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Doctoral School 536 Agrosciences & Sciences

Doctoral School 536 "Agrosciences & Sciences" brings together the research units and teams that make up the Science, Technology and Health domain of the Université d'Avignon, as well as some of the INRAE PACA Centre's own or experimental units.

ED 536 brings together research units from a wide range of disciplines: Biology, Biostatistics, Chemistry, Hydrogeology, Computer Science, Mathematics, Mechanics, Agronomic Sciences, Physical Sciences, Earth Sciences, Life Sciences, Physical and Sports Sciences and Techniques.

More than two thirds of the teams attached to ED 536 develop their research activities in the field of agrosciences: plant physiology and pathology, plant food science, agri-food and plant extraction process science, nutrition, environment, ecology and socio-economic sciences applied to agrosystems.

Its research potential is based on 14 recognised research units, broken down into 4 AU's own research units, 4 UMRs (Joint Research Units, in association with INRAE, CIRAD, CNRS or IRD) and 6 INRAE's own units, bringing together around 200 teacher-researchers and researchers, including around 100 staff qualified to direct research (HdR).

The Agrosciences major of the DE is supported by its partnership with INRAE PACA, as well as the Tersys Federative Research Structure (SFR) 'Valorisation des Produits Végétaux Naturels, Santé et Environnement', the European Innov'Alliance competitiveness cluster and the CRITT Agroalimentaire PACA.

Research Units attached to ED536 :

• UPR AU 2151 Avignon Mathematics Laboratory
• UPR AU 4128 Avignon Computing Laboratory
• UPR AU 4278 Experimental Cardiovascular Physiology Laboratory
• UMR 95 CIRAD Qualisud, Fruit and Vegetable Physiology Laboratory
• UMR 408 INRAE Safety and Quality of Plant-Based Products
• UMR1114 INRAE Mediterranean Environment & Agro-Hydrosystems Modelling
• UMR 5247 CNRS  Institut des Biomolécules Max Mousseron, Bioorganic Chemistry & Amphiphilic Systems Laboratory
• UMR CNRS 7263 - IRD 237 Mediterranean Institute of Biodiversity & Ecology
• UR INRAE 406 Bees & Environment
• UR INRAE 407 Plant Pathology
• UR INRAE Eco-Development
• UR INRAE 546 Biostatistics & Spatial Processes
• UR INRAE 1052 Genetics and Improvement of Fruits and Vegetables
• UR INRAE 1115 Plants & Horticultural Cropping Systems

Doctoral students' resources (doctoral contracts, CIFREscholarships Ministry of Foreign AffairsEPST grants, research contract funding, Jobs for Young Doctoral Students etc.) during the preparation of the thesis must be explicitly defined at the start of the thesis. Specific funding (doctoral contract, CIFRE contract, MAE, CNRS, ADEME grant, etc.) gives full-time doctoral student status.

System specific to ED 536
All doctoral students (excluding co-tutors) must be funded. Mandatory prerequisite for registration authorisation: a minimum net monthly income equivalent to the current minimum wage.

Doctoral consultants assignment in a company, administration or local authority
During all or part of the three years of their thesis, doctoral students may be involved in a project defined jointly with a company or organisation. The student's contribution to the project requires a regular presence at the partner's place of work, which may not exceed 32 days per year.

This year, applications will be submitted via the Adum platform.
Subjects will be posted online as they become available. We invite you to consult this page regularly: https://www.adum.fr/as/ed/proposition.pl?site=avignon

Audition procedure for ED 536 doctoral contracts :

10 min presentation by the candidate + 10 min discussion with the jury
A presentation of no more than 5 slides is recommended.
Slide 1: CV
Slides 2 to 4: research experience (M2 internship or other) or, failing that, a short presentation on a scientific subject of the candidate's choice that has aroused particular interest during his/her training.
Slide 5: consistency between the candidate's background, career plan and thesis topic

15 min presentation by the candidate + 15 min discussion with the jury

A presentation of no more than 5 slides is recommended.

Year 2023/2024: online registration opens on 1ᵉʳ July 2023 and closes on 30 November 2023

Online registration is compulsory and must be completed between 1ᵉʳ July and the last week of November via the platform ADUM.
ADUM registration procedure

Le application form in the first year of the thesis consists of :

• the application for authorisation to register completed online
• the thesis charter
• the training contract
• l'financing certificate the funding organisation (except for doctoral students benefiting from an AU Doctoral Contract)
• the candidate's curriculum vitae
• a description of the candidate selection process in a letter from the thesis director: a one-paragraph description of the number of candidates who applied for the thesis topic, the number of candidates who were selected/auditioned and the number of candidates who were ranked.

