PhD student in AI for plant gene regulation M/F

id="offer-description" class="ecl-u-type-heading-2 ecl-u-mt-none ecl-u-mb-l">Offer Description Job type: not applicable (doctoral contract) . Research unit (UMR): DIADE (IRD, CIRAD, University of Montpellier) . Location: Montpellier – IRD centre, 911 avenue Agropolis . Open to contract staff: fixed-term doctoral contract, 36 months . About the employer . An international French scientific research institute, IRD helps strengthen the resilience of societies in the face of global upheavals. It operates in more than 50 countries in Africa, Latin America, Asia and the Pacific, as well as in mainland France and the French overseas territories. Its research responds in concrete ways to priority needs: climate change mitigation and adaptation, the fight against poverty and inequality, biodiversity conservation, access to healthcare, and attention to social dynamics. Research questions are designed with local stakeholders and communities. Teams combine perspectives, disciplines and knowledge through long-term partnerships. Together, they build robust, high-impact solutions. IRD champions research that benefits as many people as possible. It shares the results of its projects and puts science at the service of action. In this way, it supports the transformation of societies towards fairer and more sustainable social, economic and ecological models. The unit you will join . The DIADE research unit (Diversity, Adaptation and Development of tropical plants; IRD – University of Montpellie