Doctoral Researcher (m/f/div) in Microbial Genetic Engineering

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Job-ID 10/2026

At the Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology (Leibniz-HKI), we investigate the pathobiology of microorganisms and develop new natural product-based active compounds for the treatment of infectious diseases.

Doctoral Researcher (m/f/div) in Microbial Genetic Engineering

The position is initially limited to three years.

Your mission

The junior research group(Epi-)Genetic Regulation of Fungal Virulence invites talented and highly qualified candidates, willing to start as soon as possible, to apply.

Research area: 

Members of the genus are some of the few trans-kingdom fungal pathogens, being able to infect plants, and at the same time, cause severe superficial and invasive infections in humans. Recently, Fusarium species were listed in th...