Master level 2 Projects

List of IBS internships available for 2025-2026 in the Chemistry & Biology Department at the UGA -

  • Deciphering reversible photoswitching in a red fluorescent protein (details), Contact : D. Bourgeois (IBS/I2SR) - Master Biology, Parcours "Biochemistry & Structure" ;
  • Investigation of the interaction of muropeptides with peptidoglycan transpeptidases from Streptococcus pneumoniae (details), Contact : A. Zapun (IBS/PG) - Master Biology, Parcours "Biochemistry & Structure" ou "Microbiology, Infectious Diseases and Immunology" ;
  • Structural snapshots of a substrate in the active site of a mitogen-activated protein kinase (details), Contact : M. Jensen (IBS/SIGNAL) - Master Biology, Parcours "Biochemistry & Structure" ;
  • Weaken the Barrier: Dynamic Modular Study of Lipopolysaccharide Early Transport by the Lpt Machinery (details), Contact : C. Laguri (IBS/M&P) - Master Biology, Parcours "Biochemistry & Structure" ;
  • Contribution of cell surface polysaccharides to the resistance of Klebsiella pneumoniae to human innate immunity (details), Contact : Y. Caspar & S. Elsen (IBS/PB&RC) - Master Biology, Parcours "Microbiology, Infectious Diseases and Immunology" - POSITION FILLED;
  • Investigate complex formation between Glypican 4 and CCN1, two key players in cortical development (details), Contact : R. Wild (IBS/SAGAG) - Master Biology, Parcours "Biochemistry & Structure" ;
  • Using advanced optical fiber tweezers to investigate the motility of bacteria from the Pseudomonas genus (details), Contact : E. Faudry (IBS/PB&RC) ;
  • -* Human monoclonal antibodies against Pseudomonas aeruginosa virulence factors (details), contact : P. Poignard (IBS/CAID) - Master Biology, Parcours "Microbiology, Infectious Diseases and Immunology" ;
  • Human monoclonal antibodies against adenovirus infections (details), contact : P. Poignard (IBS/CAID) - Master Biology, Parcours "Microbiology, Infectious Diseases and Immunology".

List of IBS internships available for 2025-2026 in the Chemistry Department at the UGA - In progress

  • NMR characterisation of a highly dynamic, multivalent protein-protein interaction essential for
    adaptation of avian influenza to humans (details]), contact : Martin Blackledge (IBS/FDP) - Master Chimie, Parcours "Chemistry for Life Sciences" (CLS) ;

GRAL Master 2 research scolarship program for 2025-2026

In the framework of the recently funded EUR “Grenoble Graduate School in Chemistry, Biology and Health” (CBH-EUR-GS), the LABEX-GRAL funds Master 2 research scholarships. in GRAL labs of the IRIG institute (IBS, BCI, BGE, CBM, and PCV).
The amount of the scholarship is 5000 € paid during the 1st semester and an internship grant (‘gratification de stage‘) during the research internship (ca. 550€ per month).

The 2025-2026 IBS Master 2 internship topics eligible for GRAL funding are listed below:

  • Deciphering bromodomain-mediated control of morphotype switching in Candida albicans – Summary - Contact : C. Petosa (IBS/EPIGEN)
  • Investigating Endogenous Cellular Filaments Using Cryo-EM of Cell Extracts – Summary - Contact : A. Desfosses (IBS/MICA)
  • Elucidating the role of NPM1 in HIV-1 replication: a comprehensive analysis of molecular interactions with the HIV-1 Rev protein using integrative structural biology approaches – Summary - Contact : M. Noirclerc- Savoye (IBS/I2SR)
  • Bacterial membrane and antibiotic sensitivity: unravelling the roles and mechanisms of a chaperone triad by 3D imaging – Summary - Contacts : Jean-Philippe Kleman (IBS/I2SR) & Irina Gutsche (IBS/MICA)
  • Illuminating viral Infection by developing Correlative Light and Electron Microscopy approaches – Summary - Contact : Irina Gutsche (IBS/MICA) & Oleksandr Glushonkov (IBS/I2SR)
  • Characterization of Rice Hoja Blanca virus polymerase using cryo-electron microscopy and functional assays – Summary - Contact : H. Malet (IBS/MEM)
  • Visualization of adenoviral crystalline assemblies in the nucleus of infected cell using in-situ cryo-electron tomography – Summary - Contact : Pascal Fender & Guy Schoehn & Benoît Gallet (IBS/MEM)
  • Development of a novel biochemical approach for the atomic-scale study of highly dynamic proteins by NMR – Summary - Contact : J. Boisbouvier (IBS/NMRLA)
  • Design of advanced fluorescent protein markers for super-resolution fluorescence microscopy – Summary - Contact : D. Bourgeois (IBS/I2SR)
  • Study of DNA-based architectures using mass spectrometry – Summary - Cotnact : E. Boeri-Erba (IBS/EPIGEN) & Didier Gasparutto (IRIG)
  • In situ cryo-FIB-tomography study of coat assembly during bacterial sporulation – Summary - Cotnacts : B.t Gallet (IBS/MEM) & Cécile Morlot (IBS/PG)
  • Study of copper homeostasis mechanisms in pulmonary cells – Summary - Contacts : A. Deniaud & Jean-Philippe Kleyman (LCBM)

Calender:
 Opening of the call for applications: March 2025
 Deadline for applying: May 19, 2025 (To know more about topics and to apply)
 Results : June 2025

External grant

None at the present time