Postdoctoral Fellow – Systems Genetics and Precision Health

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Postdoctoral Fellow – Systems Genetics and Precision Health, Heidelberg

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Posted:

30.04.2025

Expiry Date:

14.06.2025

Job Description:

Your role

• Take a lead on your project and develop innovative solutions to complex scientific problems.
• Design and execute experiments in vitro and/or in vivo, such as using iPSC-derived cardiomyocytes and cardiac organoids.
• Develop and perform pooled functional genomic screens in complex disease model systems and characterize hits from those screens in vitro and in vivo.
• Generate single-cell and spatial omics datasets across modalities to gain insights into disease and drug mechanisms.
• Develop and maintain partnerships with academic and industry collaborators.
• Collaborate closely with computational experts, genomics technology experts, and leverage the capacities of EMBL core facilities.
• Present your work internally and at international conferences.

Closing date: 22 August 2024

Contract duration: 2 years

Grading: Stipend Year 1

Reference number: HD02665

Qualifications

• PhD in biological sciences
• Extensive hands-on experience and proven track record in cellular, biochemical, and cell biological assays.
• Experience in at least one of these fields: Genome editing tools, single-cell technologies, iPSC-model systems.
• Ability to lead projects, plan ahead, be well organized, and use resources efficiently.
• Excellent English communication and writing skills.

Additional skills (optional)

• Experience in data analysis (R, Python, command line)
• Experience with drug modalities (e.g., base editors, RNAi), delivery tools (e.g., AAVs, lipids, antibodies), drug uptake, and intracellular trafficking mechanisms.