Join the Adams Group as a PhD Student (m/f/d) to study the role of

The Adams group has an opening for a PhD student for the following project: Prevention of Intrinsically Disordered Protein Aggregation with Solvent Tuning: Unraveling the Role of Water in Condensate Aging Preferred Course of Study/Expertise of Candidate: Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Chemistry,…

Physics of Life Excellence Postdoctoral Fellowships

Join research groups at the Physics of Life (PoL) as a postdoc by applying to a PoL Excellence Postdoctoral Fellowship and benefit from up to 4-year funded position in association with PoL groups and the Mentorship program. Applicants should hold a PhD in Physics, Biology or related fields (at the…

CBG Postdoc Program

To apply for a postdoc position at MPI-CBG in Dresden, contact CBG group leaders or visit the vacancies page of the MPI-CBG Dresden.

ELBE Postdoctoral Fellows Program

To apply for a postdoc position through the ELBE Postdoctoral Fellows Program in Dresden, visit the page of the Center for Systems Biology Dresden.

IMPRS-CellDevoSys – PhD positions

Follow this link to apply for a PhD position through the International Max Planck Research School for Cell, Developmental and Systems Biology (IMPRS-CellDevoSys) in Dresden. The IMPRS-CellDevoSys is part of the Dresden International PhD Program (DIPP), which also hosts the Dresden International…

DIGS-BB – PhD positions

Follow this link to apply for a PhD position in the Dresden International Graduate School for Biomedicine and Bioengineering (DIGS-BB) in Dresden. DIGS-BB is part of the Dresden International PhD Program (DIPP), which also hosts the International Max Planck Research School for Cell, Developmental…

MPI-PKS Visitors Program

Guest scientist positions are available for nearly all academic career levels, ranging from PhD students, over young postdoctoral researchers, to senior scientists spending their sabbaticals at MPI-PKS. For more information, visit the MPI-PKS Visitors Program web page.

A quick intro to the Physics of Wetting

Water forms droplets on the surface of a leaf but it spreads and completely wets the skin of a snail. Why does water behave so differently on the two surfaces? In this video, we introduce the fundamental concepts of surface tension, contact angle and the difference between hydrophobic and…

How Protein Condensates Age

  Protein condensates are dense droplets of proteins that organise the interior of the cell. Curiously, they age, meaning their physical properties such as viscosity change over time. In our paper "Theory of rheology and aging of protein condensates" published in PRX Life, we study how…

Diving into the Free Energy: Part 1

  Get ready to dive into the Free Energy! Cells can be described as systems made of different phases. For instance, biomolecular condensates are dense droplets of proteins that coexist with the rest of the cytoplasm. Thermodynamics is a helpful theoretical framework to understand phases in…