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PhD Position in Systems Biophysics: Recreating RNA evolution on early Earth (m/f/d)
LMU Munich
München, Bavaria
RNA
Research
Darwinian evolution
laboratory
early Earth
molecules
The Center for NanoScience at LMU Munich brings together research from physics, chemistry, biochemistry, and medicine, all focused on the nanometer scale. Professors, junior group leaders, postdocs, and graduate students actively engage within this dynamic network, exchanging ideas and forging new research collaborations. An PhD opening is now available in the lab of Prof. Dieter Braun (Facuklty of Physics, Systems Biophysics).
Can we understand the mechanisms that lead to the Darwinian evolution of the first living molecules on the early Earth? Our experiments recreate the first steps of molecular evolution using microscale experiments. We study the nonequilibrium settings how dead molecules could be combined by physical forces into an autonomous mechanism of Darwinian evolution.
Can we understand the mechanisms that lead to the Darwinian evolution of the first living molecules on the early Earth? Our experiments recreate the first steps of molecular evolution using microscale experiments. We study the nonequilibrium settings how dead molecules could be combined by physical forces into an autonomous mechanism of Darwinian evolution.
PhD Position in Systems Biophysics: Recreating RNA evolution on early Earth
Activities and responsibilities
We will reconstruct the first cycles of Darwinian evolution in the laboratory by polymerizing and ligating RNA. Our bottom-up approach reconstructs the boundary conditions of the early Earth to assemble the first living molecules and drive sustained cycles of replication and selection. This will implement the first cycles of Darwinian evolution, starting from RNA nucleotides and amino acids. Conditions include temperature gradients, water-air interfaces, and self-assembly processes. We are a leading group in the field of prebiotic evolution and lead the Collaborative Research Center on Molecular Evolution under Prebiotic Conditions (www.molecular-evolution.de). We have a strong track record of high impact publications in Nature, Nature Physics, PNAS, Nature Chemistry, and JACS.
Qualification profile
An independent mind with practical skills and a broad background from physics, biophysics, physical chemistry, biochemistry and chemistry would be most desired.
We offer
TV-L E13 75%
earliest entry date: 01.04.2025 (3 years with extension)
earliest entry date: 01.04.2025 (3 years with extension)
Dr. Susanne Hennig
089/21805791
email
Full-Time
, Temporary
PhD Project
Updated at
01/08/2025
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Job location
Schellingstr. 4
80799 München
Bavaria
Germany
Good to reach from...
- Rosenheim
- Freising
- Dachau
- Germering, Oberbayern
- Fürstenfeldbruck
- Erding
Salary
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39,155 €
About LMU Munich
The Center for NanoScience (CeNS) was founded in 1998 at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University (LMU) Munich. The mission of CeNS is to promote and coordinate interdisciplinary research in the field of nanoscience in the Munich area. CeNS is an association of junior and senior scientists from basic research and industry and is conceived as a network, joining people from various institutions (LMU, TU...
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