// 10 PhD positions available
We’re recruiting interested junior scientists for our third RTG student cohort starting in July 2025. If you’re aiming for a PhD in plant sciences, the structured education program of the RTG offers a unique opportunity for 10 fully funded PhD positions.
Our Project leaders conceived research projects complying with the common research focus of the RTG that will be investigated during the course of the doctoral thesis. Inform here about these projects.
Apply for your preferred project(s) according to the requirements and conditions of the application form
// Application
Submission deadline is March 20th 2025.
// Research Projects
P01 – Lipid-cytoskeleton interactions during stress-induced ER-plasma membrane contacts
// Prof. Dr. Ingo Heilmann
P03 – Plastid-Nucleus Interactions Under Stress Conditions
// Dr. Martin Schattat
P04 – Intercompartmental signaling of external phosphate status
// Prof. Dr. Steffen Abel // Dr. Christin Naumann
P05 – Initiation of Jasmonate biosynthesis in plastids
// Dr. Debora Gasperini
P06 – Distribution and dynamics of calcium and manganese in plant organelles
// Prof. Dr. Edgar Peiter
P07 – Towards the functional relevance of dual protein targeting in plant cells
// Prof. Dr. Ralf Bernd Klösgen // Dr. Bationa Bennewitz
P08 – Role of a dual-targeted organellar RNA polymerase in controlling organelle function
// Prof. Dr. Kristina Kühn
P10 – Nuclear-cytoplasmic shuttling of plant PI4P 5-kinases
// Dr. Mareike Heilmann
P12 – Regulation of plant immunity through (sub)compartmentalization of an RNA granule protein
// Dr. Justin Lee
P13 – Alternative mRNA isoforms generated in the nucleus as a source for organellar adaptation to stress
// Prof. Dr. Sascha Laubinger
To apply online for your preferred project(s) use the application form // Application
