| Dr. Jonas Adrian | Prof. Dr. C. Hauck | The mechanisms behind CEACAM3- mediated recognition and uptake of pathogenic bacteria | 2019 |
| Dr. Asma Ahmed | Prof. Dr. T. Brunner | The Role of Intestinal Glucocorticoid Synthesis in the Development of Colorectal Tumors | 2019 |
| Dr. Stefan Altaner | Prof. Dr. D. Dietrich | Cyanobacterial microcystins and human health - First steps towards a congener dependent risk assessment of microcystins | 2019 |
| Dr. Elisa Andresen | Prof. Dr. H. Küpper | Effects of nanomolar cadmium concentrations on water plants - comparison of biochemical biophysical mechanisms of toxicity under environmentally relevant conditions | 2014 |
| Dr. Anthi Apostolopoulou | Dr. A. Thum | The nervous system of the Drosophila larva: Encoding chemosensory information for naive and learned behaviours | 2015 |
| Dr. Francesco Baschieri | PD Dr. H. Farhan | The Role of the Golgi Protein GM130 in Cell Polarity and Tumorigenesis | 2015 |
| Dr. Jennifer Baur | Prof. Dr. A. Bürkle | Biomathematical exploration of the MARK-AGE database | 2015 |
| Dr. Stefanie Biergans | Prof. Dr. G. Galizia | Role of DNA methylation and other epigenetic mechanisms in learning and memory formation in the honeybee | 2016 |
| Dr. Konstantin Bode | Prof. Dr. T. Brunner | Intestinale Organiode als Testsystem für Zellstress- und Zelltod- auslösende Prozesse im Darmepithel | 2019 |
| Dr. Fabienne Chevance | Prof. Dr. W. Boos | Effect of synonymous mutations and codon context on mRNA translation | 2017 |
| Dr. Verena Deing | Prof. Dr. A. Bürkle | Characterization of the oxytocin system in primary human dermal fibroblasts and keratinocytes | 2013 |
| Dr. Julia Delgado-Tascón | Prof Dr. C. Hauck | Investigation of the immune receptors CEACAM3 and CEACAM4 | 2015 |
| Dr. Johannes Delp | Prof. Dr. M. Leist | Functional and mechanistic approaches to improve neurotoxicity predictions | 2019 |
| Dr. Katharina Eichler | Dr. A. Thum | Mnemonic architecture of a mini-brain: determining the wiring diagram of the larval mushroom body of Drosophila melanogaster using EM reconstruction | 2017 |
| Dr. Jorge Encinas | Prof. Dr. F. Peeters | Dynamics and spatial patterns of greenhouse gas concentrations and emissions from lakes and rivers | 2017 |
| Dr. Daniela Ewe | Prof. Dr. P. Kroth | Living well with a scrambled metabolism: CO2 fixation and carbohydrate pathways in the diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum | 2015 |
| Dr. Yanhao Feng | Prof. Dr. M. van Kleunen | Regional-and Local-scale Drivers of Establishment and Invasion of Success of Alien Plants | 2015 |
| Dr. Cornelia Fischbach (geb. Welte) | Prof. Dr. C. Stürmer | Characterization of Nogo-A transgenic zebrafish and of the zebrafish Nogo homologues rtn4a and rtn4b in wild-type and transgenic zebrafish | 2017 |
| Dr. Jasmin Frey | Prof. Dr. B. Schink | Aktivierung von Aceton durch sulfatreduzierende Bakterien | 2017 |
| Dr. Karlo Gasparic | Adamska/Funck | The DEG9 and DEG14 proteases in A. thaliana | 2015 |
| Dr. Hanne Gerding | Prof. Dr. M. Leist | Site-specific incorporation of 3-nitrotyrosine in proteins generated via genetic code expansion in E.coli | 2018 |
| Dr. Birgit Gohm (geb. Gogol) | Prof. Dr. A. Bürkle | The Role of DNA Repair in the Evolution of Vertebrate Longevity | 2016 |
| Dr. Simon Gutbiert | Prof. Dr. M. Leist | Factors affecting toxicant sensitivity of LUHMES-derived human neurons | 2018 |
| Dr. Iris Gutiérrez | Prof. Dr. D. Dietrich | Toxicity Screening of Wood Combustion Fine Dust Using a Microbial Test Battery | 2014 |
| Dr. Andreas Härer | Prof. Dr. A. Meyer | Of eyes and gut microbiomes in Nicaraguan cichlid fishes - convergent diversification at different levels of biological organization | 2018 |
