5 PhD students in Biology and Computation • Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics • Berlin

• PhD – Doctoral Programme

• Mathematics / Natural Sciences

Activities and responsibilities
We are looking for outstanding graduates from all over the world – whether you have a degree in biology, biochemistry, bioinformatics, computer science, mathematics or something related, as long as you have a passion for working at the interface of biology and computation, this may be the place for you. Come and join our international community in Berlin, Germany, and work on an exciting research project in any of our areas of interest: epigenetics, developmental biology, mathematical modeling, biological sequence analysis, mechanobiology, stem cells and differentiation, statistics, molecular evolution and many more.

We are a joint graduate program of the Freie Universität Berlin (FU, departments of biology, chemistry, pharmacy and department of mathematics and computer science) and the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics (MPIMG).

We offer:
– cutting-edge research in a variety of areas in biology and computation
– 3 years’ funding to work on your PhD
– a degree from the Freie Universität Berlin
– excellent supervision through a thesis advisory committee
– a flexible and challenging curriculum of scientific and transferable skills
– the opportunity for travel to present your work
– an international program in one of Europe’s most exciting cities

Benefits
– cutting-edge research in a variety of areas in biology and computation
– 3 years’ funding to work on your PhD
– a degree from the Freie Universität Berlin
– excellent supervision through a thesis advisory committee
– a flexible and challenging curriculum of scientific and transferable skills
– the opportunity for travel to present your work
– an international program in one of Europe’s most exciting cities

Contact the program coordinator (kelleher@molgen.mpg.de) if you have any questions.

To apply, please follow the tipps on our website at: https://www.molgen.mpg.de/IMPRS/application

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• English
• German

• CV
• Reports, certificates
• Transcripts
• Letter of Motivation
• Research Proposal
• Others : names of two referees