Alexander Iliou
Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knöll Institute (HKI)
Evolution of Microbial Interactions
How to become a chloroplast? - Deciphering primary events in the evolution of phototrophic endosymbionts in a phagocytic predator
The endosymbiotic theory is the widely accepted evolutionary theory that describes the origin of organelles in eukaryotes. Chloroplasts in particular developed after a phagocytic eukaryote ingested a cyanobacterium, which managed to escape digestion...
PhD start: 03/01/2021
Supervisors
Dr. Falk Hillmann
Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knöll Institute (HKI)
Evolution of Microbial Interactions