Available labs PhD call 2026
Additional host labs may become available in August and will be included here until September 4. Please consider this when submitting your application.
Prof. Dr. Jens C. Brüning
Neuronal Control of Metabolism and Ageing
GeneticsMolecular BiologyNeurobiology
Dr. Zak Frentz
Systems Biology, Bioenergetics
BiophysicsComputational BiologyMetabolismMicrobiology
Prof. Dr. Anna Poetsch
Computational Biology in Ageing Research
Computational BiologyGeneticsMolecular Biology
Prof. Dr. Anne Schaefer
Longevity, Resilience, Age-associated neurodegeneration and the brain immune system, Microglia, Epigenetics
ImmunologyMetabolismMolecular BiologyNeurobiology
Dr. Hannah Scheiblich
Neuroimmunology and Neurodegenerative Diseases
Cell BiologyImmunologyNeurobiology
Prof. Dr. Björn Schumacher
Genome Stability in Aging, Reproduction, and Disease
Cell BiologyGeneticsMolecular Biology
Dr. Lukas Steuernagel
Neurogenomics – Computational biology in metabolism research
Computational BiologyMetabolism
Prof. Dr. Marc Tittgemeyer
Translational Neuroscience
Computational BiologyMetabolismPhysiology
Prof. Dr. Achim Tresch
Computational Biology, Spatial Omics, RNA Biology
Computational BiologyMolecular Biology
Dr. Gabriele Zaffagnini
“ProteOostasis”: Protein homeostasis in mammalian oocytes during fertility and reproductive aging
BiochemistryCell BiologyMetabolismNeurobiologyStem Cell BiologyStem Cell Biology