PhD/Doctorate: ImmunoMicroTope: Microenvironmental, metabolic, and microbial signals regulating immune cell-pathogen interactions (DFG RTG 2740) at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU)

Programme overview

Structured doctoral programme (DFG Research Training Group 2740) at FAU investigating how the immune microtope (tissue context, microenvironmental factors, metabolism) shapes antimicrobial immune defence and the evasion strategies of bacteria, fungi and parasites. The programme is taught in English and leads to Dr. rer. nat. or Dr. med.

Department: Department of Medicine 1 (contacts) | Duration: 3 years for Dr. rer. nat. and Dr. rer. biol. hum.; Dr. med.: qualification phase alongside medical studies, 12-month experimental phase (free semester plus semester breaks before and after), and evaluation phase alongside studies | Intake: Funding start January 1, 2022 (2021 call; application deadline September 15, 2021) | Study mode: full-time; doctoral/structured programme; English-taught | Location: Erlangen, Bayern, Germany

What you will study

Research on infection, immune cell-pathogen interaction, microenvironment, metabolism and microbial persistence, with methodological training including mass spectrometry, metabolism and bioinformatics.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Applications are sent by email to the programme office; the published call had a deadline of September 15, 2021 (past call).

Intake: Funding start January 1, 2022 (2021 call; application deadline September 15, 2021)

Duration: 3 years for Dr. rer. nat. and Dr. rer. biol. hum.; Dr. med.: qualification phase alongside medical s

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