PhD (f/d/m) Position in Biophysics/Medical Microbiology

Medizinische Hochschule Hannover; Hannover; On-site; EUR 20,000 - 31,000; Part time

Job summary

Medizinische Hochschule Hannover invites applications for a PhD (f/d/m) position in Biophysics/Medical Microbiology within the Dental Prosthetics and Biomedical Materials Science department.

You will establish adhesion protocols for oral bacteria under shear using atomic force microscopy, perform microbiological flow cell experiments and CLSM, and develop biophysical and statistical analysis pipelines, with opportunities to publish results.

Qualifications

• Very good completed Master degree in biology, biophysics, microbiology, medical technology or similar
• Very good English communication and writing skills
• Team-oriented personality that is motivated to independently familiarize themselves with new methods and techniques
• Ideally experience in microbiology, atomic force microscopy, confocal laser-scanning microscopy and/or statistics

Responsibilities

• Establishment of protocols and measurement of adhesion forces of oral bacteria under shear forces using atomic force microscopy
• Conducting microbiological flow cell experiments and confocal laser-scanning microscopy
• Setup of biophysical and statistical analysis pipeline
• Presentation and publication of results

Skills

English communication

Writing skills

Education

Master's degree in biology/biophysics/microbiology/medical technology

Tools

Atomic force microscopy

Confocal laser-scanning microscopy

Statistics

Job description

PhD (f/d/m) Position in Biophysics/Medical Microbiology

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Job Id 1082 Temporary Parttime E13 01.02.2027 Job Description Klinik für Zahnärztliche Prothetik und Biomedizinische Werkstoffkunde PhD (f/d/m) Position in Biophysics/Medical Microbiology

About Us

The Clinical Department of Dental Prosthetics and Biomedical Materials Science (Director Prof. Meike Stiesch) is part of the Center for Dental, Oral and Maxillofacial Medicine at MHH. The clinic’s research areas are implant-associated infections, bacterial biofilms, dental stem cells and tissue engineering. The research on implant-associated infections is located at the Lower Saxony Center for Biomedical Technology, Implant Research and Development (NIFE). Here, we are offering a PhD position in the DFG-funded project “Deciphering microbe-material-interactions: Shear force-dependent and time-resolved mechanisms of oral bacterial adhesion to implant surfaces”.

Your Tasks

• Establishment of protocols and measurement of adhesion forces of oral bacteria under shear forces using atomic force microscopy
• Conducting microbiological flow cell experiments and confocal laser-scanning microscopy
• Setup of biophysical and statistical analysis pipeline
• Presentation and publication of results

Your Profile

• Very good completed Master degree in biology, biophysics, microbiology, medical technology or similar
• Very good English communication and writing skills
• Team-oriented personality that is motivated to independently familiarize themselves with new methods and techniques
• Ideally experience in microbiology, atomic force microscopy, confocal laser-scanning microscopy and/or statistics

We Offer

• Enrolment in the “Implant Technologies” PhD program within the Integrated Research Training Group of the Collaborative Research Center 298 SIIRI
• Structured onboarding within an international and interdisciplinary team

Your contact

Katharina Nikutta 0511 5321416 DeadlineforApplication: 11/12/26

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The MHH is a certified family-friendly university and is committed to promoting women in the workplace. Applications from women are particularly welcome. Applicants with severe disabilities will be given preferential consideration where qualifications are equal.

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