Funding for PhD and Postdoc Available

Two exciting career opportunities are available in the Designer Glycans group starting February 2022. The PhD and postdoctoral positions are fully funded and offer outstanding benefits. Our ambitious independent junior research group has state-of-the-art facilities for carbohydrate analysis, cell imaging and plant cultivation. We are looking for candidates who are interested in synthetic biology, plant cell walls and/or engineered living materials. Both positions will build upon our recent findings, such as:


Voiniciuc et al., 2019, PNAS https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1814003116

Yang et al., 2020, New Phytolhttps://doi.org/10.1111/nph.17056

Robert et al., 2021, bioRxivhttps://doi.org/10.1101/2021.04.20.440611

Full descriptions of the positions and how to apply can be downloaded below.

Review of applications begins immediately and will continue until each position is filled. Inquiries can be sent to Catalin.Voiniciuc[at]ipb-halle.de