Positions available at SNP2Prot

SNP2Prot is currently recruiting postdoctoral and doctoral researchers for the first 45-months funding period starting in October 2024.

We offer an excellent scientific environment for interested scientists of different research fields: Plant Science, Protein Science and Computer Science
at contributing institutions in Germany:

  • Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale)
  • Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry (IPB), Halle (Saale)
  • Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), Gatersleben
  • Leipzig University, Leipzig

Each of the 17 projects of SNP2Prot is designed to combine expertise of two principal investigators (PIs) of complementary disciplines. This promising concept ensures that all candidates (PhD students and postdocs) benefit significantly from the interdisciplinary environment including scientific training in structural protein biochemistry, plant biology as well as computational science and bioinformatics and training of transferable skills. Furthermore, the unique and comprehensive mentoring is ideal to develop and actively realize individual career planning.

Take the opportunity and become part of the SNP2Prot team.

See all open positions here:

Detailed information on the offered position, the project and the PIs can be found under the respective links.

Project C01 - Climate-associated functional polymorphisms of terpene synthases in Arabidopsis thaliana
PhD position, TV-L E13, 65%
TASKS // High throughput screening, Protein expression in yeast, Biochemical characterization of enzymes, Analytics by gas chromatography, Site-directed mutagenesis, Directed evolution, Chemical synthesis
WORK PLACE // Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Institute of Organic Chemistry
PI // Martin Weissenborn
Job advertisement // Reg.-Nr. 5-5512/24-D

Project A01 - Structure-function analysis of NAC transcription factor proteoforms
PhD position, TV-L E13, 65%
TASKS // Cloning and molecular characterization of TF proteoforms (in vitro protein expression, protein-DNA and protein-protein interaction assays, in vivo transactivation assays, gene expression analyses, etc.), Complementation of Arabidopsis mutants and phenotypic characterization, GHT-SELEX (in collab. with A03)
WORK PLACE // Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Institute of Agricultural and Nutritional Sciences
PI // Carolin Delker
Job advertisement // Reg.-Nr. 5-5502/24-D


Project B03 - Allelic variation of a vacuolar cation channel modulating ion homeostasis and calcium signalling in plants
PhD position, TV-L E13, 65%
TASKS // Calcium imaging, Electrophysiological ion channel analyses, Protein localization, Phenotypical analyses, Ionome analyses
WORK PLACE // Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Institute of Agricultural and Nutritional Sciences
PI // Edgar Peiter
Job advertisement // Reg.-Nr. 5-5508/24-D
Project A03 - Mutation-sensitive prediction of transcription factor-DNA interactions in plants
Postdoc position, TV-L E13, 100%
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WORK PLACE // Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Institute of Computer Science
PI // Ivo Grosse
Job advertisement // [RegNr. *]


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Web Application Form

The web application form allows the simultaneous application for three SNP2Prot projects of your individual preference.