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 2026/27 call for applications will go online on October 20.
Project 1: From sequence to fitness: A multiscale experimental approach to understanding cardiotonic steroid resistance
(Dr. Shabnam Mohammadi )
Project 2: Bringing light into the dark – function of genetic dark matter in insect symbioses
(Dr. Tobias Engl, Prof. Dr. Martin Kaltenpoth)
Project 3: Small RNA landscape of insect symbioses: Convergence and divergence across hosts and symbionts
(Dr. Mariana Ferrarini, Prof. Dr. Martin Kaltenpoth)
Project 4: Decoding the chemical signals behind conflict in a clonal ant society
(Dr. Yuko Ulrich, Dr. Markus Knaden)
Project 5: Temperature adaptation of di- and monoxenic trypanosomatids
(Prof. Dr. Ute Hellmich, Dr. Marta Bogacz, Dr. Tobias Engl, Prof. Dr. Martin Kaltenpoth)