Each year, INRAE organises open competitions to recruit research scientists on permanent positions. The recruitment campaign is generally aimed at researchers who have recently obtained their PhD. Candidates are recruited on the basis of their scientific competence which they will put to the service of INRAE's major research axes by responding to a research topic. Candidates must have published articles on the results of their PhD.Would you like to take part in public research and participate in projects which are vital for society such as adapting to climate change, food security, human health and preserving natural resources? Then join our research teams by sending in your application to our open competitions for research scientists.Schedule for the 2026 recruitment campaign- Opening date for applications: January 27, 2026- Deadline for applications: March 5, 2026- Pre-selections (on scientific file): from April 13 to 30, 2026- Final selections (interview): from June 1 to 14, 2026- Starting date for appointments: from September 1, 2026

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The capacity of Noccaea caerulescens accessions to hyperaccumulate nickel depends on the high expression of some metal transporters but also on the activit

Background Open chromatin regions host DNA regulatory motifs that are accessible to transcription factors and the transcriptional machinery. In Arabidopsis, responses to light are heavily regulated at...

The genome of Arabidopsis thaliana consists of 10 chromosomes. By inducing CRISPR-Cas–mediated breaks at subcentromeric and subtelomeric sequences, we fused entire chromosome arms, obtaining two eight...