La training contract specifies the following points:

• Rights and duties of the thesis director and doctoral student
• Subject of doctorate and degree discipline
• Funding conditions for doctoral students
• Full-time or part-time doctorate (if part-time, please specify professional status)
• Research project timetable
• Supervision arrangements (director, co-director, co-supervisor)
• Physical conditions for carrying out the project and, where applicable, specific safety conditions
• Integration into the laboratory
• Doctoral student's career plan
• Individual training programme linked to this personal project
• Objectives for promoting research work

This training agreement may be amended at the time of re-registration by agreement signed by both parties.

Once their pre-registration has been validated on ADUM, students receive an automatic e-mail to finalise their administrative registration (including payment of registration fees).

An institutional address is then assigned to the doctoral student, in the form of prenom.nom@alumni.univ-avignon.fr. This address will serve as a communication link with the doctoral schools throughout the course and beyond.

Registration for a doctoral thesis is validated by the head of the institution to which the research unit is attached, on the recommendation of the ED Director.

Specific cases :

1) No Master's or Engineering degree

By way of derogation and on the recommendation of the ED/CED office, the head of the establishment may register students who have completed studies of an equivalent level abroad and who do not hold a Master's degree.
In addition to the enrolment application form, the application for exemption from the Master's course must include the following information:

• an official request from the applicant specifying the subject, the host laboratory and the funding conditions
• a letter from the thesis supervisor supporting the application
• a detailed curriculum vitae of the applicant (including, if applicable, a transcript of grades and a list of publications)
• copies of diplomas (translated into French if necessary)

2) Co-supervision

The doctoral degree can be obtained as part of a cotutelle partnership between AU and a foreign university. In this case, the doctorate is supervised by an AU director and a co-director from the partner university. Doctoral students wishing to register as cotutelle students must submit the following documents to the ED, along with the registration authorisation file a request for authorisation to register as a joint supervisor. The application form for authorisation to register as a joint supervisor of a thesis will be completed on the ADUM platform and validated by the thesis supervisor and the director of the Avignon Université research unit.

During their stay at Avignon Université, doctoral students must provide proof of a minimum monthly income equivalent to the current minimum wage. They may apply to the institution's Aides financières aux cotutelles programme (see "Aides à mobilité" in the section "Je suis actuellement en doctorat").

Once the application has been approved, the ED will draw up a cotutelle agreement.

After a single defence, the doctorate will be awarded a double degree by the two partner universities.

3) Part-time doctorate

Certain doctoral projects can be carried out without doctoral funding (on a part-time basis). The following four conditions must be met:

• the doctoral student has another regular and qualified professional activity (secondary school teacher, doctor, self-employed professional, etc.);
• this activity cannot be suspended during the doctoral project;
• the doctoral student's career plan is consistent with the objective of obtaining a doctorate;
• the research problem will not suffer from the prolongation of the work (risks in the case of a competitive or rapidly evolving scientific context, which can rapidly render certain results obsolete).

In the case of a full-time activity, an amendment to the training agreement must be formalised between all the parties involved (doctoral student, doctoral director, doctoral school, employer for the research part and employer for the other activity) concerning the working time dedicated to the thesis.

Case specific to ED 537
Doctoral students without doctoral funding must ensure that they have the material and financial resources necessary to complete their doctoral project.

Avignon Université offers a specific method for preparing the doctorate when the candidate has already carried out research work in the course of his/her professional activity. This validation of acquired experience confers the grade of doctor from Avignon Université, in the same way as the traditional doctoral training. It takes into account only the work and studies written by the candidate at the time of submitting the application, and does not require any new research.
The procedure consists of three stages: verification of the admissibility of the application, assessment of the dissertation and the dissertation defence. Applications should be sent to the Lifelong Learning Department (SFTLVThe admissibility of the application is assessed :

• by a VAE advisor appointed by the Director of the SFTLV,
• by the doctoral school in which registration is requested.

Research-Creation Label

The Label Recherche-Création (Label R-C) attests to an essential relationship with creative practice and the epistemological framework of research developed in conjunction with the writing of a thesis. The quality of the theoretical essay and the artistic work is the basis for the value of the thesis, which may be in a variety of disciplines (e.g. comparative literature, performing arts (theatre, film, dance), information and communication, anthropology, cultural mediation, museology, aesthetics, digital), although this list is not restrictive. However, this label can only be attached to a discipline recognised by Avignon Université.

