Phd-position (M/F/d), E13 - Oldenburg, Deutschland - Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg

Beschreibung

The Quantum Biology and Computational Physics Group (Department of Physics) at the University Oldenburg offers one


PhD-position (M/F/d)
(TV-L E13 / 65%)


for a maximum of three years in the research project "Cryptochrome-based magnetoreception". The position could start as soon as possible and should lead to a successful dissertation.

The project is part of the DFG funded SFB 1372 "Magnetoreception and navigation in vertebrates:
from biophysics to brain and behaviour".

The overall aim of the project is to carry out spin dynamics simulations to guide behavioural studies and calcium imaging measurements of neuronal activity delivered through other projects of SFB 1372.

For this purpose, available spin dynamics algorithms will be used and developed further.

The project aims to determine the optimum radiofrequency electromagnetic field conditions for probing the identity and magnetic properties of radicals in a cryptochrome magnetoreceptor in vivo.

The project will also employ an information theory approach in combination with spin dynamics simulations to understand how a light-dependent magnetoreceptor could distinguish changes in light intensity from changes in magnetic field direction.

Handicapped applicants will be given preference in case of equal qualification.