Internship OT-27789
Master 2 Internship
31300 TOULOUSE
INRAE presentation
The French National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food, and Environment (INRAE) is a major player in research and innovation. It is a community of 12,000 people with 272 research, experimental research, and support units located in 18 regional centres throughout France. Internationally, INRAE is among the top research organisations in the agricultural and food sciences, plant and animal sciences, as well as in ecology and environmental science. It is the world’s leading research organisation specialising in agriculture, food and the environment. INRAE’s goal is to be a key player in the transitions necessary to address major global challenges. Faced with a growing world population, climate change, resource scarcity, and declining biodiversity, the Institute has a major role to play in building solutions and supporting the necessary acceleration of agricultural, food and environmental transitions.
Work environment, missions and activities
You will be welcomed in the unit…
UMR Toxalim, Team MeX, 180 chemin de tournefeuille, 31300 Toulouse France
You will be in charge of:
The internship at Toxalim will focus on characterizing the effects on the thyroid axis of exposure during lactation to a mixture of contaminants mains drivers of contamination of breast milk in human. Various approaches will be used to characterize thyroid function in samples taken from exposed animals and evaluated cognitively by the the CNRS team partnering in the project.
You will be responsible for performing the following tests on these samples:
- … Western blot
- … Histology and image analysis
- … Hormone assays (ELISA, HPLC)
Training and skills
Master's M1 required or ingenieering degree
INRAE's life quality
By joining our teams, you benefit from (depending on the type of contract and its duration):
- up to 30 days of annual leave + 15 days "Reduction of Working Time" (for a full time);
- parenting support: CESU childcare, leisure services;
- skills development systems: training, career advise;
- social support: advice and listening, social assistance and loans;
- holiday and leisure services: holiday vouchers, accommodation at preferential rates;
- sports and cultural activities;
- collective catering.
How to apply
I send my CV and my motivation letter
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