PhD position for the Marie Curie ITN Neptune

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label Burse autorenew 2025-09-29, 17:01 history_edu Silviu Marinescu
A PhD studentship is available for 36 months funded by the Marie Curie Initial Training Network NEPTUNE. The fellow will be performing her/ his thesis work at the Sars International Centre for Marine Molecular Biology , in the group of Comparative Developmental Biology, under the supervision of Dr. Andreas Hejnol.

Description

The project will be conducted at the Sars International Centre of Marine Molecular Biology (Bergen, Norway) in the group Comparative Developmental Biology of Animals of Dr. Andreas Hejnol and through short-term visits in the partner laboratories of NEPTUNE. The Hejnol group studies a broad range of mainly marine invertebrates using genomic, embryological, and advanced microscopic and molecular methods. The successful candidate will study a diverse range of invertebrate taxa with the goal to reconstruct the evolution of mesodermal organ systems such as the circulatory system, nephridia, muscles. The project will also address the evolution of the molecular patterning underlying the specialization of mesodermal cell types.

The Sars Centre is a department of Uni Research AS, affiliated with the University of Bergen and a partner of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL). The Sars Centre is focused on basic research in marine molecular biology, developmental biology and evolution. The institute has employee insurance and pension agreements and is an equal opportunity employer.