Uncoupling Nitrogen Use Efficiency and response to drought by manipulating the CLCa vacuolar nitrate transporter in Arabidopsis (M/F)

id="offer-description" class="ecl-u-type-heading-2 ecl-u-mt-none ecl-u-mb-l">Offer Description The PhD candidate will join the Integrated Approaches to Ion Transport team within the Cell Biology Department of the Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), located on the CNRS research campus in Gif-sur-Yvette, France. The project will be carried out in close collaboration with the SATURNE team at IJPB (INRAE Versailles) and with the P2M2 team at IGEPP (INRAE Rennes), providing a highly complementary research environment at the interface of plant physiology, mineral nutrition, and cell biology. The successful candidate will have access to state-of-the-art experimental facilities, including controlled growth chambers and fully equipped laboratories for molecular biology, biochemistry, and plant physiology. The I2BC team is member of the Saclay Plant Sciences (SPS) network, which brings together approximately 60 research groups. This unique environment offers numerous opportunities for interdisciplinary interactions, scientific collaborations, and professional development. A 36-month doctoral position is available at the Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), located on the CNRS research campus in Gif-sur-Yvette, France. The successful candidate will join a project funded by the ANR (French Agency for research) and conducted in close collaboration with the Jean-Pierre Bourgin Institute (IJPB-INRAE, Versailles) and the Institute of Genetics for the Enviro