14 PhD positions at Kiel University.
The Research Training Group (RTG) “Translational Evolutionary Research” is offering up to 14 PhD positions (3 years and 2.5 months fixed-term positions, 65 % TV-L, TV-ÖD E13)
PhD projects are offered as tandem projects (i.e., two related PhD projects) and cover the following topics:
1) Evolutionary management of harvested populations
1.1 PI Thorsten Reusch: Fisheries-induced evolution
1.2 PI Martin Quaas: Evolutionary fishery economics and management
2) Plant breeding and disease control
2.1 PI Christian Jung: Genetic analysis of leaf spot resistance
2.2 PI Eva Stukenbrock: Plant pathogen evolution on cultivated and wild plant hosts
3) Plasmid-mediated resistance spread in food production
3.1 PI Tal Dagan: Plasmid evolution in the food industry
3.2 PI Hildegard Uecker: Mathematical modeling of the evolution and spread of plasmid mediated antibiotic resistance
4) Evolution of human pathogens under antibiotic therapy
4.1 PI Stefan Niemann: Adaptation of Mtbc to antibiotic treatment
4.2 PI Hinrich Schulenburg: Efficacy of sequential therapy against clinical Pseudomonas
5) Fecal microbiota transplants in inflammatory bowel disease
5.1 PI Charles Franz: Relationship between Lactobacillus diversity and host Fut2 genotype
5.2 PI John Baines: Evaluating the gut microbiome for adaptation to host Fut2 genotype
6) Sex-specific link between fertility, pregnancy, and longevity
6.1 PI Almut Nebel: Late-life fertility and longevity in humans
6.2 PI Olivia Roth: Pregnancy/late-life fertility and longevity in sex-role reversed pipefish
7) Evolution of pancreatic cancer cells under chemotherapy
7.1 PI Susanne Sebens: Experimental analysis of the evolution of pancreatic cancer cells under chemotherapy
7.2 PI Arne Traulsen: Mathematical modelling of the evolution of pancreatic cancer cells under chemotherapy
To obtain further information about our PhD program, the PhD topics, and application details please visit: http://www.kec.uni-kiel.de/training/TransEvo.php
The deadline for applications is August 15, 2019.
The selection week will be held from October 8 – 10, 2019.
The program itself starts on December 1, 2019.
Source of the information: https://www.nature.com/naturecareers/job/14-phd-positions-university-of-kiel-cau-697709
