Advertised Projects in Current Call
Please find an overview of projects advertised in the current IMPRS application call here. For detailed descriptions and candidate profiles, please visit the individual project pages. The 2022 call for applications will go online on March 28, 2022.
Project 1: Parasitism and social behaviour in ants
Dr. Yuko Ulrich, Dr. Markus Knaden
Project 2: Bimodal processing of olfactory and auditory cues in the brain of Drosophila
Prof. Dr. Manuela Nowotny, Dr. Silke Sachse
Project 3: Evolution of natural products in plants
Prof. Dr. Sarah O’Connor, Dr. Maricel Santoro
Project 4: The role of sieve element occlusion for plant defense against aphids
PD Dr. Alexandra Furch, Dr. Grit Kunert, Prof. Dr. Jonathan Gershenzon
Project 5: Evolution of host-symbiont molecular interactions in reed beetles
Prof. Dr. Martin Kaltenpoth, Dr. Heiko Vogel
Project 6: The interface of host-symbiont interaction
Dr. Tobias Engl , Prof. Dr. Martin Kaltenpoth
Project 7: The influence of Regiella insecticola on legume plant – pea aphid interactions
Dr. Grit Kunert, Prof. Dr. Jonathan Gershenzon , Prof. Dr. Martin Kaltenpoth, PD Dr. Alexandra Furch
Project 8: Alkaloid biosynthesis and evolution in medicinal plants
Dr. Maite Felicitas Colinas Martinez, Prof. Dr. Sarah O’Connor
Project 9: Fungal life in soil: attachment and microbial communication
Prof. Dr. Erika Kothe, Dr. Katrin Krause, Prof. Dr. Jonathan Gershenzon
Project 10: Did plants twitter miRNA messages during the transition to land?
Prof. Dr. Günter Theißen, Dr. Lydia Gramzow, Dr. Axel Mithöfer, Prof. Dr. Jonathan Gershenzon