The newly founded research training group €œEvolutionary novelty and adaptation €“ from molecules to organisms€, funded by the Baden-Wrttemberg Landesgraduiertenfrderung Program, invites applications for 6 PhD scholarships for up to 3 years.

The research training group is located at the Centre for Organismal Studies (COS), Heidelberg University. It unites nine international research groups with complementary expertise in evolutionary biology, developmental biology, and ecology employing state-of-the-art molecular tools and imaging technology as well as field research in diverse habitats such as desert caves, coral reefs, and alpine systems.

Research Program: The fellows will be educated and trained beyond existing boundaries and model organisms at ecological, genetic, and mechanistic levels of evolutionary biology. This broad education will allow the fellows to develop novel views that encompass contemporary concepts and future opportunities of the field.