PhD positions are available within the DFG-funded research unit FOR 2419 “Plasticity versus Stability: Molecular Mechanisms of Synaptic Strength” at the Center for Molecular Neurobiology Hamburg (ZMNH) of the UKE, the Centre for Structural Systems Biology (CSSB) of Universität Hamburg and the Institute of Developmental Biology and Neurobiology of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz. FOR 2419 is coordinated by Prof. Matthias Kneussel and is an interdisciplinary neurobiology research initiative with 6 projects, mostly at the UKE.