MPI for Chemical Ecology

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We study ecological interactions with molecular, chemical and neurobiological techniques. Here we post news about our latest research.
MPI for Chemical EcologyApr 17, 2025
PhD project offer: Molecular mechanisms of adaptation and counter-adaptation between Brassica and beetles
Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Nicole van Dam, Dr. Franziska Beran, IGZ Großbeeren
More information: https://www.ice.mpg.de/402520/Project-81
Apply now: https://jobs.ice.mpg.de/en/jobposting/cb945467fbe8e7b4be13340a03ed3a05491257c44/apply
(c) Anna Schroll
Project 8

MPI for Chemical EcologyApr 17, 2025
PhD project offer: Plant secondary metabolites and the barley microbiome
Supervisors: Dr. Matthew Agler, FSU https://www.bio.uni-jena.de/en/18304/plant-microbiosis; Dr. John D'Auria, IPK Gatersleben
More information: https://www.ice.mpg.de/402506/Project-71
Apply now: https://jobs.ice.mpg.de/en/jobposting/cb945467fbe8e7b4be13340a03ed3a05491257c44/apply
Junior Research Group Plant Microbiosis

Dr Matthew T. Agler

Faculty of Biological Sciences
MPI for Chemical EcologyApr 17, 2025
PhD project offer: A miRNA taming floral homeotic genes
Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Günther Theissen, FSU; Dr. Roy Kirsch, MPI for Chemical Ecology
More information: https://www.ice.mpg.de/490820/Project-601
Apply now: https://jobs.ice.mpg.de/en/jobposting/cb945467fbe8e7b4be13340a03ed3a05491257c44/apply
Project 6

MPI for Chemical EcologyApr 17, 2025
PhD project offer: Metabolic exchanges, regulation and equilibrium of an ancient insect symbiosis
Supervisors: Dr. Mariana Galvao Ferrarini, Prof. Martin Kaltenpoth, Dr. Tobias Engl, MPI for Chemical Ecology
More information: https://www.ice.mpg.de/319554/Project-51
Apply now: https://jobs.ice.mpg.de/en/jobposting/cb945467fbe8e7b4be13340a03ed3a05491257c44/apply
(c) Julian Kiefer
Project 5

MPI for Chemical EcologyApr 17, 2025

PhD project offer: Sensing the unseen: How diatoms detect and respond to highly dilute sex-inducing pheromones

Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Georg Pohnert, FSU Jena; Dr. Markus Knaden MPI for Chemical Ecology
More information: https://www.ice.mpg.de/319540/Project-41
Apply now: https://jobs.ice.mpg.de/en/jobposting/cb945467fbe8e7b4be13340a03ed3a05491257c44/apply

Project 4

MPI for Chemical EcologyApr 17, 2025
Structural basis of two-component system signaling - Exciting PhD project offer in Ute Hellmich's group, FSU in collaboration with Sarah O'Connor
More information: https://www.ice.mpg.de/319526/Project-31
Apply now: https://jobs.ice.mpg.de/.../cb945467fbe8e7b4be13340.../apply
Project 3

MPI for Chemical EcologyApr 17, 2025
PhD project offer: Molecular mechanisms of membrane proteins underlying social insect behavior
Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Ute Hellmich, FSU; Dr. Yuko Ulrich, MPI for Chemical Ecology
More information: https://www.ice.mpg.de/319512/Project-21
Apply now: https://jobs.ice.mpg.de/.../cb945467fbe8e7b4be13340.../apply
Project 2

MPI for Chemical EcologyApr 17, 2025

PhD project offer: With six feet on the ground – How insects sense vibrations

Supervisors by Prof. Manuela Nowotny, FSU and Dr. Yuko Ulrich, MP for Chemical Ecology. More information: https://www.ice.mpg.de/319498/Project-11

Apply now: https://www.ice.mpg.de/296534/how-to-apply

(c) Jan Scherberich

Project 1

MPI for Chemical EcologyApr 16, 2025

Deadline approaching! If you are interested in doing a PhD in chemical ecology check out the projects and apply here:

https://www.ice.mpg.de/296548/current-call

https://jobs.ice.mpg.de/en/jobposting/cb945467fbe8e7b4be13340a03ed3a05491257c44/apply

Current Call

MPI for Chemical EcologyApr 4, 2025
We are happy to announce that Marianna Boccia, who did her PhD on the elucidation and metabolic engineering of plant alkaloid and terpene biosynthetic pathways in the Department of Natural Product Biosynthesis under the supervision of Sarah O'Connor, has been awarded the Beutenberg Campus Prize. Congratulations!
https://www.ice.mpg.de/493514/Beutenberg-Campus-Preis-2025?c=2824
Plants as biofactories