Application

Call for application to the BSRT is open from the 15.07.2019 to the 31.08.2019

Requirements for the admission to the PhD program

Applicants must hold a Master’s, a German Diploma or an equivalent degree in biology, biochemistry, bioinformatics, bioengineering or veterinary medicine. It is not necessary to hold the degree at the time of application. However, you must have been obtained your degree before enrolment into the program. 

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Available Projects

All projects will be funded by the Einstein Center for Regenerative Therapies (ECRT) and beginn in January 2020. In the first year the potential candidates receive a stipend for doctoral researchers and after successful re-evaluation will be funded for another two years on a doctoral reseracher position. 

Project 1: Role of human extracellular matrix properties in central nervous system regeneration

Scientific Mentoring Committee: Sarah-Christin Staroßom, Ansgar Petersen, Harald Stachelscheid

Project 2: A chemokine system to unleash T cells against solid cancer

Scientific Mentoring Committee: Tino Vollmer, Michael Schmück-Henneresse, Hans-Dieter Volk

Project 3: Building a Platform for Fast Track Development and Characterization of Engineered Antigen Receptors

Scientific Mentoring Committee: Dimitrios Laurin Wagner, Michael Schmück-Henneresse, Hans-Dieter Volk

Project 4: Differentiation of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) into regulatory T cells (Tregs) using epigenetic editing

Scientific Mentoring Committee: Christopher Kressler, Julia Polansky-Biskup, Harald Stachelscheid

Project 5: Cellular senescence in mechano-sensation and ECM organization

Scientific Mentoring Committee: Erik Brauer, Ansgar Petersen, Uwe Kornak

Project 6: Organoid disease models for spinal muscular atrophy

Scientific Mentoring Committee: Angélica Garciá Pérez, Mina Gouti, Markus Schülke