PhD projects offered - IPP winter call 2019/2020
The IPP winter call is open. You can register until 19 November 2019.
The International PhD Programme (IPP) gives its students the chance to choose from a wide range of exciting research projects from 4 institutions within the Rhine-Main region of Germany. The participating groups are located at the Institute of Molecular Biology (IMB), Johannes Gutenberg University (JGU), the University Medical Center Mainz (UMC), and the Technical University of Darmstadt (TUD). The list of Group Leaders and the projects they are offering as part of the Winter 2019/2020 call is given below. Please note, not all groups participating in the IPP offer a position in every call.
If you are interested in applying to one or more of these projects then please fill out our registration form. Guidelines for registration can be found here. The referees you list will receive a personalised link allowing them to upload their reference directly and confidentially. After submitting the names of your referees, you will receive a link to your application form. Here you can indicate up to 5 projects that are of interest to you. Do not select groups that are not listed below. If you are invited to our interview days, you will have the opportunity to modify or extend your group selection based on your interaction with the Group Leaders.
DNA Repair & Genome Stability
| Group Leader | Topic | Institution |
|---|---|---|
| Petra Beli | Ubiquitin in nuclear protein quality control and DNA damage response | IMB |
| Falk Butter | Characterization of telomere binding proteins | IMB |
| Andriy Khobta | Repair and adverse outcomes of damage in transcribed DNA | UMC |
Epigenetics & Nuclear Dynamics
| Group Leader | Topic | Institution |
|---|---|---|
| René Ketting | Small RNA Biology in Germ Cells | IMB |
| Anton Khmelinskii | Proteostasis and aneuploidy | IMB |
| Edward Lemke | Superresolution microscopy of intrinsically disordered proteins enabled by chemical and/or biophysical tool development | JGU/IMB |
| Christof Niehrs | Mass spectrometry of novel DNA & RNA modifications | IMB |
| Sandra Schick | Chromatin remodeling during development and disease | IMB |
| Group Leader | Topic | Institution |
|---|---|---|
| Claudia Keller Valsecchi | Gene dosage and developmental plasticity | IMB |
| Jörn Schmiedel | A genetic approach to structural biology | IMB |
Bioinformatics & Computational Biology
| Group Leader | Topic | Institution |
|---|---|---|
| Petra Beli | Ubiquitin in nuclear protein quality control and DNA damage response | IMB |
| Anton Khmelinskii | Proteostasis and aneuploidy | IMB |
| Katja Luck | From networks to mechanism in health and disease | IMB |
| Jörn Schmiedel | A genetic approach to structural biology | IMB |
RNA Biology
| Group Leader | Topic | Institution |
|---|---|---|
| René Ketting | Small RNA Biology in Germ Cells | IMB |
| Julian König | Genomic views of protein-RNA interactions and splicing regulation | IMB |
| Christof Niehrs | Mass spectrometry of novel DNA & RNA modifications | IMB |