PhD Opportunities in Epigenetics in Austria

[Offered through the CENTA3 DLA and funded by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC). Funding covers an annual stipend, tuition fees at home-fee level, and a Research Training Support Grant.] This PhD studentship investigates how trees may retain a molecular “memory” of drought and other environmental stresses across time. The project is built around the idea that epigenetic information, especially DNA methylation, can be preserved in tree tissues and potentially reflect past environmen...

These two PhD fellowships are part of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Doctoral Network Stripes&Stars at the Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences (PLEN), University of Copenhagen . The positions sit within an AI-driven effort to uncover plant metabolic pathways linked to flower and fruit colour, with a particular focus on specialised metabolites such as anthocyanins and other flavonoids in petunia, calibrachoa, poinsettia and bilberry. The two doctoral candidates will form the computational ...

Laboratory of Epigenetics and Chromatin Dynamics at Lund University’s Department of Experimental Medical Science is recruiting a PhD student to join a project on how epigenetic mechanisms regulate repetitive and transposable genetic elements in human brain development and disease. The research is led by Dr Christopher Douse and carried out in a group of 8 research-active members. The lab studies underexplored parts of the human genome often described as “genomic dark matter,” with a particular i...

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München is offering a PhD project in Placental Biology at the Biomedical Center Munich (BMC), Institute of Physiological Chemistry, in Planegg, Germany. The research investigates how a conserved chromatin regulatory network safeguards early development, with particular emphasis on the extra-embryonic lineage and its communication with the developing embryo. The project will examine how disruption of this network in the placenta can influence fetal brain development...

The international and interdisciplinary PhD programme Genomic and Molecular Medicine – Personalised Approaches to Childhood Health is based at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München and is linked to the Dr. von Hauner Children’s Hospital and the Munich Medical Research School . It is designed around research and qualification in child health, with a strong emphasis on understanding normal and pathological development. Students can work across a broad set of research areas including genomics, epi...

The International PhD Programme (IPP) at the Institute of Molecular Biology (IMB) in Mainz offers doctoral researchers the chance to join a large, international community of around 200 students working across molecular and life-science research. The programme is centred on gene regulation, epigenetics, and genome stability , with projects spanning a broad set of topics in modern biology. As an IPP PhD student, you can work within participating labs at the Institute of Molecular Biology, Johannes...

Shubhendu Palei's research group at the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur is seeking highly motivated PhD students to work at the interface of chemical biology , cyclic peptide drug discovery , and epigenetics . The opening offers an opportunity to pursue research on chemically driven approaches to biological questions, with a particular focus on cyclic peptides and their potential in drug discovery. Students may engage with interdisciplinary problems connecting peptide chemistry, molecul...

The International Max Planck Research School for Molecular Plant Science (IMPRS MolPlant) is a joint doctoral programme of the University of Potsdam and the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology in Potsdam, Germany. It offers PhD research and training in modern plant science within an interdisciplinary and research-intensive environment. Doctoral researchers work on fundamental questions in plant biology, including photosynthesis, central metabolism, respiration, organ and tissue fo...

The International Max Planck Research School for Epigenetics, Biophysics and Metabolism (IMPRS-EBM) is a collaborative doctoral programme between the Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics and the Faculty of Biology at the University of Freiburg. The programme offers research-oriented interdisciplinary training across epigenetics, biophysics, metabolism, biochemistry, cell biology, proteomics, bioinformatics, and functional genomics. Doctoral researchers rotate through three labor...