At the Department of Ecology at the School of Biology/Chemistry in the in the DFG-funded research project “Emergence and self-organisation of bacterial metabolism in consortia of cross-feeding bacteria”, for PhD. Contact: Prof. Dr. Christian Kost. Application deadline: 12.11.2025

In the cross-border Interreg project NERTHUS (Novel Engineered Resources Targeting Holistic Use of Soils) for the development of strategies to promote the diverse ecosystem services of soil. Tasks: Design of plant cultivation pot and field trials and support with maintenance and sampling, Molecular biological investigations of selected soil microorganisms, Collaboration on soil and plant analyses etc. Contact: Prof. Dr. Kathrin Deiglmayr. MSc, EG TV-L 13. Application deadline: 31 October 2025

In the cross-border Interreg project NERTHUS (Novel Engineered Resources Targeting Holistic Use of Soils) for the development of strategies to promote the diverse ecosystem services of soil. Tasks: Support in the planning, establishment and maintenance of plant cultivation pot and field trials, Carrying out assessments and sampling of soil and plants, Support with laboratory analyses of soil and plants etc. Contact: Prof. Dr. Kathrin Deiglmayr. BSc, EG TV-L 11. Application deadline: 31 October 2025

In the cross-border Interreg project NERTHUS (Novel Engineered Resources Targeting Holistic Use of Soils) for the development of strategies to promote the diverse ecosystem services of soil. Tasks: Assistance with the planning, establishment and maintenance of plant cultivation pot and field trials, conducting assessments and sampling of soil and plants, assistance with laboratory analyses of soil and plants, etc. EG TV-L 09. Contact: Prof. Dr. Kathrin Deiglmayr. Application deadline: 31 October 2025

At the Institute of Microbiology within framework of SPP2389-funded project "Evolution of regulatory networks that coordinat Streptomyces multicellular development and life-cycle". Main goal: identify key regulatory and signalling components that govern the transition between uni- and multicellular life-styles in Streptomyces and to understand evolutionary and ecological benefits associated with multicellularity in these bacteria.
Contact: Prof. Dr. Natalia Tschowri
Application deadline: 31.10.2025, To Application portal

In the Aquatic Geomicrobiology working group at the Institute of Biodiversity, in the frame of the Cluster of Excellence Balance of the Microverse. Project: characterization of physiological, metabolic and molecular features of a recently cultivated vampiristic member of the CPR with its host, obtained from groundwater. Application date: 11.02.2025. Contact: Dr. Martina Herrmann. Application portal