAME INSERM

Institution: Université Paris Cité, INSERM

Researcher: Marion Kerioui, marion.kerioui@inserm.fr

Thematics: 

I am a biostatistician with interest in joint modelling of longitudinal data and survival, modelling of high-dimensional longitudinal data, information borrowing strategies in innovative clinical trial design, hierarchical model and Bayesian inference.
I am interested in building projects around innovative basket trial designs and new modelling approaches for high-dimensional biomarkers and association with time-to-event outcome(s).

I have been appointed as a research fellow at INSERM in October 2025. Before that I was a research associate at the Medical Research Council Biostatistics Unit in Cambridge (UK), after a first postdoctoral experience at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (New York, US).

Lab: NABI UMR 8175 et HEALTHFEX UMR-S 1124

Institution: Université Paris Cité

Researcher: Hugo Salmon, hugo.salmon@u-paris.fr

Thematics: 

I study the nanobiology of peripheral nervous system and related systems using microfluidics for in vitro modeling and analytical chemistry.

Lab: team Centre de recherche des Cordeliers

Institution: Université Paris Cité, INSERM

Researcher: Emilie Picard, emilie.picard@inserm.fr

Thematics: 

Our team’s objectives are to identify key regulatory molecular targets involved in the pathogenesis of major mechanisms responsible for vision loss, accessible to modulation by drugs, administered locally, and applicable to diseases of various origins. Driven by unmet medical needs and innovation, we develop translational research.
My team has contributed to decipher the ocular metabolism of iron and the pathogenic role of iron increase in many ocular diseases from development to aging, including the induction of ferroptosis.
I wish to continue to analyse iron dysmetabolism and ferroptosis in animal models as well as in human pathologies and in parallel will continue analyse the beneficial role of transferrin, a natural iron chelator.

Lab: INSERM – INSTITUT COCHIN (PARIS)

Institution: Université Paris Cité, INSERM

Researcher: Frédéric Pendino, frederic.pendino@inserm.fr

Thematics: 

We have previously identified a Retinoid-Inducible Nuclear Factor (RINF, alias CXXC5) that is an adverse prognostic factor and innovant therapeutic target in leukemia and various solid tumors (such as melanoma or breast cancer). Thanks to its particular CXXC zinc finger motif, RINF can modulate TET enzymes activity and genome-wide DNA hydroxymethylation. The aim of our research project is to study the role of this epigenetic factor in both normal (with a particular attention to Mesenchymal Stem cells and T cells) and tumor microenvironment contexts. Both conditional and constitutive Rinf gene knockout mouses are at our disposal. Lately, we have develop CAR-T cells invalidated for this gene (patented technology) that are more persistent in vivo.
Both human or mice functional studies are possible according to the background of the postdoc candidate but a previous PhD in the field of Immunology and/or Cancer would be an added value. Don’t hesitate to contact us ! 🙂

Lab: Institut Jacques Monod

Institution: CNRS

Researcher: Stéphane Peyrégne , stephanepeyregne@gmail.com

Thematics: 

My research focuses on human evolution through the analysis of ancient genomes, with a particular emphasis on the analysis of Denisovan and Neandertal genomes. I investigate signatures of positive selection, population interactions between archaic and modern humans, and lineage-specific genetic changes. I am interested in supervising a project that develops one of these themes; for example, refining population history, identifying the effects of lineage-specific genetic changes, or creating new methodological approaches for the analysis of complex paleogenomic data. Candidates with interests in human evolution, ancient DNA, or statistical genomics are warmly encouraged to contact me.

Lab: PARCC – Inserm 970

Institution: Université Paris Cité, INSERM

Researcher: Fabien Hyafil, fabien.hyafil@aphp.fr

Thematics: 

The In Vivo Imaging Research team develops and validates new preclinical imaging approaches for exploring and understanding cardiovascular diseases. The main techniques available are PET, MRI, and ultrasound. The proposed project will aim to develop and test new radiopharmaceuticals for PET targeting inflammation, active fibrosis, and thrombi. The affinity of the molecules will first be measured in vitro, then their biodistribution will be analyzed in vivo. The most promising candidate molecules will then be evaluated in imaging studies in animal models of atherosclerosis, cardiomyopathy, and arterial and venous thrombosis. The localization of the signal in tissues by autoradiography will be compared to the expression of targets in tissues by histology and immunohistology. This is a translational research project aimed at transferring these new radiopharmaceuticals to humans for cardiovascular applications.

Lab: Laboratoire Matière et Systèmes Complexes (MSC) Université Paris Cité – CNRS UMR7057

Institution: Université Paris Cité, CNRS

Researcher: Jean-Baptiste Manneville, Jean-Baptiste.Manneville@u-paris.fr

Thematics: 

My recent research has been articulated around three main questions: 1) What is the impact of membrane mechanical properties on intracellular trafficking? 2) How is an external force transduced towards the intracellular compartments and can it affect membrane transport? 3) Can cells mechanics be used as a diagnostic or prognostic tool for cancer and/or as marker of tumour heterogeneity?
The first subject is centred on the early steps of intracellular trafficking. We have studied how membrane tension, lipid shape and membrane curvature feedback on lipid packing to deform the membrane using in vitro model systems. The second question aims at deciphering how mechanical forces impact on membrane trafficking in living cells. We have focused on the Golgi apparatus to show that it is a mechanosensitive organelle that transduces external forces towards the cell interior, possibly via the small G protein Cdc42 and the cytoskeleton. In the third topic, we have measured the mechanical properties

