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PhD Summer Selection 2024 – Open Projects

This is a list of currently 5 group leaders who are intending to recruit in the PhD Summer Selection 2024 and potential projects they’re offering.

Please note: this list will be constantly updated. Therefore, in your application you are welcome to include other groups of your interest.

Portrait Mareike Albert

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Mareike Albert

Open Project
  • 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
    → Detailed information as PDF
Portrait Ünal Coskun

Ünal Coskun

Open Project
  • Structural and functional regulation of RTKs by lipid-protein interactions
    Preferred Course of Study/Expertise of Candidate: Biochemistry, Structural Biology
Portrait Michele Solimena

Michele Solimena

Open Project
  • 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
Portrait Charlotte Steenblock

Charlotte Steenblock

Open Project
  • Glucocorticoids; hub between infection-susceptibility and inflammation treatment
    Preferred Course of Study/Expertise of Candidate: Molecular biology, cell biology, or biochemistry
    → Detailed information as PDF

The project on glucocorticoids 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.

PhD Summer Selection 2024

submit by
29 April 2024 23:45 CEST (GMT+2)

video interviews with admission committee:
10–14 June 2024

For additional opportunities you might want to consider our partner program
IMPRS-CellDevoSys