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This contract is part of the FIBREPIC project, carried out with a private partner. A portion of the project aims to screen a segment of the CIRM BIA collection in order to identify bacterial strains capable of metabolising compounds of interest.

Understanding and modeling browning reactions during drying and storage of dairy powders, from droplet to semi-industrial scale

Effects of gastric pH on in vitro gastrointestinal digestion of foods and meals using innovative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) approaches

You will be based at the STLO Joint Research Unit (Science and Technology of Milk and Eggs) at INRAE in Rennes. This position is part of an ANR-funded research project aimed at better understanding the microbiological risks associated with bacteria present in plant-based foods, in the context of a transition toward a more plant-based diet. More specifically, this project aims to assess the risks of staphylococcal foodborne infections associated with the consumption of plant-based products.

The internship is part of a four-year project, MICROSEED, funded by the French National Research Agency (ANR), bringing together teams from several disciplines in Nantes, Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Rennes, and dedicated to the phase transitions of plant reserve proteins, linked to the dehydration and rehydration cycles they undergo in seeds and during processing.

STLO is hiring! Looking for a Master's degree internship? If you have skills in food science, process engineering, and ideally some knowledge of Life Cycle Analysis, this opportunity may be of interest to you.

Lactic acid bacteria, widely used to produce fermented foods or probiotics, are known to produce EPS in a species- and strain-dependent manner. As part of this internship, we will study i) the production of EPS by different strains of lactic acid bacteria already identified as EPS producers; ii) the rheological properties conferred by the production of these EPS.

L'activité s'exercera au sein de l’Institut NUMECAN (Nutrition, Métabolismes et Cancer, https://numecan.fr) et de l'UMR INRAE Institut Agro STLO (Science et Technologie du Lait et de l’Œuf, https://stlo.rennes.hub.inrae.fr/ ). Le doctorat sera mené dans le cadre du projet ANR BIFORES (https://anr.fr/Projet-ANR-24-CE21-2521;https://stlo.rennes.hub.inrae.fr/recherche/nos-projets/bifores). Ce projet multidisciplinaire vise à repenser la production des préparations pour nourrissons (PPN) en combinant la fermentation et des itinéraires de production visant une transformation minimale, afin de répondre simultanément aux défis de santé, de sécurité sanitaire et de durabilité des PPNs.

Investigation of the effects of gastric pH on in vitro gastrointestinal digestion of solid food particles using innovative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) approaches

a thesis project aimed at clarifying the allergenic potential of faba beans and providing knowledge on the impact of fermentation on their digestion, immunoreactivity and allergenicity.