The Jena School for Microbial Communication (JSMC) is funded by the German Excellence Initiative. The structured, interdisciplinary training program based on toplevel fundamental research combines different areas to form a comprehensive picture of microbial communication (www. jsmc.uni-jena.de). Institutes at five faculties of the Friedrich Schiller University Jena, six non-university research institutes as well as 12 partner companies are participating in this cuttingedge research and training program: Open JSMC PhD positions