Vacant Projects
The Online Application is closed now. The selection process will take a few weeks. We kindly request that during this time, when we need to process your applications, you do not call us or send us any inquiries.
After the selection you will receive an email. Candidates who succesfully passed the selection will be invited to attend a JSMC Recruitment Meeting end of June in Jena, Germany.
If you want to be informed about our next recruitment please email to apply(at)jsmc.info.
PhD projects offered within the ongoing JSMC Recruitment
A total of 11 JSMC research projects plus 2 projects by the partner research training group ILRS Jena were offered within the ongoing JSMC Recruitment Call. Please note that application is no longer possible!
JSMC Project No: 70/2013
The effect of arbuscular mycorrhizal infection on the fitness of Nicotiana attenuata in the field
PhD Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Ian T. Baldwin, Prof. Dr. Erika Kothe, Prof. Dr. Ralf Oelmüller
JSMC Project No: 81/2013
Extraction of unstructured information related to gene regulatory interactions in human pathogenic fungi from biological research papers
PhD Supervisor: Prof. Udo Hahn, Prof. Reinhard Guthke
JSMC Project No: 82/2013
Cell type-specific role of PI3Kgamma in sepsis-associated liver failure
PhD Supervisor: Prof. Michael Bauer, Prof. Oliver Kurzai
JSMC Project No: 83/2013
Pathogen/host communication: dual RNA expression dynamics to investigate differential patterns of virulence
PhD Supervisors: Prof. Hans Peter Saluz, Prof. Reinhard Guthke, Dr. Gerhard Schöfl
JSMC Project No: 84/2013
Small molecule signals in entomopathogenic nematode-bacteria interactions
PhD Supervisors: Dr. Stephan H. von Reuß, Prof. Dr. Erika Kothe
JSMC Project No: 85/2013
Control of heavy metal resistance genes in Streptomyces
PhD Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Erika Kothe, Prof. Dr. Axel Brakhage, Dr. Matthias Gube
JSMC Project No: 86/2013
Exploration of a tripartite partnership between green algae and bacteria: From epiphytic bacterial communities to biofilm formation with Ulva sp.
PhD Supervisors: Dr. Thomas Wichard, Dr. Falk Warnecke, Prof. Dr. Georg Pohnert
JSMC Project No: 87/2013
Epigenetic control of secondary metabolism in filamentous fungi
PhD Supervisors: Dr. Ekatherina Shelest, Prof. Axel A. Brakhage, Dr. Daniel Scharf
JSMC Project No: 88/2013
Chemical communication between biotrophic and necrotrophic pathogens and a woody plant host: Signaling, defense reactions, and the cost of defense
PhD Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Jonathan Gershenzon, PhD Prof. Susan Trumbore, Dr. Almuth Hammerbacher, Dr. Sybille Unsicker
JSMC Project No: 89/2013
Soil amoeba interactions with filamentous fungi as driving forces for pathogenicity
PhD Supervisors: Dr. Falk Hillmann, Prof. Thomas Winckler
JSMC Project No: 90/2013
Interaction of freshwater acI Actinobacteria with its partners in enrichment cultures
PhD Supervisors: Dr. Falk Warnecke, Prof. Georg Pohnert
The projects below are offered by the
International Leibniz Research School for Microbial and Biomolecular Interactions (ILRS Jena)
The selection of candidates for these projects will be part of the JSMC Recruitment.
ILRS Project No: 05/2013
Diatom pheromones – structure and function of communication mediators of unicellular algae
PhD Supervisor: Prof. Georg Pohnert
ILRS Project No: 07/2013
Immunevasion of the human pathogenic yeast Candida albicans. Characterization of fungal virulence
PhD Supervisor: Prof. Peter Zipfel
