The Bieling Lab at the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Physiology (http://www.mpi-dortmund.mpg.de/research-groups/bieling) invites applications for a PhD position in Biochemisty.
Our research: The central goal of our research is to understand the mechanisms by which cells establish spatio-temporal patterns of signal network activity to co-ordinate dynamic cell shape changes through the cytoskeleton. This patterning mechanism is based on a complex interplay between signaling proteins, cytoskeletal components and the cell membrane. We study (i) how signal networks can self-organize to generate patterns and (ii) how those patterns can be harnessed by cytoskeletal systems to drive shape changes. To investigate the fundamental principles of self-organization we are using minimal systems reconstituted from purified components1,2.
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