Label of the Implanteus University Research School

The EUR Implanteus is a multi-disciplinary training programme involving Avignon University and the INRAE Regional Centre, designed to promote the sustainable production and consumption of safe and healthy fresh and processed fruit and vegetables in the context of the Mediterranean environment. The programme is divided into the following training blocks: plant production / plant matter processing / plant nutrition & health / interdisciplinary methods.

In partnership with ED536 Agrosciences & Sciences, EUR Implanteus is offering PhD students the opportunity to apply for the Label Implanteus.

The advantages of the Implanteus label
- A €1,000 prize to take part in an international conference abroad
- Authorisation to compete for the EUR Implanteus thesis prize (see below)

Conditions for applying
The research work must be part of the EUR's multidisciplinary programme.
The doctoral student undertakes to attend :
- EUR seminars (typically 6 per academic year)
- its annual summer school, with at least one oral presentation over the course of the thesis

How to apply
Applications open: 1ᵉʳ September 2023 to 30 November 2023 inclusive
A letter addressed to the EUR Project Manager (sylvie.fayard@univ-avignon.fr)
- stating the title and summary of the thesis project
- including the commitments mentioned above (seminars, summer school).
The EUR Executive Committee (possibly assisted by external experts) will select the winners for the label.

The application must imperatively take place during the 1ʳᵉ year of the doctorate from 2024/2025. Therefore, labelling applications are authorised for doctoral students already registered for 2022/2023 and 2023/2024.

This year, applications will be submitted via the Adum platform.
Subjects will be posted online as they become available. We invite you to consult this page regularly: https://www.adum.fr/as/ed/proposition.pl?site=avignon

Audition procedure for ED 536 doctoral contracts :

10 min presentation by the candidate + 10 min discussion with the jury
A presentation of no more than 5 slides is recommended.
Slide 1: CV
Slides 2 to 4: research experience (M2 internship or other) or, failing that, a short presentation on a scientific subject of the candidate's choice that has aroused particular interest during his/her training.
Slide 5: consistency between the candidate's background, career plan and thesis topic

>> Composition of juries for doctoral contract hearings in ED 536

15 min presentation by the candidate + 15 min discussion with the jury

A presentation of no more than 5 slides is recommended.

To apply, contact the management team directly. Contact details can be found in the information sheets for each subject.
Concerning theaudition :
10 min presentation by the candidate + 10 min discussion with the jury
A presentation of no more than 5 slides is recommended.
Slide 1: CV
Slides 2 to 4: research experience (M2 internship or other) or, failing that, a short presentation on a scientific subject of the candidate's choice that has aroused particular interest during his/her training.
Slide 5: consistency between the candidate's background, career plan and thesis topic

You will find below a description of the doctoral contracts for the start of the 2022/2023 academic year.  ⇒ CLOSED

Doctoral School 537 Culture and Heritage

• CIHAM Laboratory

Topic 1: The court and the city: cities, elites and powers (12th-15th centuries)
Coordinator: Guido CASTENUOVO

Topic 2: Leprosy and assistance institutions in the Comtat Venaissin in the Middle Ages. Historical and archaeological approaches
Coordinator: Marilyn NICOUD

Topic 3: Medicine, health and society (Medieval West, 12th-15th centuries)
Coordinator: Marilyn NICOUD

• ANHIMA Laboratory

Topic 1: The Diadochi and the sea: Cyprus, a challenge for the Antigonid and Lagid thalassocracies (321-246)
Coordinator: Claire BALANDIER

Topic 2: Banking in Rome: the T+U triclinium, birth and development between East and West 2nd century BC- 2nd century AD
Coordinator: Eric MORVILLEZ

• Property, Standards and Contracts Laboratory

Topic 1:  The use of independent administrative authorities in European digital regulation
Coordinator: Emmanuel NETTER

Topic 2: The elected⸱e⸱s in Wikipedia
Astroturfing and e-reputation between political peopolisation and control
Coordinator: Guillaume MARREL

Topic 3: Platformisation of consumer law
Coordinator: Agnès MAFFRE-BAUGE

• ICTT Laboratory - Cultural Identity, Texts, Theatricality

Topic 1: Contemporary Spanish art brut: identity and inclusion
Coordinator: Antonia AMO-SANCHEZ

