This is a list of currently 10 group leaders who are intending to recruit in the PhD Summer Selection 2025 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.
Effects of nutritional stimuli on the epigenetic regulation of human cortical development
Preferred Course of Study/Expertise of Candidate: Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Genetics, Neurobiology
Cis-regulatory elements in neocortex evolution
Preferred Course of Study/Expertise of Candidate: Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Genetics, Neurobiology
Metabolic Function and Regulation of Mammalian Sleep
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Decoding the computational role of adult neurogenesis in hippocampus
Preferred Course of Study/Expertise of Candidate: Neuroscience, Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science
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Modeling sarcomere self-assembly
Preferred Course of Study/Expertise of Candidate: Theoretical Biological Physics
Computational modeling of internal cognitive process
Preferred Course of Study/Expertise of Candidate: Computational neuroscience, neuroscience, physics, mathematics, statistics, machine learning, psychology, and other related fields
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Developing an AAV-based gene therapeutic to remove the C9orf72 hexanucleotide repeat expansion by site-specific recombination
Preferred Course of Study/Expertise of Candidate: Mammalian cell culture experience as well as proficiency with basic molecular biology techniques are required
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Analysing structure-property relations in equilibrium and non-equilibrium hyperuniform systems
Preferred Course of Study/Expertise of Candidate: Degree in Mathematics or Physics with a specialization in data science and/or scientific computing; interested in interdisciplinary work
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Optimizing wetting properties of nanostructured surfaces
Preferred Course of Study/Expertise of Candidate: Degree in Mathematics and Physics with a specialization in numerical solution of partial differential equations; interested in interdisciplinary problems
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Exploring of Sex Disparities on the Molecular Level in Colorectal Cancer
Preferred Course of Study/Expertise of Candidate: Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Genetics
submit by
6 May 2025 23:45 CEST (GMT+2)
video interviews with admission committee:
16–20 June 2025
interview week:
19–22 August 2025
call opens 18 August 2025
call closes 28 October 2025
video interviews with admission committee:
8–12 December 2025
interview week:
3 – 6 February 2026
For additional opportunities you might want to consider our partner program
IMPRS-CellDevoSys
