PhD projects offered
The IPP offers a wide range of research topics in the participating groups located at the Institute of Molecular Biology (IMB), Johannes Gutenberg University (JGU) and the University Medical Center Mainz (UMC) but not every group participating in the IPP offers a position in every call.
Below you can find a list of group leaders offering a position in the current IPP call and descriptions of the offered PhD projects sorted by our different research topics.
E-cadherin and β-catenin signaling in dendritic cells for the maintenance of immune homeostasis in the oral mucosa (Björn Clausen)
The role of B cells in colorectal cancer development and progression (Björn Clausen)
Selective protein degradation and aging (Anton Khmelinskii)
Biology of ageing and age-related diseases (Nard Kubben)
Epigenetic changes influence the function of dendritic cells throughout life and enhance the risk of autoimmunity (Johannes Mayer)
Localized skin Treg conversion into cytotoxic T cells is linked to autoimmune lesions and poor wound healing (Johannes Mayer)
Embryos, ageing & epigenetics (Christof Niehrs)
Organelles during aging and longevity (Katharina Papsdorf)
The influence of coagulation on hematopoiesis during aging (Wolfram Ruf)
Deciphering the involvement of A20-regulated molecules in CNS endothelial cells in autoimmune neuroinflammation (Ari Waisman)
Deciphering pathomechanisms in Usher syndrome – failure of pre-mRNA splicing (Uwe Wolfrum)
DNA:RNA hybrids in epigenetic regulation (Christof Niehrs)
Eurkaryotic translation quality control (Marie-Luise Winz)
Repair of DNA double strand breaks by “alternative” DNA repair pathways (Roopesh Anand)
DNA damage signaling, DNA repair & cancer (Thomas Hofmann)
Engineering CRISPR-associated endonucleases for precise and predictable therapeutic genome editing (Anton Khmelinskii and Vassilis Roukos)
Genome architecture and transcription dysregulation due to abnormal mitosis (Stamatis Papathanasiou)
Sources and consequences of intrinsic genomic instability across human cell types (Vassilis Roukos and Petra Beli)
From methylome to ecosystem (Meret Huber)
Sex chromosome regulation in Malaria mosquitos (Claudia Keller Valsecchi)
Microbiome-drug interactions and personalised medicine (Sara Vieira-Silva)
Chromatin state dysregulation due to abnormal mitosis (Stamatis Papathanasiou)
Gene regulation by chromatin remodellers during development and disease (Sandra Schick)
Epigenetic transgenerational inheritance of paternal DNA damage (Siyao Wang)
Ubiquitin, SUMO & genome maintenance (Helle Ulrich)