Phd position in organellar structural biology
The Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Gottingen, Germany
Application deadline: 28 Oct 2026
A fully funded open position for a PhD student in the Hauke Hillen group located at the
University Medical Center Göttingen and the Max-Planck-Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences in Göttingen, Germany.
Their team studies the structure and function of molecular machineries involved in gene expression in eukaryotic cells and organelles, such as mitochondria and chloroplasts. They combine structural biology (single-particle cryo-electron microscopy, X-Ray crystallography and cryo-electron tomography) with biochemical, biophysical and cellular approaches to dissect these processes from the atomic to the organellar scale. For examples on our research, see PMID:
34489609,
34135319,
38428434,
39747487,
40050611,
40240327,
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.09.06.749684v1 and
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.03.02.709036v1.
They are a small and international team and are looking for an enthusiastic, open-minded and ambitious team player to join us in our quest to understand organellar molecular biology. Experience with and interest in structural biology methods (in particular cryo-EM) are beneficial.
For more information and instructions on how to apply, please see the official job advertisement:
If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out directly to Hauke Hillen hauke.hillen@med.uni-goettingen.de.
