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CSC-LSM doctoral projects


Please note: last updated 19 August 2025 !

  • Only Chinese candidates are eligible for the CSC scholarship.

  • You have to apply through our online application tool which is open until 24 October 2025, 12:00 noon CET!

  • For further information about the projects, feel free to contact the supervisor directly
  • The offered projects of this CSC application cover most areas of natural and life sciences from Cell and Developmental Biology, Genetics, Evolutionary Biology, Microbiology, Neuroscience, Plant Sciences and Pharmacology.
  • On the online application tool, two projects can be selected.
  • You are welcome to browse through our faculty members´research here
  • Only applications submitted through our online portal will be considered !
  • The LSM application portal is now open, APPLY NOW !
Research groups

 

Please access the projects´descriptions through clicking on the below highlighted group leaders´names ! 

Prof. Dr. Claude Becker

Project 1: Sub-functionalization of a biosynthetic gene cluster in Solanaceae
Keywords: Biosynthetic gene cluster; Chromatin; Specialized metabolites; Genome editing; Solanaceae
Subject areas: Genetics, Botany and Plant Science

Project 2: Regulation of the biosynthesis of defensive diterpenoids in rice
Keywords: Oryza sativa; Diterpenoids; Gene regulation; Chromatin; Specialized metabolites
Subject areas: Genetics, Botany and Plant Science


Prof. Dr. Marc Gottschling
Title: Diving Deep into the Microscopic Realm of Aquatic Habitats: Biodiversity
Keywords: dinoflagellate, microalgae, microscopy, molecular phylogenetics, morphology, peat, systematics, taxonomy
Subject areas: Botany and plant science, Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, Limnology, Systematics

 

Prof. Dr. Joachim Haug
Title: Quantitative exploration of biodiversity through space and time: lacewings as an example
Keywords: biodiversity, extinction, fossils, quantitative morphology, microscopy

 

Dr. Carolin Haug (Zoology)
Title: Evolution of raptorial appendages in Euarthropoda: similar functions and convergent solutions
Keywords: raptorial appendages, convergent evolution, geometric morphometrics, conservation biology
Subject areas: Zoology

 

Prof. Dr. David Keays

Project 1: Avian Cerebral Organoids
Keywords: Neuroscience, Developmental Biology, Cell Biology
Subject area: Cerebral Organoids, Brain Development, iPSCs.

Project 2: Marsupial Cerebral Organoids
Keywords: Neuroscience, Developmental Biology, Cell Biology
Subject areas: Cerebral Organoids, Brain Development, iPSCs.

Project 3: Antisense oligionucelotide treatment for MAST1 associated epilepsy
Keywords: Neuroscience, Disease Modelling, Cell Biology
Subject areas: Cerebral Organoids, Brain Development, iPSCs.

 

Prof. Dr. Dario Leister (Plant Sciences)

Project 1:
Title: Enhancing photosynthesis by adaptive laboratory evolution
Keywords: photosynthesis, synthetic biology, adaptive laboratory evolution
Subject area: Genetics, evolutionary biology, microbiology

Project 2:
Title: Understanding and improving cyclic electron flow in plants
Keywords: photosynthesis, cyclic electron flow, suppressor mutation, protein
Subject area: Physiology, molecular biology, genetics

 

PD Dr. Dejana Mokranjac
Title: Understanding the unique features of the mitochondrial Hsp70 system that mediate translocation and folding of proteins
Keywords: mitochondria, Hsp70 chaperones, protein import, protein folding
Subject areas: Cell Biology, Biochemistry

 

Prof. Dr. Christof Osman (Cell Biology, Molecular Biology)
Title: Quality control of the mitochondrial genome
Keywords: mitochondria, mtDNA, fluorescence microscopy
Subject areas: Molecular biology, Cell biology and Genetics

 

Prof. Dr. Martin Parniske

Project 1: Structure and function of the CCaMK/Cyclops complex in transcriptional regulation of plant root symbioses with nutrient acquiring fungi and nitrogen-fixing bacteria
Subject area: Protein Biochemistry / Structural Biology / Molecular Biology / Molecular Plant Sciences / Microbiology

Project 2: Harnessing natural genetic resources to defend fruits against insect attack
Keywords: Drosophilia suzukii, Plant secondary metabolites, Fragaria vesca, Strawberry
Subject areas: Biochemistry/ Pharmacology/ Genetics/ Molecular Biology/ Molecular Plant Sciences

Project 3: Evolution of transcriptional networks shaping the legume root symbiosis with nitrogen-fixing rhizobia
Supervision: Martin Parniske and Chloé Cathebras
Keywords: Development, Evolution, Symbiosis, Plant-Microbe interaction, transcriptional regulation, transcriptional networks
Subject areas: Protein Biochemistry/ Structural Biology/ Molecular Biology/ Molecular Plant Sciences, Microbiology, Microbiology, Cell Biology, Developmental Biology, Evo-Devo, Genetics

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