Lab: CNRS

Institution: Université Paris Cité, CNRS

Researcher: Florin Lucian Constantin, florin.constantin@u-paris.fr

Thematics: 

I am interested in precision molecular physics and spectroscopy to address questions in fundamental physics and propose applications at the intersection of frequency metrology, terahertz technologies, and quantum technologies. I am available to supervise postdoctoral work on the implementation of direct detection of dark matter using molecular spectroscopy in optical networks. The work in progress is presented at the following web address:

https://first-tf.fr/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/7-AG-FIRST-TF-2025_SETI2COF_Constantin.pdf

Lab: MAP5

Institution: UPCité & CNRS

Researcher: Andrés Almansa,andres.almansa@parisdescartes.fr

Thematics: 

Bayesian methods to solve inverse problems in imaging, with generative image priors including (latent, distilled) diffusion models, consistency models, flow matching, etc.
Applications to smartphones, action cameras, satellite imaging, medical imaging, assume partial knowledge of image degradations like in blind image and video deblurring and super-resolution.

Lab: CNRS UMR 8003

Institution: UPCité & CNRS

Researcher: Desdemona Fricker desdemona.fricker@u-paris.fr

Thematics: 

Navigation in space is a fundamental cognitive capacity that relies on a brain wide circuit of Head Direction (HD) neurons. The vestibular based HD signal functions like a compass, providing spatial orientation information to hippocampal place cells and parahippocampal grid cells. However, the internally generated HD signal needs to be combined with visual landmark signals, to be useful for navigation. Our team aims to dissect the pathways for visual updating of the HD signal. Combining optogenetics and patch clamp recordings in mouse brain slices, we wish to test the hypothesis that top-down cortico-thalamic projections, from the retrosplenial cortex and from the presubiculum, are integrated in anterior thalamic HD neurons. We wish to examine in vivo (Neuropixels recordings) the specificities of presubicular output signals sent to thalamus and to the mamillary bodies. Findings of our future projects will define the functional pathways that realign HD signals with visual landmarks.

Lab: UMR 8243 IRIF

Institution: UPCité 

Researcher: Giovanni Bernardi gio@irif.fr

Thematics: 

I am looking forward to working with any outstanding postdoc candidate on any
of the following topics
– Semantics of programming languages
– Concurrency theory and reasoning techniques for distributed systems
– Modal mu-calculus
– Separation logic
– Software verification via theorem provers

Lab: Inalco

Institution: Université Paris Cité, INALCO

Researcher: Jelena Jokic, jelena.jokic@inalco.fr

Thematics: 

I hold a PhD in Economics and am currently a research associate at the Centre for European and Eurasian Studies (CREE) at INALCO. My work focuses on the economic transition from socialism to capitalism in contemporary Serbia, with a particular emphasis on the dynamics of institutional transformation, structural reforms, and post-socialist socio-economic challenges. My research also extends to the ecological transition in Serbia, particularly environmental policies and sustainable development strategies. More broadly, I am interested in the economic trajectories of Eastern European and Western Balkan countries since 1989, analyzing the impact of reforms on growth, different forms of capitalism, and their convergence with European Union requirements.

Lab: UFR EILA

Institution: Université Paris Cité,

Researcher: Ismael Ramos Ruiz, ismael.ramos@u-paris.fr

Thematics: 

My work focuses mainly on the analysis of media discourse in Spanish, with particular attention to metaphors in economic journalism, the treatment of crises and ideological bias in the press. I have studied in depth the media coverage of the Greek economic crisis, the medical metaphors applied to the economy as well as the framing and bias in discourses on Brexit and other political events. A second line of research focuses on misinformation and fake news. More recently, I am developing projects on artificial intelligence applied to higher education, notably the design of hybrid devices and the critical analysis of AI uses in language learning. I can supervise projects related to the analysis of media discourse, metaphors, ideological bias, specialized communication, teaching Spanish, and educational applications of AI.

Lab: UMR 196

Institution: Sorbonne Paris Nord & CEPED

Researcher: Chantal Zabus, czabus@hotmail.com; chantal.zabus@univ-paris13.fr

Thematics: 

I specialize in postcolonial and gender studies, particularly African trans identities. Following a Research Quality Bonus, I was able to begin preliminary fieldwork in Casablanca, Morocco. For this project, I am partnering with Prof. Rachid Aboutaïeb.

Lab: INALCO

Institution: UPCité & INALCO

Researcher: Amal Abdelati amal.abdelati@inalco.fr

Thematics: 

I conduct research in Arabic dialectology and sociolinguistics, with a particular focus on Moroccan varieties. Currently a doctoral student, I am studying the linguistic evolution of the Arabic spoken in Ksar el Kebir (Morocco), analyzing its internal dynamics and interactions with local social contexts.

Lab: Laboratory of Psychology of Development and Child Education

Institution: UPCité 

Researcher: Felipe Pegado felipe.pegado@u-paris.fr

Thematics: 

Learning to read, reading expertise, fMRI, EEG, behavior.
Please visit our website:
https://www.lapsyde.com/membres/felipe-pegado