PHD POSITION

PhD: How taste is encoded in the brain of caterpillars & butterflies

Deadline: 29 Nov 2026 · 17 days left

Institution: Wageningen University & Research
City: Wageningen
Country: Netherlands
Field: Life sciences and medicine
Type: PhD position
Deadline: 29 Nov 2026 · 17 days left

About this position

Are you a highly motivated and curious PhD candidate, willing to bridge across the fields of neuroscience, ecology and evolutionary biology? Do you want to explore how butterflies and caterpillars use their taste system to recognize the plants they coevolved with? And have you ever wondered if a plant tastes the same to a caterpillar as it does to a butterfly? Then we, at Wageningen University & Research, have an exciting opportunity for you. You would be leading a PhD study with the aim to decipher the neuronal code used by the taste system of specialist caterpillars and butterflies to recogn

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Applications close on 29 Nov 2026 (17 days from today). Apply on the official page; PhD Atlas does not collect applications.

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Official call: https://www.academictransfer.com/en/jobs/365247/phd-how-taste-is-encoded-in-the-brain-of-caterpillars-butterflies

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