| Dr. Almut Hanselmann | Prof. Dr. K. Rothhaupt | Life-cycle and population ecology of the freshwater mysid Limnomysis benedeni | 2012 |
| Dr. Franziska Herrmann | PD Dr. F. Gantner | Olodaterol in model systems of fibrosis | 2017 |
| Dr. Catharina Huber | Prof. Dr. I. Adamska | Localization and characterization of the protease DEG10 in Arabidopsis thaliana | 2016 |
| Dr. Nikola Hülsbusch | Prof. Dr. C. Stürmer | The role of reggie/flotillin in signaling and membrane protein trafficking | 2015 |
| Dr. Geraldine Kavembe | Prof. Dr. A. Meyer | Evolution of Fish in Extreme Environments: Insights from the Magadi tilapia (Alcolapia grahami) | 2015 |
| Dr. Susanne Kleiderman (geb. Kirner) | Prof. Dr. M. Leist | The Generation of Astrocytes from Stem Cells and their Potency to Regain Stem Cell Potential | 2016 |
| Dr. Julia Kleinteich | Prof. Dr. D. Dietrich | Diversity and Ecophysiology of Cyanobacterial Mat Communities in Arctic and Antarctic Ecosystems | 2013 |
| Dr. Scott LaPoint | Prof. Dr. M. Wikelski | Movement ecology of fishers (Pekania pennanti) within a semi-urban landscape | 2013 |
| Dr. Yan Li | Prof. Dr. M. van Kleunen | Drivers and consequences of in- and out-breeding in plants | 2019 |
| Dr. Hongjian Liang | Prof. Dr. M. Scheffner | Characterization of the oncogenic properties of human papillomavirus E6 proteins | 2017 |
| Dr. Yanjie Liu | Prof. Dr. M. van Kleunen | The importance of phenotypic plasticity for plant success under environmental change | 2017 |
| Dr. Lisanne Luks | Prof. Dr. D. Dietrich | Drug-induced mislocalization of renal peroxisomal proteins | 2017 |
| Dr. Mei Min Mah | Prof. Dr. M. Groettrup | The Role of FAT10 in Regulating the Interferon Response | 2019 |
| Dr. Sarah May | Prof. Dr. A. Bürkle | The effect of different engineered nanomaterials (ENM) on DNA damage and repair pathways | 2018 |
| Dr. Valentina Millarte | PD Dr. H. Farhan | Signaling at the Golgi Apparatus During Cell Migration and Implication for Cancer Cell Metastasis | 2015 |
| Dr. Ulrike Mogg | Dr. D. Funck | Lokalisierung und physiologische Charakterisierung der Serinprotease DEG7 in Arabidopsis thaliana | 2014 |
| Dr. Johanna Nyfeller | Prof. Dr. M. Leist | Neural crest cell migration as a functional endpoint to test for developmental toxicity | 2017 |
| Dr. Dirk Oehler | Prof. Dr. B. Schink | Energy conservation in syntrophic acetate oxidation | 2014 |
| Dr. Sebastian Oehlke | Prof. Dr. A. Bürkle | Bioinformatic analysis of data from the EU FP7 Project "MARK-AGE" | 2018 |
| Dr. Oliver Okle | Prof. Dr. D. Dietrich | Mechanisms underlying beta-N-methylamino-L-alanine neurotoxicity in different model systems | 2013 |
| Dr. Juanita Olano Marin | Prof. Dr. M. Wikelski | Exploring the causes of heterozygosity-fitness correlations in the blue tit | 2011 |
| Dr. Giorgia Pallocca | Prof. Dr. M. Leist | Characterization of disturbed neural crest migration as mechanism of developmental toxicity of prescription drugs | 2017 |
| Dr. Yogita Patil | Prof. Dr. B. Schink | Redox enzymes in the fermentative degradation of glucose and gluconate | 2019 |
| Dr. Manuela Perthold | Dr. D. Funck | Biochemical and physiological characterisation of Deg/HtrA proteases in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 | 2014 |
| Dr. Jenny Aino Plath | Prof. Dr. G. Galizia | Neuroethological analysis of visually oriented behavior in honey bees | 2017 |
| Dr. Lisa Rank | PD Dr. A. Mangerich | Cellular characterization of PARP1 variants with altered enzymatic activities | 2019 |
| Dr. Nadja Rastetter | Prof. Dr. K.-O. Rothhaupt | Ecotoxicological Assessment of Sewage Sludges and Phosphate Recyclates by Standard Tests and New Methods | 2017 |
| Dr. Anna Rist | Prof. Dr. A. Thum | Structural and Functional Correlates of the Taste System of Drosophila Larvae | 2018 |