Topic 2: Stories of exile and immigration in theatre for young audiences at the Avignon Festival Off
Coordinator: Paola RANZINI

Topic 3: Dramatising written and oral documents: methods and practices in France and Italy
Coordinator: Paola RANZINI and Valentina GARAVAGLIA

Doctoral School 536 Agrosciences and Sciences

• LaPEC

Topic 1: Regional myocardial function in end-stage chronic renal failure: mechanistic approach and carDioprotective role of exercise rehABilitation - FORMIDABLE clinical trial
Coordinator: Philippe OBERT and Stephane NOTTIN

Topic 2: Vascular effects of leg immersion in warm water in obliterative arterial disease of the lower limbs
Coordinator: Sophie ANTOINE-JONVILLE and Agnes VINET

Topic 3: Effects of consumption of non-caloric sweeteners on biocommunication between adipose tissue and vascular function - a comparative study of a sweetener of plant origin, thaumatin, and synthetic molecules
Coordinator: Guillaume WALTHER

• LMA

Topic 1: Asymptotic study and control of coupled EDO-EDP systems in microbial ecology
Coordinator: Terence BAYEN and Jerome COVILLE

Topic 2: Estimation and interpolation for random fields
Coordinator: Delphine Blanke and Céline Lacaux

• UPRI

Subject : New chemical tools for the extraction and stabilisation of membrane proteins of therapeutic interest
Coordinator: Grégory Durand and Pierre Guillet

Dedicated doctoral contract SFR Tersys

Subject selected for the start of the 2022 academic year: Eco-extraction and encapsulation of xanthophylls from plant matrices in extremions to increase their stability and bioavailability
Coordinator: Christine CONTINO-PEPIN and Patrick BOREL

Dedicated doctoral contract FR Agorantic

Topic 1: The elected⸱e⸱s in Wikipedia
Astroturfing and e-reputation between political peopolisation and control
Coordinator: Guillaume MARREL and Pierre JOURLIN

Topic 2: Analysis of digital communication on climate change - Optimising the circulation of knowledge between the scientific and public spheres
Lead partners: Didier JOSSELIN and Graham RANGER

Topic 3: Spectrality in twentieth-century ballet dance since The Spectre of the Rose
Coordinator: Paola RANZINI and Rémi RONFARD

Doctoral contract EUR Implanteus 100%

Topic 1: Effects of non-caloric sweeteners consumption on the crosstalk between adipose tissue and vascular function - a comparative study between a sweet-tasting plant protein thaumatin and artificial molecules
Project lead: Guillaume WALTHER (LaPEC) and Jean-François LANDRIER (C2VN)

Topic 2: New analytical developments for metabolomics and annotation of dyeing plant extracts: Applications in a cultural heritage context
Initiators: Gérald CULIOLI (IMBE-IRPNC), Olivier DANGLES (SQPOV-MicroNut), Carole MATHE DE SOUZA (IMBE-IRPNC) and Olivier CHEVALLIER (PF 3A)

Half contract AU/EPST-EPIC

Topic 1: Design of digital models and a tool to help steer fruit processing processes: Process Analysis Technologies (PAT) for optimised quality processed fruit
Co-financing INRAE/TRANSFORM department
Initiator: Alexandre LECA, Rapheal PLASSON, Sylvie BUREAU and Isabelle SOUCHON (SQPOV)

Half contract INRAE/Implanteus

Topic 2: Genetic and functional diversity of the NLRome/resistome in melons
Co-funded by the INRAE/BAP department
Project co-ordinators Nathalie Boissot and Patricia Faivre Rampant (GAFL/PV)

To apply, contact the management team directly. Contact details can be found in the information sheets for each subject.
Concerning theaudition :
10 min presentation by the candidate + 10 min discussion with the jury
A presentation of no more than 5 slides is recommended.
Slide 1: CV
Slides 2 to 4: research experience (M2 internship or other) or, failing that, a short presentation on a scientific subject of the candidate's choice that has aroused particular interest during his/her training.
Slide 5: consistency between the candidate's background, career plan and thesis topic

You will find below a description of the doctoral contracts for the start of the 2021/2022 academic year.

Campaign closed for 2021/2022.

