The ParaFrap PhD international Program
Coordinator : Yvon STERKERS
Advisor for the ParaFrap PhD programme : Patrick BASTIEN
ParaFrap PhD Program Assistant : Rosa-Milagros CORRALES
The ParaFrap international PhD program is an ambitious program offering 11 competitive PhD grants to high-quality students/early stage scientists. It was coordinated by Professor Patrick Bastien (University of Montpellier) from 2013 to 2021, and by Pr. Yvon Sterkers (University of Montpellier) since 2021. Three international calls for application were organised in 2013, 2016, and 2021. For the first two waves, the 21 students were selected after an international call for applications totalling 300-400 candidates, and a very competitive selection process, including 2-day auditions at the Pasteur Institute in Paris. The recruitment is truly international as 14 of the 21 PhD students recruited are foreigners (including 8 from endemic countries). The students joined the laboratories in October 2013 and October 2016, with doctoral contracts established for 3 years. Following the renewal of the LabEx ParaFrap by the French government for another 5 years (2020-2024), 16 new PhD students have joined the ParaFrap network in the third wave of the PhD programme in 2021. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the selection was organised remotely in collaboration with the service provider Impulse Science, with the same modalities as for the first two waves (selection based on applications, individual interviews, etc.).
The early stage scientists joined the forces of ParaFrap focussing on (i) developing new methodologies and sharing resources to overcome current roadblocks in studies of molecular, cellular and immunological processes of parasite biology and pathology, and (ii) feeding the pipeline with strategies and molecules for novel diagnostic tools and intervention strategies. Their core research projects, managed by a main supervisor and a co-supervisor from two distinct research groups of the LabEx, focus on the use of state-of-the-art post-genomic tools to enhance knowledge of the parasites and of their interactions with their hosts, with the aim of using this knowledge to seek and implement new means of parasitic diseases control.
The research projects of the ParaFrap PhD international programme are complemented with a comprehensive range of international training courses, covering modern aspects of molecular cell biology applied to parasitology. These start with an initial training workshop of 2 weeks duration, which is followed by focussed training workshops, implemented at the rate of one or two per annum. These workshops involve high-quality international speakers and contributors and take place in one of the following universities/institutes: University of Montpellier, Institut Pasteur (Paris) and University of Lille-North of France. Examples are the following: "Handling genomic and post-genomic databases in Parasitology", “Genetics and reverse genetics techniques for parasites", “High throughput genomics and functional genomics”, "Imaging Parasites" etc...
Ana Rita Gomes, a CNRS Research Associate at the Laboratory of Pathogens and Host Immunity in Montpellier, and former Postdoctoral fellow of the LabEx ParaFrap, has been awarded the prestigious CNRS Bronze Medal in 2023. This...
. PhD Opportunity, Tours, France Supervision Thesis Supervisor: Sonia LAMANDE; Co-Supervisor: Julie TOTTEY Project: FUNTIONAL CHARACTERISATION OF CYSTEINE CATHEPSINS IN THE APICOMPLEXAN PARASITE CRYPTOSPORIDIUM...
Senior PostDoc position : computational biologist, Paris, France The ParSig team (https://research.pasteur.fr/en/team/molecular-parasitology-and-signaling) at the Institut Pasteur in Paris seeks for a highly...
Researcher in Livestock Immunology for the Study of Animal Trypanosomoses Through a One Health approach, the Intertryp Joint Research Unit (Cirad-IRD) is developing research on interactions between hosts,...
Happy New Year 2024! To kick off this new scientific year, here is the ParaFrap webinar schedule. Since January 2021, ParaFrap has been organizing a series of webinars. This monthly event, held every 2nd Thursday of the month, aims to strengthen...
PostDoc position : functional analysis of P. falciparum early gametocyte proteins, Allschwil, Switzerland The Malaria Gene Regulation Lab of Till Voss is looking for a highly motivated and talented postdoc to...
The team of Dr. Mohamed-Ali Hakimi, in collaboration with Isabelle Coppens (Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health and Malaria Research Institute, Baltimore, MD, USA), has developed a new (epi)genetic method to produce in vitro...
Success for ParaFrap students at MPM2023 Parafrap students won numerous awards at the MPM 2023, Woods Hole USA, 17-21 September 2023. A warm congratulations to all ! Parul Sharma (2nd year PhD under the...
Predoctoral and Postdoctoral positions - Barcelona, Spain Project Leader: Alfred Cortés, PhD - Barcelona Institute for Global Health Hospital Clínic - Universitat de Barcelona Positions: A predoctoral and two...
PhD Position Perpignan, France Project Leader Ronaldo DE CARVALHO AUGUSTO (CPJ, UPVD), principal supervisor (50%) Jérôme BOISSIER (PU, UPVD), PI (50%) Project: Unveiling the Dark Secrets of Roommate Parasites: A Study...
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