DC12: “Evolution of sensory systems for polychaete larval behaviour and development”
Host and PhD Awarding institution: University of Exeter (UNIEXE) Primary Supervisor: Dr. Elizabeth Williams Project duration: 36 months. Project description: This project will compare the head sensory systems (antennae, cirri, nuchal organ) of closely related nereid...
DC 11: “Homology of diverse lophotrochozoan larval types and the characterisation of apical organs”
Host and PhD Awarding institution: University College London (UCL), UK Primary Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Max Telford Project duration: 36 months. Project description: Many marine animal species have indirect development via a larval stage - this is particularly true of...
DC10: “From transcriptome to morphome: development of a correlative toolbox to perform vEM on targeted cell types”
Host: European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), DE. PhD Awarding institution: Heidelberg University (UHEI), DE. Primary Supervisor: Dr.Yannick Schwab. Project duration: 36 months. Project description: The morphome quantitatively describes morphological diversity...
DC9: “Orientation in lophophorates”
Host institution: Museum für Naturkunde Berlin (MFN), DE PhD Awarding institution: Humboldt-University Berlin (HUBER), DE Primary Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Carsten Lueter Project duration: 36 months Project description: The candidate will conduct an in-depth study of...
DC8: “Comparative structure and evolution of the ecdysozoan head”
Host institution and PhD Awarding institution: Uppsala University (UU), SE Primary Supervisor: Dr. Graham Budd Co- Supervisor: Dr. Ralf Janssen Project duration: 36 months Project description: The priapulid worms are a particularly interesting group as they are...
DC7: “Application of a high-throughput array tomography vEM pipeline to study the diversity of marine larvae and sensory cell types”
Host institution and PhD Awarding institution: Centre for Organismal Studies (COS) - Heidelberg University, DE. Primary Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Gaspar Jekely. Project duration: 36 months. Project description: The project will offer in-depth training in the volume...
DC6: “Identification of conserved cellular functional modules in sensory neuron evolution”
Host: European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), DE PhD Awarding institution: Heidelberg University (UHEI), DE. Primary Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Detlev Arendt Project duration: 36 months Project description: Our aim to elucidate the evolution of the bilaterian brain...
DC5: “Mapping cell type diversity in the arthropod leg”
Host institution: Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle de Lyon (IGFL)- CNRS, FR. PhD Awarding institution: École Normale Supérieure de Lyon (ENSL), FR. Supervisors: Dr. Michalis Averof and Dr. Mathilde Paris. Project duration: 36 months. Project description:...
DC4: “Neurosensory cell types in the hydrozoan planula larvae: seeking the transcriptional basis of morphological diversity”
Host institution: Institut de la Mer de Villefranche (IMEV), FR PhD Awarding institution: Sorbonne University (SU), FR Primary Supervisor: Dr. Evelyn Houliston. Co- Supervisor: Dr. Richard Copley. Project duration: 36 months. Project Description: Sensory cells...
DC3: “The origin and evolution of gravitational sense organs in acoelomorphs and beyond”
Host and PhD Awarding institution: Friedrich Schiller University Jena (FSUJENA), DE. Primary Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Andreas Hejnol. Project duration: 36 months. Project description: The research group, headed by Andreas Hejnol, studies the evolution of animal organ...