International PhD ProgrammeResearch Topics

Cell Biology and Biophysics

Ellenberg Group - Systems biology of cell division and nuclear organisation
Häring Group - Chromosome structure and dynamics
Neveu Group - Systems biology of stem cell differentiation

Developmental Biology

Arendt Group - Evolution of the nervous system in Bilateria
Aulehla Group - Timing of mammalian embryogenesis
De Renzis Group - Membrane dynamics during tissue morphogenesis and differentiation
Ephrussi Group - Cell polarity and RNA localisation
Heisler Group - Developmental patterning in plants
Hiiragi Group - Systems-level understanding of early mammalian development
Peri Group - Microglia: the guardians of the developing brain
Spitz Group - Gene regulation and genome architecture in development and evolution

Directors' Research

Hentze Group - Cytoplasmic gene regulation and molecular medicine
Leptin Group - Visualising complex cell shapes and signalling pathways

Genome Biology

Furlong Group - Regulatory networks driving cell fate decisions: dissecting the logic
Huber Group - Computational biology and genomics
Korbel Group - Origin and function of genetic variation
Krijgsveld Team - Quantitative proteomics
Steinmetz Group - Systems genetics
Typas Group - Dissecting bacterial lifestyle and interspecies interactions with systems approaches

Structural and Computational Biology

Barabas Group - Mechanism of DNA recombination and its applications for research and therapy
Bork Group - Deciphering function and evolution of biological systems
Gavin Group - Biomolecular networks
Patil Group - Architecture and regulation of metabolic networks

EBI Hinxton

Apweiler Team - Protein, cheminformatics and metabolism data
Bertone Group - Pluripotency, reprogramming and differentiation
Brazma Group - Functional genomics
Enright Group - Functional genomics and analysis of small RNA function
Marioni Group - Computational and evolutionary genomics

EMBL Monterotondo

Jechlinger Group - Mechanisms of oncogene dependence and tumour relapse
Lancrin Group - The haemogenic endothelium: a key stage in the generation of the first blood cells