Open projects 2026

These are the projects for the 2026 IMPRS EvolBio annual call for doctoral positions:

 

Julien Dutheil 1: The evolution of the recombination landscape and its impact across eukaryotic genomes

Andrew Farr 1: Promoter activity as a source of mutagenesis in bacteria

Nathalie Feiner 1: Evo-devo of color patterns in lizards

Bernhard Haubold 1: Fast detection of horizontal gene transfer among microbial genomes

Bernhard Haubold 2: Phytax—phylogenetically correct taxonomy of genome sequences (Please scroll down the page for project 2)

Arne Traulsen 1: Stochastic spreading processes on dynamical random networks

Arne Traulsen 2: The evolution of multicellular life cycles (Please scroll down the page for project 2)

Paul Rainey 1: Autogenic Transitions and the Evolution of Individuality

Paul Rainey 2: Competition for Transcriptional Resources and the Evolution of Regulatory Networks (Please scroll down on the page for project 2)

Paul Rainey 3: Open Projects (Please scroll down to the bottom of the page for details)