Atlas Translational PhD Program

Projects offered

ATLAS CALL 2026

Our next call for applications will most probably open in autumn 2026. As soon as the call opens, you will find the projects offered here.

Please note: The start of PhD projects in the 2026 call will be from March/April 2027 on. The final selections of PhD candidates will take place during an onsite interview event in January/February 2027.

Previous ATLAS CALLS

Please check out the PhD projects from our previous calls to get an idea of the program’s research focus.

Call Title of the project Unit/Location
2025 CYTOSAR - Harnessing mRNA-encoded CYTOkines for immunotherapy in SARcoma TRON (Mainz, Germany)
2025 X-FILES - Exploring the Fusion-dependent Immune Landscape and Epigenetic modulation in Sarcoma TRON (Mainz, Germany)
2025 ASPIRE - Alternative Splicing Products as Triggers of Immunogenic Response in Cancer TRON (Mainz, Germany)
2025 AlphaVLP - Unleashing the potential of in situ generated alphavirus-like particles by trans-amplifying RNA TRON (Mainz, Germany)
2024 NEPAC - Decoding the role of neurons in pancreatic cancer TRON (Mainz, Germany)
2024 SyLVa - Joint systemic and local vaccine approaches in a novel murine model of papillomavirus-conditioned cervical cancer TRON (Mainz, Germany)
2024 TSIM - Deciphering the molecular intricacies of T cell receptor triggering using multi-scale molecular dynamics simulations TRON (Mainz, Germany)
2024 RNA-TANGO for same cell RNA co-delivery BioNTech (Mainz, Germany)
2024 MODCOM - Identification of an immunomodulator combinatorial therapy for inflammatory diseases BioNTech (Mainz, Germany)