Our PhD program "Structure and Dynamics in Infection (SDI)" is a 3-year program, with English as the teaching language. It will play a pivotal role in the training of young scientists in the field of infection biology and structural biology.

In order to successfully fight diseases like AIDS, malaria, hepatitis and hospital infections we need to understand the relationship between the infectious agent and its host from the organism to the molecular level in temporal and spatial dimensions. The quality and breadth of research in molecular infection biology, biochemistry, structural biology and physics together with the future potential of the unique radiation sources at DESY will allow us to tackle unique guestions using a systemic approach. With the proposed graduate school we will educate young scientists with an interdisciplinary curriculum allowing them to gain, collect, analyse and publish structural and time-resolved data of medically relevant pathogen/host macromolecular complexes and interactions. This will advance and innovate training at the interface of molecular infection- and structural biology and will establish a competitive and internationally visible research focus in Hamburg.

On behalf of the Steering board

Prof. Dr. med. M. Aepfelbacher
Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Dr. sc. Ch. Betzel

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