Applicants should hold an M.Sc. degree or equivalent in biology, biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, microbiology, bioinformatics, chemistry, chemical biology, physics, biophysics, or another relevant field.
The International Max Planck Research School Principles of Microbial Life is a joint initiative of the University of Marburg, the Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, and the Center for Synthetic Microbiology. More than 30 research group leaders participate in the program and cover research in:
Cellular organization and architecture
Microbial communities and host-microbe interactions
Natural products and chemical biology
Physical biology
Physiology and metabolism
Signal transduction and information processing
Systems and synthetic biology