Sebastian Aland
Open Project
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Mathematical Modeling and Numerical Simulation of Tumor Growth
Preferred Course of Study/Expertise of Candidate: Mathematics, Physics, Computational Science, or similar
PhD Positions
PhD Summer Selection 2026 – Open Projects
This is a list of currently 15 group leaders who are intending to recruit in the PhD Summer Selection 2026 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.
Mareike Albert
Open Project
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Epigenetic analysis of autism spectrum disorder models
Preferred Course of Study/Expertise of Candidate: Molecular biology, cell biology, genetics, neurobiology
→ Detailed information as PDF
Simon Alberti
Research Focus: Organization of cytoplasm across space and time
Darja Andreev
Open Project
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Exploring the Metabolic and Epigenetic Rewiring of Eosinophils Governed by the Tissue Environment
Preferred Course of Study/Expertise of Candidate: Eosinophils, Type-2 Immunity, Metabolism, Tissue-specific microenvironment
→ Detailed information as PDF
Henrik Bringmann
Open Project
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How does sleep affect the strength and material properties of skin?
This is a project under the joint supervision of Henrik Bringmann and Luca Bertinetti
Jan Brugués
Open Projects
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Physical mechanisms of unilateral cytokinesis
Preferred Course of Study/Expertise of Candidate: Physics or Biology -
Understanding emergent properties of chromatin
Preferred Course of Study/Expertise of Candidate: Physics or Biology
Oliver Bruns
Open Project
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Biomedical imaging beyond the visible
→ Detailed information as PDF
Anna Czarkwiani
Open Projects
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Molecular basis of otoconia development and regeneration in the axolotl
Preferred Course of Study/Expertise of Candidate: Vertebrate tissue regeneration, molecular biology techniques, immunohistochemistry and in situ hybridization, imaging -
Biomaterial analysis of otoconia development and regeneration in the axolotl
Preferred Course of Study/Expertise of Candidate: Proteomics, spectroscopy analysis of biomaterials, scanning electron microscopy
Christian Dahmann
Open Project
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Extracellular matrix: Directing tissue size and shape in Drosophila
Preferred Course of Study/Expertise of Candidate: Biology, Biochemistry, Biophysics
Anthony Gavalas
Open Projects
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Adult pancreatic centroacinar cells as cells of origin of pancreatic cancer
Preferred Course of Study/Expertise of Candidate: Mouse genetics, cell culture, image analysis, bioinformatics
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Pancreatic islet miniorgans derived from human pluripotent stem cells
Preferred Course of Study/Expertise of Candidate: Human pluripotent stem cells, molecular biology, bioinformatics
→ Detailed information as PDF
Alf Honigmann
Research Focus: Membrane organization of cells and tissues
Nikolaos Perakakis
Open Project
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Targeting carbohydrate metabolism for preventing hyperglycemia and Metabolic-dysfunction associated steatotic liver diseases (MASLD)
Preferred Course of Study/Expertise of Candidate: Liver, Immune Function (Fields: Biology, Biochemistry)
Tian Qiu
Open Project
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3D-bioprinting of the lymphatic system for cancer research
Preferred Course of Study/Expertise of Candidate: Biomedical Engineering, Biology, Chemical Engineering, Material Science
→ Detailed information as PDF
Mirko Schmidt
Research Focus: Understanding the brain and curing its diseases
Ben Wielockx
Research Focus: Hypoxia pathway proteins in health and disease
PhD Summer Selection 2026
submit by
5 May 2026 23:45 CEST (GMT+2)
video interviews with admission committee:
15–19 June 2026
interview week:
18–21 August 2026
Contact
Once a year, for our Winter/Spring Selection, we open a joint call with our partner program
This means even more opportunities for you – with just one application!