| Dr. Mathias Ritschard | Prof. Dr. M. Wikelski | On the significance of song amplitude in birds - function, mechanisms, and ontogeny | 2012 |
| Dr. Julia Rottberger | Prof Dr. P. Kroth | Ecophysiology of mixotrophic flagellates | 2013 |
| Dr. Nina Schlotz | PD Dr. D. Martin-Creuzburg | Eco-physiological consequences of dietary polyunsaturated fatty acids for host-parasite interactions | 2014 |
| Dr. Alexander Schmidt | Prof Dr. B. Schink | Syntrophic oxidation of butyrate and ethanol | 2014 |
| Dr. Juliane Schwaderer | Prof. Dr. T. Brunner | LRH-1/NR5a2 in regulation of the immune system | 2017 |
| Dr. Philipp Secker | Prof. Dr. D. Dietrich | Functional approaches to study renal and mitochondrial toxicity in vitro | 2018 |
| Dr. Carina Seitz (geb. Immler) | Prof. Dr. T. Brunner | Role of the nuclear receptor LRH-1 in T cell development and function | 2018 |
| Dr. Aimilia Sempou | Dr. E. Málaga-Trillo | Molecular roles of the Prion Protein in zebrafish embryos and cultured cells | 2014 |
| Dr. Manuel Serif | Prof. Dr. P. Kroth | Characterization of Aureochromes in the diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum | 2017 |
| Dr. Shiva Shams | Prof. Dr. D. Dietrich | Diversity, impact and fate of cyanobacterial toxins in freshwater ecosystems | 2015 |
| Dr. Sherub | Prof. Dr. M. Wikelski | Movement Mechanisms of Gyps himalayensis (Himalayan Vultures) in the Central Asian Flyway | 2017 |
| Dr. Yong Shi | Prof. Dr. C. Hauck | The role of phosphoinsitol-4,5-bisphosphate in the cellular uptake of staphylococcus aureaus | 2016 |
| Dr. Oleg Simakov | Prof. Dr. A. Meyer | Linking Micro- and Macro-Evolution at the Cell Type Level: Insights into long-term evolution of cell types from comparative genomics, population sampling and development of Platynereis dumerilii | 2013 |
| Dr. Hanna Singer | Prof. Dr. W. Boos | The Bacterial Flagellum: New Insights into Regulation, Bioassembly, and Type III Secretion | 2014 |
| Dr. Elmar Spies | Prof. Dr. P. Öhlschläger | Development and Characterization of a novel Immunotherapy against Prostate Cancer | 2012 |
| Dr. Anique Stecher | Prof. Dr. P. Kroth | Functional biodiversity of sea ice-associated protists in the central Arctic Ocean | 2015 |
| Dr. Hao-Cheng Tang | Prof. Dr. M. Scheffner | Insights into the Tumor Suppressor p53: Physiological Function and Proteolytic Regulation | 2017 |
| Dr. Irmgard Teschke | Dr. C. Kleineidam | An Investigation of the Factors Driving Cognition in Darwin's finches | 2011 |
| Dr. George Thomas | Prof. Dr. H. Küpper | Effects of nanomolar copper on water plants: comparison of biochemical and biophysical mechanisms of deficiency and sublethal toxicity under environmentally relevant conditions | 2014 |
| Dr. Kerstin Tillmann | PD Dr. H. Farhan | Sec16 as an integrator of signaling to the endoplasmic reticulum | 2015 |
| Dr. Christopher Vogel | Prof. Dr. E. May | The human chromatin protein DEK and its nuclear bodies in DNA replication | 2019 |
| Dr. Annekathrin Widmann | Dr. A. Thum | Molecular and neuronal mechanisms underlying learning and memory in Drosophlia larvae | 2018 |
| Dr. Susanne Wörner | Prof. Dr. B. Schink | Elucidating the identity and physiology of sulfate-reducing microorganisms in the hidden sulfur cycle of freshwater habitats | 2019 |
| Dr. Peiwen Xiong | Prof. Dr. P. Kroth | Comparative genomic approaches to unravel the evolutionary mechanisms of cichlid fishes | 2019 |
| Dr. Guilan Yu | Prof. Dr. P. Kroth | The role of PEP Carboxylases for carbon fixation in the diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum | 2019 |
| Dr. Franziska Zabel | Prof. Dr. M. Groettrup | Primary and memory B cell responses to Qß-VLP in mice | 2014 |
