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WINTER SELECTION 2027
Timeline
online registration and application*: starting on 24 August 2026
deadline for application: 1 October 2026 (24:00 German time)
deadline for submission of reference letter: 8 October 2026
online interviews: 18-20 November 2026
onsite visit: 14-15 January 2027
*By submitting your application to the IMPRS-LM database you allow us to store and process your data exclusively for the purpose of the recruitment process. Please read here the Data Protection Statement of the IMPRS-LM.
Applications to the IMPRS-LM PhD program are possible only via the ONLINE PORTAL (click on the APPLY button to start the application process).
The entire process, from opening of our application portal to the onsite interviews, unfolds over a four-month duration. Applicants are initially granted a window of 4-6 weeks to register on our portal and complete their application. Subsequently, our coordination office and the recruiting faculty will evaluate and select the top applicants that will be invited for a first interview online.
Successful candidates will then be invited to an onsite visit 8 weeks later to meet the recruiting labs and find the best matching projects.
For more information, check the application FAQ or contact us.
Recruiting Groups
Dominik Boos
Understanding the molecular principles and regulation of vertebrate replication origin firing
GENOME REPLICATION / KINASE REGULATION / BIOCHEMISTRY / CELL BIOLOGY
Thorben Cordes
Development and application of novel spectroscopy and imaging techniques to map structure and function of biomolecules and biochemical processes in space and time
BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY / LIVE CELL IMAGING / CHEMICAL BIOLOGY / SINGLE MOLECULE & FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY / FLUORESCENT PROBE DESIGN / OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPY
Malte Gersch
How is signalling in the Ubiquitin system orchestrated on the molecular level? From fundamental mechanisms to therapeutic applications
CHEMICAL BIOLOGY / PROTEIN-BIOCHEMISTRY / POST-TRANSLATIONAL MODIFICATIONS / MECHANISMS OF UBIQUITIN-MEDIATED SIGNALLING / PROTEIN STRUCTURE, FUNCTION AND DESIGN
Doris Hellerschmied
How does the Golgi maintain homeostasis?
BIOCHEMISTRY / CELL BIOLOGY / PROTEOSTASIS / UBIQUITIN
Eugene Kim
Laboratory of Chromosome Dynamics: Seeing Chromosomes in Action
BIOPHYSICS / MOLECULAR BIOLOGY / CELL BIOLOGY / EXPERIMENTAL PHYSICS / STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY
Rasmus Linser
Atomic-resolution understanding of protein structure and dynamics via innovative NMR approaches
BIOPHYSICS / PROTEIN STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION / PROTEIN DESIGN / NMR SPECTROSCOPY
Katerina Naydenova
Molecular pathways of cellular danger signalling & methods for visualising them at high resolution
CELL BIOLOGY / STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY / INSTRUMENT DEVELOPMENT / BIOCHEMISTRY / CRYOGENIC ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
Barbara Sacca’
Bionanotechnology: using DNA to mimic biological organization at the nano scale
SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY / DNA NANOTECHNOLOGY / CHEMICAL REACTION NETWORKS / NANOSWIMMERS
Andrija Sente
Molecular mechanisms of neurotransmission
CELL BIOLOGY / MOLECULAR BIOLOGY / STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY / BIOCHEMISTRY
Daniel Summerer
Synthetic Epigenetics: Designer Proteins for Decoding and Reengineering the Function of Epigenetic DNA Modifications
SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY / EPIGENETICS and CHROMATIN / DIRECTED EVOLUTION / EPIGENOMICS TECHNOLOGIES