Germany 12 Ph D Student Positions-Leibniz Institute For Natural Product Research And Infection Biology-Hans

The Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology - Hans Knoell Institute - in cooperation with the Friedrich-Schiller-University and the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology are offering an international graduate program. The International Leibniz Research School (ILRS Jena) gives PhD students the possibility to prepare for their PhD exam in an ambitious program providing excellent research conditions.

06/2009	Prof. Dr. Erika Kothe	Phermone response in the model basidiomycete Schizophyllum commune
07/2009	Prof. Dr. Gabriele Diekert	Expression control and biosynthesis of dehalogenating enzymes from anaerobic soil bacteria in response to the interaction with aerobic halogenating fungi
08/2009	PD Dr. Uwe Horn/ Prof. Dr. Dirk Hoffmeister	Natural products from an unidentified homobasidiomycete which control wood- deteriorating microorganisms
09/2009	Prof. Dr. Konrad Reinhart/ PD Dr. Ralf A. Claus	Ceramide formation in host response to bacterial and fungal infection and development of organ failure
10/2009	Prof. Dr. Hanspeter Saluz	Acute and chronic Aspergillus infection in mice studied by PET-CT and comparative gene expression.
11/2009	Prof. Dr. Eberhard Straube/ PD Dr. Sigrun Eick	Influence of Porphyromonas gingivalis on kallikrein-kinin system
12/2009	Prof. Dr. Gunter Wolf	Role of local Complement Regulators in the Kidney
13/2009	PD. Dr. Christine Skerka	Characterization of novel human complement regulators for microbial immune evasion
14/2009	Prof. Dr. Bernhard Hube	Host pathogen interactions of human pathogenic yeast
15/2009	Prof. Dr. Georg Pohnert	Unraveling the (bio)chemical processes involved in phytoplankton-virus interactions
16/2009	Prof. Dr. Günter Theißen	Intracellular interactions of floral homeotic proteins
17/2009	Dr. Olaf Kniemeyer	The hypoxic (low-oxygen) response of the pathogenic mould Aspergillus fumigatus and its relevance to pathogenicity

Deadline for submission of the completed “Statement of Interest” form: June 15th, 2009.