Earmarked doctoral contracts ED536

The research units that have been awarded doctoral contracts for the coming academic year are :

• Avignon Computer Science Laboratory

Topic 1: Wellbeing- based Artificial Intelligence Objects in the online education system
Director: Abderrahim Benslimane

Topic 2: E-learning and coflow scheduling in data centre networks
Directed by: Francesco DE PELLEGRINI , Rosa FIGUEIREDO, Lin CHEN

Topic 3: Designing incentives for effective federated learning in a distributed system
Management: Rachid Elazouzi, Mohamed Morchid

Topic 4: The use of Open Data in the Smart City: from theory to practice
Management: Sérigne Gueye, Majed Haddad, Mohamed Morchid

Topic 5: Long-distance electric mobility: Modelling, Optimisation and Simulation
Direction: Tania Jiménez, Yezekael HAYEL

Topic 6: Transforming and enhancing conversational voice agent learning
Fabrice LEFEVRE, Bassam JABAIAN

Topic 7: Language processing and relationship modelling for the unified representation of narrative documents
Management: Richard Dufour, Vincent Labatut

• UMR EMMAH - Mediterranean Environment and Modelling of Agro-Hydrosystems

Topic 1: Modelling the processes behind the isotopic recording of the functioning of continental hydrosystems by limestone concretions
Supervisors: Christophe EMBLANCH, Florent BARBECOT (GEOTOP, UQAM, Canada), Marina GILLON, Elisabeth GIBERT-BRUNET (UMR GEOPS, Université Paris Saclay)
Mail: marina.gillon@univ-avignon.fr

Topic 2: Characterisation of natural environments on a macroscopic scale using wave-mechanical and electromagnetic approaches. Application to the study of the impact of water content on the physical characteristics of a heterogeneous medium.
Management team: Gaëlle LEFEUVE-MESGOUEZ, Slimane ARHAB

Topic 3: Models and analysis of infiltration dynamics in dual-porosity media: application to mesopores
Thesis supervisor: Philippe Beltrame, Co-supervision: Stéphane Sammartino and Eric Michel

• UMR IMBE - Mediterranean Institute of Marine and Continental Biodiversity and Ecology

Subject : Restoring or rewilding ecosystems? The case of the dry grasslands of the Causse Méjean (Lozère, France).

• UMR Qualisud

Subject : Transcriptomic study of the effects of changes in the light spectrum in
post-harvest storage
Supervision: Huguette Sallanon, Christian Chervin, , UMR INRAE-INP/ENSAT, Florence Charles, Mcf Post-harvest physiology, UMR Qualisud, AU

Earmarked doctoral contracts ED537

The research units that have been awarded doctoral contracts for the coming academic year are :

• Cultural identity, Texts, Theatricality

Subject : Sound in intimate theatre
Supervisor: Nathalie Macé-Barbier

• UMR ESPACE

Subject : The privatisation of public land by municipalities and inter-municipalities: statistical and spatial characterisation and analysis of the effects on public control of regional development.

• Centre Norbert Elias - History of Modern and Contemporary Europe

Topic 1: Taking power through words: the rewriting of Basnage de Bauval's Protestant dictonnaire (1701) by the Catholics of Trévoux (1704 and 1721). Analysis of the
speech by digitising9on the dictation text
Supervisor: Chantal Wionet

Topic 2: Mediation at work to raise awareness of the olive tree's heritage
Thesis supervisor: Éric TRIQUET (PR), Possible co-supervisor: Julie DERAMOND (MCF)

Topic 3:  The economic policies of the assemblies of states (France, 17th-18th centuries)
Thesis supervisor: Stéphane DURAND, co-supervisor: Boris DESCHANEL

Topic 4: Rewriting national narratives in French-speaking West Africa through musical cultural heritage: a political issue and a quest for identity
Supervisor: TRIQUET Éric

Dedicated doctoral contract FR Agorantic

The doctoral contract awarded by the Université d'Avignon to the FR Agorantic "Culture, Heritage, Digital Societies" is built around the concept of interdisciplinarity between the Humanities and Social Sciences and the Information and Communication Sciences and Technologies.

The call for proposals is open to students of all nationalities, with no age limit, in accordance with the rules of the 2 ED 536 & 537 of the Université d'Avignon.
The quality of the applicants is a major criterion in the selection process.

