PhD student (f,m,div) in Plant Biology

Published on: 11.06.2026

Designation: Doktorand*in in Pflanzenbiologie
Provider: Leibniz-Institut für Gemüse- und Zierpflanzenbau (IGZ) e.V.
Provider's website: https://igzev.de/karriere/stellenanzeigen
Requirements: abgeschlossenes Master-/Diplomstudium
Employment from: zum nächstmöglichen Zeitpunkt
Duration of Employment: 36 Monate
Place of work: Großbeeren
Payment: bis zur EG 13 TV-L
Application documents: Anschreiben, Lebenslauf, Zeugnisse und Zertifikate
Mail: bewerbung@igzev.de
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position at the Ruhr-University: externe Stelle

The Leibniz Institute of Vegetable and Ornamental Crops (IGZ) strives for excellence in horticultural research and related plant, environmental, and social sciences. Based in Großbeeren, close to Potsdam and Berlin, IGZ is a member of the Leibniz Association (WGL). Our mission is to provide science-based solutions that address four challenges currently threatening horticultural systems: climate change, biodiversity and pesticide reduction, healthy nutrition and food quality, and resource-efficient agricultural and food systems. Our scientific expertise covers the entire spectrum, from molecular plant physiology and biochemistry to human nutrition, food security, and horticultural production systems, thereby covering the full range from fundamental to applied research.

The following position is to be filled at the institute at the earliest possible date, for a fixed term of three years, as part of the DFG funded project “A modular prion-like domain code for the activation of the heat shock factors in plants”:

PhD student (f,m,div) in Plant Biology
Reference number: 09/2026/1

The salary will be based on qualification and research experience according to the wage agreement TV-L, up to pay scale 13, 65% of the regular working time. The conferral of a doctorate is possible at University of Potsdam.

The position is part of the research group Temperature Sensing in Plants in the programme area Plant Adaptation. The aim of the research project is to understand how intrinsically disordered regions (IDRs) and prion-like domains (PLDs) control the temperature responsiveness of the HSF transcription factors in Arabidopsis thaliana. The project builds on a recent paper showing how HSFs in Arabidopsis undergo liquid-liquid phase separation in response to temperature (Peng et al., (2025) Molecular Plant.

More information you geht here: https://igzev.de/karriere/stellenanzeigen/2026-06-11-phd-student-fmdiv-plant-biology-kennz-0920261