Currently Open IMPRS Projects

The PhD projects listed below are available in the 2026 IMPRS Application Call. 

The IMPRS Application Call for 2026 is now closed.

Genomic and Ecological Bases of Gene flow in Grassland Arabis Species
 

This project will be supervised by Juliette de Meaux at the University of Cologne.  more

Understanding and Manipulating Meiotic recombination: Inversions and Selection 

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

Unraveling metabolic interactions between plants and root microbiota through computational modelling

This project will be supervised by Nadine Töpfer at the University of Cologne. more

Identifying genes underlying root sucker formation in crucifer plants

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

Mechanisms and Consequences of Organelle Targeting by Fungal Effectors

This project will be supervised by Alga Zuccaro at the University of Cologne. more