PhD Opportunities in Veterinary Science in Germany

Funded PhD position in Agricultural Economics and Development Economics at the University of Göttingen , Germany, in the Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development. The position is aimed at candidates with a strong background in agricultural economics, development economics, or a closely related field. The post highlights interest in quantitative research , econometric methods , rural development , and fieldwork . Funding is provided as a TV-L E13 position at 65% salary for three...

Fully funded PhD position in biomedical materials at RWTH Aachen University , Germany, in the Biomaterials Group at the Department of Biohybrid & Medical Textiles (BioTex), Institute of Applied Medical Engineering. This opportunity is aimed at candidates with a strong background in biochemistry , biomedical engineering , biotechnology , biology , biomaterials , materials science , or a related life science discipline. The post specifically asks for experience in cell culture or biomaterial chara...

Doctoral Researcher in eDNA-based biodiversity time series in rivers A PhD opening is available in the Aquatic Ecosystem Research group led by Florian Leese at the University of Duisburg-Essen (Essen campus, Germany). The project, TrendDNA 2.0 , is funded by the Umweltbundesamt / German Environment Agency and focuses on reconstructing long-term river biodiversity trends using archived samples from the German Environmental Specimen Bank. The research combines environmental DNA (eDNA), biodiversit...

PhD position in plant biochemistry and cell biology (m/f/d) at the School of Life Sciences, Technical University of Munich , in Freising-Weihenstephan, Germany . This opportunity is aligned with research interests in plant genetics , plant breeding , plant biotechnology , genomics , and molecular biology , with a strong focus on plant biochemistry and cell biology. Application deadline: open until filled. How to apply: submit your application by email to [email protected] . A position d...

The Translational Organ Microsystems (TOM) Group at the Department of Functional Materials in Medicine and Dentistry (FMZ), Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, is offering a fully funded PhD position in organ-on-chip and advanced in vitro models. The project focuses on developing immunocompetent human lung-on-chip systems to study pulmonary inflammation, infection, and tissue injury. The work integrates airway epithelial and endothelial cells with immune cells, especially neutrophils and ma...

RTG 2654 Sustainable Food Systems at the University of Göttingen is advertising a Doctoral Researcher in Agricultural and Development Economics within the Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, Environmental and Resource Economics division. The project focuses on sustainable land use , technology adoption , and/or market participation in the Global South . Possible research topics include voluntary sustainability standards, institutions and incentives for sustainable land-us...

PhD position in tumor immunology at the Technical University of Munich The Chair for Infection Pathogenesis at the Technical University of Munich is recruiting a highly motivated PhD candidate for a DFG-funded project on the function of tumour-associated neutrophils (TANs) in the spontaneous regression of colon polyps. The project uses a pig model to study intestinal polyp dynamics and comparative immunology, with a strong translational and mechanistic focus. The successful candidate will work o...

PhD position at the Chair of Chemosensory Food Systems , Technical University of Munich (TUM), within the TUM School of Life Sciences. The project focuses on the screening, identification, and quantification of sensorially active and bioactive natural products in processed foods and plant-based raw materials. It also examines their metabolism , structure-activity relationships , and how food-derived compounds and metabolites interact with the gut microbiome . Research methods include instrumenta...

EMBL Heidelberg is offering an EMBO Practical Course titled “Microbial metagenomics: a 360º approach” for advanced PhD students and early postdoctoral researchers working in, or planning to enter, metagenomics research. The course focuses on hands-on training in microbial metagenomics , microbial ecology , environmental microbiology , genomics , and bioinformatics . Participants will cover experimental design, environmental sampling, DNA extraction from soil and water, metagenomic library constr...