Want to continue your research within a dynamic, curious, and highly motivated team? Great news: we’re recruiting a postdoctoral researcher! If you’re eager to participate in a stimulating scientific project, test new ideas, contribute your expertise, and collaborate with a passionate team, this position is for you.

The candidate will be welcomed within the Food Fermentation Interaction and Microbiota Team (AFIM) of the UMR Food and Microbiological Processes (UMR PAM). The AFIM team, led by Professor Aurélie Rieu, is hosted at the Institute University of Vine and Wine (IUVV) on the campus of the University of Burgundy Europe (UBE) in Dijon. The research carried out by this team explore, at the molecular, cellular and physiological levels, the response to stress of microorganisms (yeasts and bacteria) in connection with their environment and their interactions. This scientific mission will be carried out in partnership with the UMR SayFood (AgroParisTech INRAE) and the FROMEX regional research attached to UMR PAM. Supervision will be provided by Cosette Grandvalet (UMR PAM) in collaboration with Florence Dubois-Brissonnet (UMR SayFood) and Noëmie Pascault (FROMEX).

Key skills:

Strong theoretical and practical knowledge in microbiology, biochemistry, and molecular biology, as well as in transcriptome analysis and interpretation of metabolic fluxes. Recent PhD graduates are perfectly suited to this profile; some of the required skills can be acquired during the position. 

Requirements:

•  Doctoral degree in microbiology (CNU section 66, 65, 68)
•  Co-author of at least two original articles including one article signed as first author
• Experience in general microbiology techniques, bacterial physiology and bacterial genomics
• Motivation, scientific curiosity, ability to work in a team
• Sense of initiative and autonomy
• Young doctors can perfectly meet this profile, some of the required skills can be acquired through course of the mission.

The application file must be sent by email (contacts below) no later than Monday May 11, 2026 at 12:00 p.m. The required documents must be compiled into a single PDF file. At the end of your application, if your profile is in line with this mission, an interview (possibly by video) will be offered to you.

Cosette Grandvalet (cosette.grandvalet@institut-agro.fr, tel : +33 3 80 39 62 66)
Florence Dubois-Brissonnet (florence.dubois-brissonnet@inrae.fr, tel : +33 1 89 10 05 54)
Noëmie Pascault (noemie.pascault@inrae.fr, tel : +33 3 63 57 20 01)