Dresden International Graduate School for Biomedicine and Bioengineering

Molecular mechanisms underlying human neurodevelopmental disorders caused by mutations in epigenetic factors
Preferred Course of Study/Expertise of Candidate: Molecular biology, cell biology, genetics, neurobiology
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Unraveling the mechanistic role of heme peroxidases in the polarization of pro-resolving macrophages during inflammatory arthritis
Preferred Course of Study/Expertise of Candidate: Immunology, Cellular and Molecular Biology
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Trajectories of behaviour and brain activity correlates of socio-affective cognition under genetic risk and social stress
Preferred Course of Study/Expertise of Candidate: Neuroscience

Cell-type specific DDAH regulation of affective symptomatology across species
Preferred Course of Study/Expertise of Candidate: Molecular biology, Neuroscience

This project will be conducted through collaboration between TUD and the King’s College London (KCL) as part of the International Research Training Group 2773 “Risks and Pathomechanisms of Affective Disorders”. Within this initiative, students will have the opportunity to obtain a joint certificate from TUD and KCL.

Characterization of adrenal gland susceptibility to viral and bacterial infections
Preferred Course of Study/Expertise of Candidate: We seek motivated persons interested in immunology, microbiology, and translational biomedical sciences. Experience with cell culture systems and microbiology is an advantage but is not required

Biomedical imaging beyond the visible
Preferred Course of Study/Expertise of Candidate: Biochemistry, biology, biomedicine, bioengineering
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Characterization of metabolic fluxes in macrophages at different stimulation states
Preferred Course of Study/Expertise of Candidate: Biochemistry

This is a joint project with Tiago Alves.

Structural and functional regulation of RTKs by lipid-protein interactions
Preferred Course of Study/Expertise of Candidate: Biochemistry, Structural Biology

Investigating the role of nuclear position fluctuations as a reporter of cell cycle progression speed
Preferred Course of Study/Expertise of Candidate: Physics, Biological Physics

Interaction of different cytoskeletal biopolymers in the regulation of cytoskeletal tension and cellular morphogenesis
Preferred Course of Study/Expertise of Candidate: Physics, Biological Physics, Biology

Host-microbial crosstalk along the gut-liver axis in metabolic disease
Preferred Course of Study/Expertise of Candidate: Microbiome, immunology and liver physiology
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This project will be conducted through collaboration between TUD, the University of Zurich, and ETH Zurich. It is part of the International Research Training Group Metabolic and Endocrine Drivers of Infection Susceptibility (IRTG3019). Within this collaboration, students will have the opportunity to obtain a joint certificate from TUD and the universities in Zurich.

Dietary interventions in prevention of infectious diseases
Preferred Course of Study/Expertise of Candidate: Molecular biology, immunology, microbiology
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This project will be conducted through collaboration between TUD, the University of Zurich, and ETH Zurich. It is part of the International Research Training Group Metabolic and Endocrine Drivers of Infection Susceptibility (IRTG3019). Within this collaboration, students will have the opportunity to obtain a joint certificate from TUD and the universities in Zurich.

Gut infection modulating glucose metabolism
Preferred Course of Study/Expertise of Candidate: Molecular Biology, Immunology, microbiology
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This project will be conducted through collaboration between TUD, the University of Zurich, and ETH Zurich. It is part of the International Research Training Group Metabolic and Endocrine Drivers of Infection Susceptibility (IRTG3019). Within this collaboration, students will have the opportunity to obtain a joint certificate from TUD and the universities in Zurich.

Understanding the developmental origin of neurodegenerative diseases
Preferred Course of Study/Expertise of Candidate: Neuroscience, cell biology, molecular biology

Cell biology of viruses in pancreatic beta cells and type 1 diabetes
Preferred Course of Study/Expertise of Candidate: Molecular cell biology, membrane trafficking, virology, antigen presentation

This project will be conducted through collaboration between TUD, the University of Zurich, and ETH Zurich. It is part of the International Research Training Group Metabolic and Endocrine Drivers of Infection Susceptibility (IRTG3019). Within this collaboration, students will have the opportunity to obtain a joint certificate from TUD and the universities in Zurich.

Differentiation, characterization and optimization of stem cell derived islets for therapeutic transplantation
Preferred Course of Study/Expertise of Candidate: Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Cell Physiology

In vivo maturation and resilience of stem cell derived islets after transplantation
Preferred Course of Study/Expertise of Candidate: Cell Biology, Physiology, Medicine

Glucocorticoids; hub between infection-susceptibility and inflammation treatment
Preferred Course of Study/Expertise of Candidate: Molecular biology, cell biology, or biochemistry
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This project will be conducted through collaboration between TUD, the University of Zurich, and ETH Zurich. It is part of the International Research Training Group Metabolic and Endocrine Drivers of Infection Susceptibility (IRTG3019). Within this collaboration, students will have the opportunity to obtain a joint certificate from TUD and the universities in Zurich.