The Jena School for Microbial Communication (JSMC ) is funded by the German Excellence Initiative . JSMC is an ambitious Graduate School with over 150 PhD students who are educated in a structured, interdisciplinary training program based on top-level fundamental research. It conceptionally combines different research areas to a comprehensive picture of microbial communication ( www.jsmc.uni-jena.de ). Institutes at five faculties of the Friedrich Schiller University Jena, six non-university research institutes as well as 12 partner companies are participating in this cutting-edge research and training program.

The Graduate School of Excellence ‘JSMC’ invites applications for a
PhD Student Fellowship (Ref.No. 66/2012) on the topic

Survival strategies of humanpathogenic zygomycetes inside macrophages

The aim of the project is to monitor the interplay between zygomycetous pathogens and human hosts at the cellular level. Murine cell lines of macrophages will be infected with spores from pathogenic zygomycetes and investigated with confocal laser scanning microscopy. In parallel the zygomycetes will be subjected to amoebae to test the hypothesis that the survival strategies for soil-borne, potentially human pathogenic fungi after ingestion by macrophages and amoebae are similar. The parameters derived from fungus-macrophage/amoebae interactions will be modeled by systembiological (game theoretical) approaches.
More projects details: www.jsmc.uni-jena.de/phd-program/fellowship-application/vacant-projects/

We expect:
• a Master’s degree (or equivalent) in Natural or Life Sciences (Biology, Veterinary or Human Medicine). Candidates about to earn their degree are welcome to apply.
• a solid background in standard techniques of molecular biology and microbiology is expected. Knowledge of and hands

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