PhD Admissions 2018 @ International Max Planck Research School
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Since 2003 the International Max Planck Research School for Environmental, Cellular and Molecular Microbiology (IMPRS-Mic) offers an international PhD programme with excellent research opportunities for outstanding young scientists from all over the world. The programme provides interdisciplinary training in modern microbiology, state-of-the-art research facilities, and mentoring by world class scientists. As an IMPRS student you will be given the freedom to embark on your scientific journey!
Eligibility & Overview:
We are looking for young, motivated scientists with outstanding qualifications a Master’s (or equivalent) degree.
The ambition of the IMPRS-Mic is to provide students with a molecular understanding of cellular processes that allow microbes to compete, adapt and differentiate in their natural environments, and also to illustrate how microbes can be used in systems and synthetic biology. This requires integration of environmental, cellular, and molecular aspects of microbiology with quantitative and biotechnological approaches. The microorganisms we study include bacteria, archaea, fungi and microalgae, covering the following research areas:
- Molecular & cellular microbiology
- Microbial metabolism
- Microbial diversity & evolution
- Microbial biogeochemistry
- Microbial ecology
- Microbial genomics
- Microbial symbiosis
- Modelling of microbial systems
- Plant-microbe interactions
- Protein structure analysis
- Synthetic microbiology
- Systems microbiology
The three-year PhD programme aims to equip students with first class education through an individually tailored curriculum, accompanied by joint seminars and colloquia, workshops and courses, and scientific retreats. Important aims of this curriculum are to provide different perspectives on the microbiology research and to introduce a wide range of techniques that can be applied in microbiology, as well as to foster interactions among students.
Application:
Our PhD programme is international and open to all students holding a Master of Science (MSc) degree, or equivalent, in biology, biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, microbiology, bioinformatics, chemistry, physics or related fields. Applications will be considered even if the degree is not conferred until the programme starts in autumn of the respective year. Applicants holding an extended (at least 4-year) Bachelor degree may also qualify for the admission to the programme, but as a rule they need to attend additional courses at the Philipps-Universität Marburg.
The programme is taught in English, therefore all candidates need to demonstrate good working proficiency in English, and – unless they are native English speakers – provide evidence for this (e.g. IELTS, TOEFL). German is not a requirement for the programme, but German language classes are offered to students from abroad. Download our poster.
Students of the school are selected in a competitive selection procedure once per year. The application period starts in December and ends on January 31st; the study programme starts in October.
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