Student reception and teaching

Doctoral schools to which Institut students belong

Around fifty students from various doctoral schools and of all nationalities are currently preparing a doctoral thesis at the Institut Jacques-Monod. The care we take in welcoming them and applying the thesis charter ensures that their thesis years run smoothly.

Every year, the Institut Jacques-Monod welcomes around 45 thesis students from several doctoral schools at different universities.

Université Paris Cité

Doctoral studies are organized around 21 doctoral schools (ED) covering all Université de Paris (UP) disciplines.

• Bio Sorbonne Paris Cité (BioSPC)
  The BioSPC doctoral school is the result of the merger of the B3MI doctoral school at Université Paris Diderot and the Gc2iD doctoral school at Université Paris Descartes, to offer future doctoral students a very broad range of fields covering most of the disciplines in Biology, and an offer of host laboratories for thesis preparation that has few equals in France or Europe. BioSPC’s scientific perimeter covers Cellular and Molecular Biology, Development, Immunology, Infectiology, Genetics, Neurobiology, Physiology, Physiopathology, Reproduction and Aging.

To simplify day-to-day management and bring it closer to students, the school is divided into four departments, each with its own autonomy:

• • Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Physiology and Pathophysiology (BCMPP)
  • Department of Development, Genetics, Reproduction, Neurobiology and Aging (DGRNV)
  • Immunology Department (IMMUNO)
  • Infectiology Microbiology Department (IM)

• Biology and Biotechnology (B2T)
  co-directed by Professor François SIGAUX and Professor Christine CHOMIENNE
  Contact: edoctb2t(at)univ-paris-diderot.fr
• Frontiers of Life
  Doctoral school director: François TADDEI
  Director for Paris-Diderot: David TARESTE
  Contact: secretariat(at)fdv-paris.org
• Physique en Île de France (PIF) supported by the École Nationale de Physique (ENS) and co-accredited by the universities: UPMC and Université Paris XI.
  Doctoral school director: Jean-Marc BERROIR
  Director for Paris-diderot: Sylvie HENON.
  Contact: secr(at)edpif.org

UMPC University

• Brain-Cognition-Behavior University (ED3C)
  headed by Professor Alain TREMBLEAU.
  Contact: ed3c(a)snv.jussieu.fr
• Pierre Louis de Santé Publique: Epidemiology and Biomedical Information Sciences
  headed by Dominique COSTAGLIOLA, CNRS research director.
  Contact: ed393(at)upmc.fr
• Physiology, Pathophysiology and Therapeutics (ED 394)
  directed by Isabelle CREMER.
  Contact: ed.physio(at)upmc.fr
• Complexity of living organisms
  directed by Professor Muriel UMBHAUER.
  Contact: elisabeth.clement(at)snv.jussieu.fr
• ed393(at)upmc.fr Interfaces for Life (IPV) Process Engineering and Oncology
  directed by Christine MENAGER.
  Contact: ifd(at)upmc.fr

University of Paris XI

• Genes, genomes, cells – PXI
  directed by Professor Pierre CAPY. Contact: ed426.ggc(at)u-psud.fr
• Plant Sciences
  headed by Jacqui SHYKOFF, CNRS research director. Contact: ed426.ggc@u-psud.fr

Doctoral modules

Doctoral modules are offered to all students, regardless of their home university, on emerging issues.

Every year, the IJM trains 70 to 80 PhD students (7% of whom do their thesis at the IJM itself), from various doctoral schools (LDV, B2M, InterBio, 3C, Gc2iD, ABIES…).

These modules (4 to 6 per year) last 20 to 30 hours and comprise a theoretical and a practical part, which take place in the IJM laboratories. The training is organized and supervised by researchers and teacher-researchers from the Institut Jacques Monod, as well as by external contributors.

Master 2 level

Master 2 modules are organized under the responsibility of Institut Jacques Monod researchers and teacher-researchers, such as :

• the M2 modules of the Master et le Magistère Européen de génétique  of the University of Paris (e.g. the module adv-celldyn : Advanced Course in Cellular Dynamics co-organized with the Institut Curie),
• and the  M2 Biologie et développement cellulaire specialization of the University of Paris’ research and professional Master’s degree in Cell Biology Physiology Pathology (BCPP).
  University of Paris training offer by field.

Apprentice Researcher Program

Apprentice Researchers at the Institut Jacques Monod
Since 2012, the Institut Jacques Monod has been hosting Apprentice Researchers as part of an initiative launched by the L’Arbre des Connaissances association: one Wednesday afternoon a month, middle and high school students from our neighborhood work with a research team to learn about scientific questioning and approaches, and carry out experiments on a laboratory research topic. Apprentice researchers work in pairs as part of an Institute team and are supervised by PhD students, teachers, researchers or technicians on a voluntary basis. The year ends with a mini-congress.

Interested students are selected from local schools on the basis of a letter of motivation, without any “academic” criteria.

The objectives of the Apprentis Chercheurs scheme :

raise awareness of scientific culture among middle and high school students, through a hands-on approach to the sciences, with a view to promoting social diversity;
introduce them to critical thinking on current scientific issues;
introduce them to careers and the world of research.
At the end of the school year, the Apprentice Researchers present their work in public at a mini-congress, and receive a research initiation diploma from the directors of the host institutes.

In turn, the Apprentice Researchers pass on what they have learned in the classroom and in their families, becoming ambassadors for research.

Contact: roger.karess(at)ijm.fr

Fête de la Science

Every year, the Institut Jacques Monod organizes visits to laboratories and platforms for schoolchildren.

Follow our news on the Fête de la Science website.