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LSM doctoral projects


Please note: last updated 20 August 2025 !

  • National and international candidates are welcome to apply
  • You have to apply through our online application tool which is open until 24 October, 12:00 noon CET!
  • For further information about the projects, feel free to contact the supervisor directly
  • All offered projects are financed by third-party funds of the supervisor (e.g. DFG funded)
  • The funded projects below cover most areas of natural and life sciences from Cell and Developmental Biology, Genetics, Microbiology, and Plant Sciences.
    Please note that for some of the projects, the funding proposal is still in progress.
  • On the online application tool, two projects can be selected.
  • You are welcome to browse through our faculty members´research here
  • The LSM application portal is now open, APPLY NOW !
Research groups


Please access the projects´descriptions through clicking on the below highlighted group leaders´names !

Prof. Dr. Kirsten Jung (Microbiology)
Title: Reprogramming Bacteria
Keywords: genetic engineering, Desulfovibrio spp., synthetic bacterial communities
Subject area: Microbiology, Molecular Biology

 

Prof. Dr. Dario Leister (Plant Sciences)
Project 1:
Title: Enhancing photosynthesis by adaptive laboratory evolution
Keywords: photosynthesis, synthetic biology, adaptive laboratory evolution
Subject area: Genetics, evolutionary biology, microbiology

Project 2:
Title: Understanding and improving cyclic electron flow in plants
Keywords: photosynthesis, cyclic electron flow, suppressor mutation, protein
Subject area: Physiology, molecular biology, genetics

 

Prof. Dr. Martin Parniske (Plant Genetics)

Project 1:
Title: Structure and function of the CCaMK/Cyclops complex in transcriptional regulation of plant root symbioses with nutrient acquiring fungi and nitrogen-fixing bacteria
Subject area: Protein Biochemistry / Structural Biology / Molecular Biology / Molecular Plant Sciences / Microbiology

Project 2:
Title: Harnessing natural genetic resources to defend fruits against insect attack
Keywords: Drosophilia suzukii, Plant secondary metabolites, Fragaria vesca, Strawberry
Subject area: Biochemistry/ Pharmacology/ Genetics/ Molecular Biology/ Molecular Plant Sciences

 Project 3:
Supervision: Martin Parniske and Chloé Cathebras
Title: Evolution of transcriptional networks shaping the legume root symbiosis with nitrogen-fixing rhizobia
Keywords: Development, Evolution, Symbiosis, Plant-Microbe interaction, transcriptional regulation, transcriptional networks
Subject area: Protein Biochemistry/ Structural Biology/ Molecular Biology/ Molecular Plant Sciences, Microbiology, Microbiology, Cell Biology, Developmental Biology, Evo-Devo, Genetics

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