Post-doc – Join the MicroscopIA project

France-BioImaging; Montpellier; Sur place; EUR 48 000 - 64 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

France-BioImaging, hosting the ICAR team at LIRMM in Montpellier, invites applications for a post-doctoral researcher to design and integrate an open-source adaptive light microscope for real-time AI–driven feedback.

The candidate will design, assemble and calibrate a light-sheet based system, integrate dual-objective imaging, interface hardware with software, and contribute to open-source documentation and dissemination. Starting May 1, 2026 with a 4-year contract.

Qualifications

• PhD in optics, physics, bioengineering, instrumentation, robotics, or related field required.
• Strong experience in optical microscopy and experimental instrumentation.
• Good theoretical understanding of physical optics and light-matter interaction.
• Keenness to work in an interdisciplinary environment.
• Experience with light-sheet microscopy and open hardware platforms is a plus.

Responsabilités

• Design and assemble an open-source adaptive light microscope, based around a light-sheet excitation architecture.
• Integrate dual-objective, multiscale imaging configurations.
• Implement motorized and piezo-controlled opto-mechanical systems for precise alignment and calibration.
• Interface hardware with real-time acquisition and control software.
• Contribute to automated calibration, adaptive acquisition, and hardware–AI feedback loops.
• Participate in open-source hardware documentation and scientific dissemination.

Connaissances

optical microscopy

experimental instrumentation

hardware–software integration

interdisciplinary collaboration

Formation

PhD in optics, physics, bioengineering, instrumentation, robotics, or related fields

Outils

OpenSPIM

µManager

CAD design

open hardware platforms

Description du poste

Organization

LIRMM laboratory

Location

LIRMM - Laboratoire d'informatique, de robotique et de microélectronique de Montpellier, Rue Ada, Montpellier, France

Available from

May 1, 2026

Contact

Send CV, Publications, Summary And References To
Emmanuel FAURE at [e-mail]
cc: [e-mail]

Position Information

MicroscopIA is an interdisciplinary project aiming to build an open hardware microscope integrating 3D+t adaptive imaging with real-time AI driven feedback.

To join this project, the ICAR team, from LIRMM laboratory, is recruiting a post-doctoral researcher to play a central role in the design, construction and integration of the microscope hardware.

Missions

• Design and assemble an open-source adaptive light microscope, based around a light-sheet excitation architecture;
• Integrate dual-objective, multiscale imaging configurations;
• Implement motorized and piezo-controlled opto-mechanical systems for precise alignment and calibration;
• Interface hardware with real-time acquisition and control software;
• Contribute to automated calibration, adaptive acquisition, and hardware–AI feedback loops;
• Participate in open-source hardware documentation and scientific dissemination.

Profile

• PhD in optics, physics, bioengineering, instrumentation, robotics, or related fields;
• Strong experience in optical microscopy and experimental instrumentation;
• Good theoretical understanding of physical optics and light-matter interaction principles;
• Keenness to work in an interdisciplinary environment.

Plus: Experience with light-sheet microscopy, open hardware platforms (OpenSPIM, µManager), wavefront shaping and/or adaptive optics, CAD/mechanical design, nD and high throughput data I/O.

General information

• Location: Montpellier, France
• Contract: Postdoctoral position – 4 years (1 year + 3-year renewal)
• Starting date: May 1st, 2026
• Apply: Send a CV, a short text describing how you would use your current skills to attack the microscope development project, and contact details for 1-2 referees, to the contacts listed above.
• Apply before: April 1st, 2026

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