PostDoc position (100% or part-time)

Universitätsmedizin Göttingen

Göttingen

Hybrid

EUR 52,000 - 75,000

Full time

37 hours ago
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Job summary

Die Universitätsmedizin Göttingen sucht eine/n Postdoktorand/in im Bereich Optogenetik. Sie arbeiten an der Entwicklung neuer Konstrukte zur Überexpression optogenetischer Proteine in Zellen und Geweben und liefern funktionale Readouts in hiPSC-derive Cardiomyozyten sowie weiteren Zellmodellen.

Sie beteiligen sich an der Labororganisation, betreuen Master-, MD- und PhD-Studierende und entwickeln eigenständige Ideen mit dem Ziel erster Drittmittel.

Qualifications

  • Md oder PhD in Lebenswissenschaften (molekulare Medizin, Biologie, Chemie, Physik, …).
  • Laborerfahrung in Laborarbeiten.
  • Selbstständige, verantwortungsbewusste und flexible Arbeitsweise; Teamfähigkeit in internationalem Umfeld.
  • Interesse an Grundlagenforschung im Bereich Herz-Kreislauf, Elektrophysiologie und Optogenetik.

Responsibilities

  • Design und Klonen von Konstrukten zur Überexpression optogenetischer Proteine in Zellen und Geweben.
  • Funktionale Readouts in hiPSC-derivierten Cardiomyozyten und anderen Zellmodellen.
  • Mitarbeit bei der Laboreinteilung/Organisation.
  • Betreuung von Master-, MD- und PhD-Studenten.
  • Eigene Ideenentwicklung und Förderung durch Drittmittel.

Skills

Lab work experience
Independent working style
Flexible working style
International collaboration
Optogenetics interest

Education

Md or PhD in Life Sciences

Job description

Ihre Aufgaben
  • Design and clone new constructs to overexpress optogenetic proteins in cells and tissue
  • Functional readout in hiPSC-derived cardiomyocytes and other cellular models
  • Participating in lab organisation
  • Supervise Master, MD and PhD students
  • Develop your own ideas and get first third-party funding
Ihre Qualifikationen
  • Completed Md or PhD in a Life Sciences subject (molecular medicine, biology, chemistry, physics, …)
  • Labwork experience
  • Independent, responsible, flexible working style and ability to work in an international team
  • Interested in basic cardiovascular research, electrophysiology and optogenetics
Wir bieten
  • A stimulating intellectual environment with innovative translational research projects within the interdisciplinary research areas
  • Excellent scientific and technical infrastructure
  • Mentoring by renowned scientists of the Göttingen Campus (RTG2824, MBEXC, EKFZ for optogenetic therapies, CRC1690) and the FOR5807
  • A wide range of interesting benefits as a UMG employee (including in-house daycare center, child vacation care, attractive infrastructure; health and sports promoted by excellent company health management)
  • Location in a beautiful and historic German university town steeped in tradition, with a campus that includes the University of Göttingen, Max Planck Institutes, German Primate Centre and other local research institutions
Weitere Informationen

We are looking for an excellent and highly motivated PostDoc with an interest in developing new optogenetic approaches to stimulate muscle cells. The successful applicant will be part of the Göttingen Campus and can be associated to the FOR 5807, SFB1690 and EKFZ for optogenetic therapies. He/she/it will explore new channelrhodopsins and optoGPCRs in HEK293 cells, skeletal muscle, smooth muscle cells and cardiomyocytes.

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