Currently Open IMPRS Projects

The PhD projects listed below are currently open as part of the 2023 IMPRS Application Call. The projects will either be carried out at the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research in Cologne, Germany or at the University of Cologne, Germany. This is detailed in the project descriptions below.

Coupland: Deciphering the role of the miRNA156/SPL15 module in the control of floral transition and inflorescence development in Arabidopsis

This project will be supervised by George Coupland at the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research more

Garrido-Oter: Studying the robustness and long-term dynamics of synthetic microbial foodwebs

This project will be supervised by Ruben Garrido-Oter at the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research more

Hay: Genetic control of polar lignin deposition

This project will be supervised by Angela Hay at the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research more

Marques: Genomic differentiation in holocentric carnivorous Drosera plants

This project will be supervised by André Marques at the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research more

Mercier: Causes and consequences of aneuploidy

This project will be supervised by Raphael Mercier at the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research more

Hildebrandt/Töpfer: Understanding storage protein metabolism during germination and seedling development in the high protein crop Lupinus albus through data-integrative metabolic modelling

This project will be co-supervised by Tatjana Hildebrandt and Nadine Töpfer at the University of Cologne more

Tsiantis: Investigating the genetic basis for predictability of morphological evolution of plant leaves

This project will be supervised by Miltos Tsiantis at the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research more