Proposed topics for 2021 :

Topic 1: The humanities and social sciences and "data" Recompositions of research practices in the humanities and social sciences between openness and data protection
Thesis supervisor: MARREL Guillaume; Co-supervisor: RENAUD Lise; Co-supervisor: HAMZAOUI Ouassim (LBNC - CNE )

Topic 2: Opinion dynamics on digital social networks with user strategists
Supervisor: HAYEL Yezekael; Co-supervisor: MORAND Pierre-Henri (LIA- LBNC)

Topic 3: Generalisation of robust projection models on massive multi-scale data.
Director: LACAUX Céline; o-director: JOSSELIN Didier (LMA - ESPACE)

Topic 4: How does data sharing contribute to a better everyday urban life?
Supervisor: MORCHID Mohamed; Co-supervisor: HADDAD Majed; Co-supervisor: KOUMPLI Christina (LIA - LBNC)

Topic 5: Understanding, analysing and controlling the spread of Fake News on social networks
Director: DUFOUR Richard; Co-directors: NETTER Emmanuel / EL AZOUZI Rachid (LIA - LBNC)

Topic 6: Wikipedia. Astroturfing and e-reputation between political peopolisation and digital participatory control of biographical work
Supervisor: MARREL Guillaume; Co-supervisor: LABATUT Vincent Labatut; Co-supervisor: JOURLIN Pierre (LBNC - LIA)

Topic 7: Health promotion and well-being in the online distance education system
Supervisor: BENSLIMANE Abderrahim; Co-supervisor: GIMELLO Frédéric (LIA-LCC)

Topic 8: Event detection and extraction of interaction networks from biographical notes and press articles
Director: DUFOUR Richard; Co-directors: MARREL Guillaume and LABATUT Vincent (LIA - LBNC)

The jury will be made up of members of ED 536 & 537, the two directors of the FR Agorantic, as well as external members, and will meet to select the best application.

Dedicated doctoral contract SFR Tersys

Here are the rules and award criteria applicable to the doctoral contract awarded to the SFR TERSYS. Only subjects falling within the scope of the SFR TERSYS scientific project are considered eligible:

• Priority is given to co-directorships involving two SFR TERSYS partner laboratories/units;
• Co-directors must be attached to ED 536 Sciences and Agrosciences;
• At least one of the two co-directors must be a teacher-researcher at the Université d'Avignon;
• Both co-directors must have the Habilitation à Diriger les Recherches, but the possibility of associating co-supervisors is recognised;

The call for proposals is open to students in accordance with the rules of ED 536 Sciences and Agrosciences. They are open to students of all nationalities;
The quality of the applicants is a major criterion in the selection process.

The jury will be made up of members of ED 536 & 537, the director of SFR Tersys and external members, and will meet to select the best application.

Subject selected for the start of the 2021 academic year: " REVers: REVitalisation des sols Viticoles par inoculation des Vers de terre (Revitalisation of vine-growing soils by inoculating earthworms) "

Dedicated doctoral contract EUR Implanteus

The Executive Committee of theEUR Implanteus has decided to select, without prioritisation, the following two thesis projects for the period 2021-2024:

- Enhanced risk-based surveillance of Xylella fastidiosa
Director: GABRIEL Edith, DR INRAE, UR Biostatitistics & Spatial Processes
Co-director: IENCO Dino, CR-HDR, UMR TETIS, Montpellier University

- One-pot solvent-free extraction and encapsulation of xanthophylls from plant matrices to improve their stability and bioavailability
Director: CONTINO-PEPIN Christine, MCF-HDR, Bioorganic Chemistry and Amphiphilic Systems Unit, Avignon University
Co-director: Patrick BOREL, DR INRAE, UMR C2VN, Aix-Marseille University

Dedicated doctoral contract co-financed by INRAE

Avignon University and the INRAE PACA Regional Centre wish to continue to develop their partnership on the Avignon site by supporting ambitious research projects involving units from both organisations.
To this end, a doctoral thesis jointly funded by Avignon University and INRAE will be launched during the 2020/2021 academic year (thesis start date: September 2021).
This initiative aims to stimulate the emergence of new AU-INRAE collaborations or to strengthen existing collaborations.

Proposed topics for 2021 : PHAGES, A BIOCONTROL TOOL FOR PLANT DISEASES CAUSED BY PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE? STUDY OF PHAGE BIODIVERSITY IN AGRICULTURAL ENVIRONMENTS AND APPROACHES
EXPERIMENTAL
Supervised by : Cindy Morris (HDR, PV INRAE), Annette Bérard (HDR, UMR 1114 EMMAH Avignon Université-INRAE),
Clara Torres-Barceló (Plant Pathology INRAE)