https://www.imprs-lm.mpg.de/index.php/join/apply

Applications to the IMPRS-LM PhD program are possible only via our ONLINE PORTAL.

The entire process, from opening of our application portal to the onsite interviews, unfolds over a four-month duration.
Applicants are initially granted a window of 6-8 weeks to register on our portal and complete their application.
Subsequently, our coordination office and the recruiting faculty will evaluate and select the top applicants that will be invited for a first interview online.

The online interviews will consist of two short online interactions: a panel interview & a scientific presentation.
Successful candidates will then be invited to an onsite visit 8 weeks later to meet the recruiting labs and find the best matching projects.

For more information, check the application FAQs or contact us.

WINTER SELECTION 2025

• online registration and application*: starting on 5 September 2024
• deadline for application: 17 October 2024
• deadline for submission of reference letter: 23 October 2024 (24:00 German time)
• online interviews: 4 – 6 December 2024
• onsite visit: 3 -5 February 2025

RECRUITING GROUPS

Erdmann LAB
BIOCHEMISTRY / PROTEIN TARGETING / MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY / ORGANELLE BIOGENESIS

Kliza LAB
BIOCHEMISTRY / MOLECULAR BIOLOGY / PROTEOMICS / ADP-RIBOSYLATION

Meyer LAB
CELL BIOLOGY / MEMBRANE DYNAMICS / CHEMICAL AND GENETIC PERTURBATIONS / FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY

Musacchio LAB
BIOCHEMISTRY / BIOPHYSICS / CELL BIOLOGY / MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Pfander LAB
CELL BIOLOGY / DNA REPLICATION / IN CELL RECONSTITUTION / GENETIC ENGINEERING

Saccá LAB
SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY / NANOMATERIALS AND SUPRAMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY / SPATIAL ORGANIZATION / DNA NANOTECHNOLOGY

Summerer LAB
SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY / EPIGENETICS and CHROMATIN / DIRECTED EVOLUTION / EPIGENOMICS TECHNOLOGIES

Tatzelt LAB
BIOCHEMISTRY / NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES / PROTEIN STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION / FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY

Trappmann LAB
BIOMATERIALS / TISSUE ENGINEERING / CELL-MATRIX INTERACTIONS / 3D CELL CULTURE

Westermann LAB
BIOCHEMISTRY / CELL BIOLOGY / CYTOSKELETON / CELL DIVISION: MITOSIS AND MEIOSIS

Winklhofer LAB
Project 1: CELL BIOLOGY / CELL SIGNALING / HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS / LIVE CELL IMAGING
Project 2: BIOCHEMISTRY / NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES / PROTEOSTASIS / POST-TRANSLATIONAL MODIFICATIONS

NEXT SELECTION SUMMER 2025

• online registration and application*: March-April 2025
• online interviews: May 2025
• onsite visit: June/July 2025

*By submitting your application to the IMPRS-LM database you allow us to store and process your data exclusively for the purpose of the recruitment process.
Please read here the Data Protection Statement of the IMPRS-LM.