The Cross Talk project is a Marie Curie Initial Training Network, that brings together 8 academic participants, 2 industrial partners and 3 associated partners. Their association promotes complementarities of expertise in several scientific research fields, supporting an early-stage training program.

Cross Talk has the overall objective to achieve major breakthroughs in the understanding of the mechanisms underlying the dialogue between the intestinal microbiota and hosts. To reach this aim, Cross Talk will:

  • Decipher the molecular mechanisms involved in the microbiota-host recognition
  • Reveal how the bacterial signals are integrated by the different players of the mucosal immune system
  • Validate the cross-talk mechanisms identified in the previously described steps in vivo. The expected outputs are new knowledge and applications for the food and drugs industry.

Cross Talk aims to rise a new generation of young scientists, well trained to sustain the emergence of metagenomics, a new supra-discipline calling for competencies in microbiology, cell biology, immunology, human physiology, high throughput technologies and bioinformatics. In this respect, Cross Talk will provide individual training through research projects and organize network meetings, spring schools and workshops.

Cross-Talk recruits 13 students with a Master degree to perform a PhD in the frame of the project. The open positions (phd jobs in europe)  are displayed at the website below:

http://www.cross-talk.eu/index.php?id=40

These projects will be financed by the European Commission for 3 years. Every research project (RP) supervised by one of the partners will be co-supervised by another partner, the student will have to follow a mobility of 6 to 12 months in the co-supervisor’s lab.

The eligibility rules and the recruitment modalities are presented at the website below:

http://www.cross-talk.eu/index.php?id=39

To apply to the remaining research projects, please fill out the online forms at:

http://www.cross-talk.eu/index.php?id=38

for further details about this phd job in europe go to website below:

http://www.cross-talk.eu/index.php?id=37