ERC funded PhD project on kleptoplastidy and plastid endosymbiosis

Are you fascinated by the still unknown processes that led to the formation of plastids? We are looking for a PhD candidate to help unravel the steps, their order, and their timing during plastid endosymbiosis. 

You will be enrolled in the PhD program of Integrative Biology under the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics at the University of South Bohemia in Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic (PhD program website: https://www.prf.jcu.cz/en/admissions/degree-programmes/study-programme?programme=3140).
Your scientific research will be performed at the Institute of Parasitology (IoP) (https://www.paru.cas.cz/en/), which is located on the same academic campus as the university. You will be an integral member of the vibrant and international research group led by Dr. Elisabeth Hehenberger, who has recently been awarded the prestigious European Research Council Consolidator Grant. You will have excellent opportunities to advance your scientific career in a nurturing and stimulating research lab that has built an extensive network of national and international collaborators across Europe, Japan and North America. The lab is located in a newly remodeled open space research center that houses three other labs focusing on various evolutionary aspects of microbial eukaryotes. The scientific expertise and technical facilities of these joint evolutionary research groups are highly complementary, forming the base of a collaborative and friendly environment for cutting-edge research. Outstanding facilities are available for cellular physiology, advanced imaging and each of the major -omics fields.

Read more: https://jobs.bc.cas.cz/en/detail/243