Faculty members recruiting PhD students in 2025
This is an overview about the faculty offering PhD positions (fully funded) for starting the PhD in 2025. Information on the application process can be found here. On January 14, 2025 application will be closed. Please click on the project or on faculty member to receive more information. You can find the full list of IMPRS-GS faculty here. All faculty members may be potential supervisors for a PhD within the IMPRS-GS, when you have your own and already secured funding.Tim Beissbarth - Michael Altenbuchinger
| University Medical School - Medical Bioinformatics | Bioinformatic research in precise medicine Project description |
Requirement: Experience Skills in Bioinformatics, Programming, Statistics and in Machine Learning techniques, Translational Research
Gregor Bucher
| University of Göttingen - Dept. of Developmental Biology | Pushing the limits of RNAi for pest control Project description |
Requirement: Skills in Molecular Biology and NGS Data analysis,
Lukas Cyganek
| University Medical School - Fraunhofer Institute for Translational Medicine and Pharmacology Stem Cell Unit / Cardiology and Pneumology | Disease modeling and testing of personalized therapies in human iPSCs Project description |
Requirement: skills in stem cell culture, CRISPR/Cas9 and/or omics approaches
Christian Dienemann
| Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences - Department of Molecular Biology | Structural biology and in vitro systems Project description |
Requirement: Skills in Functional Genomics, Molecular Biology, Biochemistry or Bioinformatics
Niels Fischer
| Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences - Project Group Molecular Machines in Motion, Department of Physical Biochemistry | Molecular mechanisms of translation regulation in health and disease Project description |
Requirement: Enthusiasm to work in a team and learn new techniques in structural biology.
Eugenio Fornasiero
| University Medical School - Department of Neuro-sensory Physiology | Unraveling the complexity of the human brain in physiology and disease by combining high-throughput imaging and analysis of iPSC-derived neurons Project description |
Requirement: Passion for cutting-edge research, foundational skills in microscopy and computational biology, and an eagerness to tackle complex problems with image analysis and multi-omics integration. Experience with bioinformatics, statistical analysis, or Biopython programming is a plus.
Dirk Görlich
| Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences - Department of Cellular Logistics | Nanobody discovery Project description |
Requirement:
Ufuk Günesdogan
| Goettingen University - Developmental Biology | Transcriptional control and epigenetic programming during primate primordial germ cell development Project description |
Requirement: pluripotency, stem cells, primordial germ cells, transcription, epigenetics
Michael Lidschreiber - Kristina Zumer
| Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences - Department of Molecular Biology | Genome transcription and regulation Project description |
Requirement: Skills in Functional Genomics, Molecular Biology, Biochemistry or Bioinformatics
Juliane Liepe
| Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry - Research Group Quantitative and Systems Biology | Quantitative and Systems Biology Project description |
Requirement: Computational modelling
Marieke Oudelaar
| Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences - Lise Meitner Group Genome Organization and Regulation | Gene regulation and genome organization Project description |
Requirement: Skills in Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Genetics or Bioinformatics
Jochen Rink
| Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry - Department of Tissue Dynamics and Regeneration | The gene regulatory dimension of planarian regeneration Project description |
Requirement: Skills in Molecular and Cell Biology, Data Analysis
Melina Schuh
| Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences - Dept. of Meiosis | Unraveling the mysteries of Ovarian development and infertility Project description |
Requirement: Skills in bioinformatics, cell biology or genetics
Johannes Söding
| Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences - joint project of different groups | Modern methods for large-scale protein and RNA structure and function analysis Project description |
Requirement: Good programming skills on real-world projects, analytical thinking, interest in statistics and/or bioinformatics would be a big plus
Jörg Stülke
| Goettingen University - Institute of Microbiology | P1: The essence of life – contributions of so far unknown proteins P2: Data integration in the era of artificial intelligence 2 Projects description |
Requirement: Project 1: Skills in molecular biology, ideally with bacteria
Project 2: Skills in bioinformatics, programming