PhD Student: Biophysics of Cellular Immunity & Imaging

UMC Utrecht; Utrecht; Vor Ort; EUR 28.000 - 36.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Vorselen Lab at the Center for Translational Immunology (CTI), UMC Utrecht, is seeking a PhD student to explore the interface of biophysics and cellular immunology. The project focuses on analyzing cellular forces during phagocytosis and T cell cytotoxicity using advanced imaging and immune assays.

You will develop high-throughput analysis pipelines and perform experiments with fluorescent imaging, contributing to biomarker discovery and mechanistic insights into immune cell regulation by

Qualifikationen

• Master’s degree in biophysics, bionanoscience or bioinformatics (or life sciences with quantitative skills).
• Experience with programming and image analysis; eagerness to build new image analysis pipelines.
• Hands-on wet lab experience, including cell culture and fluorescence imaging.
• Meticulous, proactive, and flexible working style with strong sense of responsibility.
• Excellent communication and organizational skills; able to work independently and in a team.

Aufgaben

• Develop new analysis pipelines to enable higher throughput analysis of cellular forces during phagocytosis and by cytotoxic T cells.
• Conduct experiments combining immune assays and high-resolution fluorescence imaging to collect required data.
• Balance of experiments and analysis: 25% and 75% respectively.
• Aim to reveal biophysical parameter roles as biomarkers and contribute to understanding immune regulation by physical forces.

Kenntnisse

Programming

Image analysis

Cell culture

Fluorescent imaging

Quantitative skills

Communication

Independent work

Ausbildung

Master’s degree in biophysics, bionanoscience or bioinformatics

Life sciences with quantitative skills

Jobbeschreibung

Vorselen Lab at the Center for Translational Immunology (CTI), UMC Utrecht, is seeking a PhD student to explore the interface of biophysics and cellular immunology. The project focuses on analyzing cellular forces during phagocytosis and T cell cytotoxicity using advanced imaging and immune assays.

You will develop high-throughput analysis pipelines and perform experiments with fluorescent imaging, contributing to biomarker discovery and mechanistic insights into immune cell regulation by