IMPRS Projects in 2022

The PhD projects listed below are available in the 2022 IMPRS Application Call.

Projects labelled MPI_ will be conducted at the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research in Cologne, Germany. Projects labelled UoC_ will be conducted at the University of Cologne, Germany.

MPI_A_Formosa-Jordan:
Quantitative study of the floral transition at cellular resolution

The project will be supervised by Pau Formosa-Jordan at the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research. more

MPI_B_Fulgione:
Adaptation of perennial Arabis alpina along a latitudinal gradient in Scandinavia

The project will be supervised by Andrea Fulgione at the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research. more

MPI_C_Hay:
Polar lignin deposition

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

MPI_D_Nakagami:
Salicylic acid pathway in bryophytes

The project will be supervised by Hirofumi Nakagami at the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research. more

MPI_E_Tsiantis:
The role of heterochronic variation in driving morphological diversity in C. hirsuta

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

MPI_F_Tsiantis:
An interdisciplinary approach to understanding leaf development and diversity

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

MPI_G_Underwood:
Into the wild: exploring natural modifiers of meiotic recombination in Solanum pimpinellifolium

The project will be supervised by Charles J. Underwood at the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research. more

UoC_A_Kopriva:
Role of sulfur metabolites in shaping bacterial communities

The project will be supervised by Stanislav Kopriva at the University of Cologne. more

UoC_B_Zuccaro:
β-glucans-triggered immunity and fungal counterstrategies in beneficial and detrimental plant-microbe interactions

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