Available PhD Projects

We are currently recruiting PhD students for the following projects

All PhD projects listed here are part of the IMPRS 'From Molecules to Organisms' or the Tübingen International PhD Program in the Biological Sciences (TIPP).

The location of the PhD project depends on the advisor. Advisors may be located at the Max Planck Institute for Biology, the Friedrich Miescher Laboratory or the University of Tübingen.

Genetic, molecular and evolutionary analysis of developmental plasticity in nematodes.

Advisor: Ralf Sommer
PhD Program: International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS) 'From Molecules to Organisms' [more]

Studying the contribution of cytosolic chaperones to mitochondrial protein import

Advisor: Doron Rapaport
PhD Program: International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS) 'From Molecules to Organisms' [more]

Experimental evolution of phenotypic robustness.

Advisor: Luisa Pallares
PhD Program: International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS) 'From Molecules to Organisms' [more]

Effect of methanogenesis on the metabolic output of microbial communities

Advisor: Nick Youngblut
PhD Program: International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS) 'From Molecules to Organisms' [more]

Directed evolution of Methanobrevibacter smithii in mice

Advisor: Jill Waters
PhD Program: International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS) 'From Molecules to Organisms' [more]

Inositol lipid metabolism in Bacteroides and Prevotella species

Advisor: Ruth Ley
PhD Program: International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS) 'From Molecules to Organisms' [more]