PhD Position – Molecular mechanisms of vesicular glutamate transporters

The laboratory of Christoph Fahlke in the Institute of Biological Information Processing – Molekular und Zellphysiologie is looking for a PhD student with a thesis project that focuses on transport mechanisms of neurotransmitter transporters. We are an interdisciplinary group focusing on the molecular and cellular function of membrane transport proteins (Cell (2015) 160, 542-553, Nat Commun (2017) 8, 2279, Nat Commun (2023) 14, 2723, EMBO J (2024) 43, 6740 – 6765, PLoS Comput Biol (2025) 21, e1013214) and on their dysfunction in genetic and acquired human diseases (Nat Genet (2018) 50, 349-354, Brain Commun (2020) 4, fcaa022, EbioMed (2025) 114, 105648).

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