PhD candidate on circadian clocks in bacterial biofilms

Job description

Applications are invited for a four-year PhD position on an exciting PhD project in circadian regulation of biofilm development. Project description: We are hiring a PhD candidate to join our ERC-funded team on chronomicrobiology, a new field that bridges microbiology and chronobiology. The MicroClock program follows up on our novel discovery of a circadian clock in Bacillus subtilis . This PhD opportunity focuses on discovering spatio-temporal gene expression in Bacillus subtilis biofilms. The PhD candidate will employ molecular biology tools, optogenetics and microscopy to follow circadian gene expression during biofilm formation. This work will be carried out in collaboration with our consortium partners at the LMU Munich and John Innes Centre. The PhD candidate will learn chronobiological principles and related research methods. They will be a key part of discovering spatial aspects of a circadian system via this interdisciplinary, innovative project, embedded in a productive, scientific environment with a good work-life balance. Research at our faculty: The Faculty of Science is a world-class faculty where staff and students work together in a dynamic international environment...