25 PhD Positions (m/f/d) | Max Planck School of Biomedical AI
The Max Planck School of Biomedical Artificial Intelligence is recruiting its first cohort for 25 fully funded, structured three-year PhD positions at the interface of AI and the life sciences. Doctoral researchers will develop computational and AI methods for molecular and cellular systems, protein and molecule design, complex biological traits and neural networks, with dual supervision by fellows from complementary backgrounds. The programme spans more than 30 research groups across Germany and includes annual interdisciplinary schools, conference funding and mentoring. Applications close on 1 December 2026 for a September 2027 start.
Chemical biology 2026
This EMBO workshop covers emerging chemical-biology research spanning computational protein design, big data and AI, technologies for probing and manipulating biology, chemical synthetic biology, and RNA.
“Discovery of Novel Gain-of-Function Mutations Guided by Structure-Based Deep Learning”
Life of biological molecules spans time and length scales relevant at atomic to cellular time and length scales. Hence, novel molecular modeling approaches are required to be inherently multi-scale. Here we describe multiple methodologies developed in our laboratory: rapid discrete molecular dynamics simulation algorithm, protein design and structural refinement tools. Using these methodologies, we describe therapeutic strategies to combat this HIV and cancer, as well as design novel approaches for controlling proteins in living cells and organisms.