IMPRS for Evolutionary Biology: 10 PhD Positions and Fellowships 1529 views

The International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS) for Evolutionary Biology announces the offer of up to 10 doctoral positions and fellowships. The graduate program starts with a rotation period of 3 months followed by a doctoral project of 3 years including seminars, courses and workshops. The language of the graduate school is English. Financial support is provided throughout the program.

Applications:

Applications must include the following items

• Motivation letter (including a statement to special evolutionary interests) for applying to this program (maximum 2 pages).
• CV with personal details (including birth date), contact address, details on exams and courses taken including grades and a description how to read them, publications (if any) and all other relevant personal information (maximum 2 pages).
• Up to 3 names of academic teachers who could provide reference letters.
• Preference list of three specific projects including a short statement on the reason for the choice (max 1 page)

List of Projects available for 2017:

• Julien Dutheil: New methods for inferring selection in proteins
• Bernhard Haubold: Epigenomics; Computational Genomics
• Tobias Kaiser: The role of sexual communication and chromosomal rearrangements in driving sympatric population divergence
• Tobias Lenz: The evolutionary trade-off between T-cell and MHC diversity in natural populations; Functional pleiotropy of HLA alleles in infectious and autoimmune diseases
• Miriam Liedvogel: Genomic architecture and evolution of migratory traits in songbirds
• Linda Odenthal-Hesse: Evolutionary dynamics and controlling factors of meiotic recombination hotspots
• Paul Rainey: Evolutionary genetics of REPINs and RAYTs; Unravelling the evolutionary dynamics (and genetics) of lineage selection
• Arne Traulsen: Eco-evolutionary dynamics of host-associated microbial communities
• Lutz Becks; Eco-evolutionary dynamics
• Tal Dagan: Phylogenetic tree rooting and inference of lateral gene transfer; Evolutionary metagenomics of foraminifera residing in oxygen minimum zones
• Christian Jung: The impact of polyploidization on flowering time control in rapeseed
• Frank Kempken: Use of fungal model systems to address evolutionary questions
• Dietrich Ober: The molecular evolution of the arms race of plants against herbivores
• Thomas Roeder: The evolutionary basis of metabolic disorders. Understanding complex regulatory networks that control metabolic traits using the fruit fly as a model; Ancient ways to protect cells from premature death – how to deal with Parkinson’s disease and Diabetes; How does the brain-gut axis contribute to maintain intestinal homeostasis
• Hinrich Schulenburg: Rapid antibiotic resistance evolution; The evolution of Worm-microbiome interactions
• Eva Stukenbrock: Evolutionary dynamics of grass pathogens in natural ecosystems; Evolution and functional divergence of pathogenicity determinants in fungal grass pathogens; Microbial population adaptation to changing natural environments
• Ute Hentschel Humeida: Lifestyle evolution in marine sponge symbionts