PhD Student - Infectious Diseases (m/w/d)

PhD Student - Infectious Diseases (m/w/d)
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as of now at the Department of Infectious Diseases, Virology.

The Department of Infectious Diseases, Virology at the University Hospital Heidelberg offers positions for PhD students to investigate assembly, maturation and post-entry events in retrovirus replication. Research will be conducted in the groups of Hans-Georg Kräusslich and Barbara Müller within the DFG funded collaborative research center 1129 (https://www.sfb1129.de/) . 

https://www.klinikum.uni-heidelberg.de/zentrum-fuer-infektiologie/virologie/forschung/forschungsgruppen/kraeusslich-lab

https://www.klinikum.uni-heidelberg.de/zentrum-fuer-infektiologie/virologie/forschung/forschungsgruppen/mueller-lab

• Job-ID: V000012337
• Field of application: Zentrum für Infektiologie
• Location: Heidelberg
• Start date: as of now
• Job Category: Science and teaching
• Working hours: Part time (65 %)
• Published: 29.01.2024
• Limitation:Temporary (31.03.2027)
• Contract:TV-L

Your Tasks

• Investigation of post-entry events in retrovirus (HIV-1 or MLV) replication using:
• Advanced fluorescence labelling methods
• Generation and characterization of virus derivatives
• study virus replication in (modified) cell lines and primary cells using virological and cell-biological approaches (infectivity analyses, FACS) as well as microscopy
• State of the art microscopy (live-cell, super-resolution, EM) and image analysis

Your Profil

• Master’s degree in a relevant discipline (molecular and cell biology, biochemistry, biophysics or molecular medicine)
• Interest in addressing basic virological questions using a variety of methods, with a strong focus on imaging techniques and image analysis
• Good background in standard molecular biological methods
• Ideally experience in fluorescence microscopy and image analysis together with a background in cell biology, biochemistry or biophysics

We offer

• Collectively agreed remuneration, attractive company pension scheme (VBL)
• 30 days vacation
• Sustainable travel: job ticket
• Family-friendly working environment: cooperative arrangements for childcare, subsidy for child vacation care, advice for employees with relatives in need of care
• Wide range of health, prevention and sports offers
• Goal-oriented, individual training and development opportunities (e.g. HBIGS graduate programme , CIID seminar series with international speakers, participating in undergraduate training if suitable
• Working with the latest techniques / technical equipment Access to the IDIP imaging platform in the building equipped with all kinds of state of the art microscopes, including superresolution microscopy, and other microscopy areas on campus (electron tomography, MINFLUX). Fully equipped BLS3 area with state of the art microscopy
• Flexible working hours within the framework of flexitime
• Possibility of doctorate
• Possibility to publish scientifically is offered and supported
• Regular team meetings
• Interdisciplinary cooperation with all members of SFB1129, as well as additional collaboration partners of the groups if required for specific questions

Contact & Application

For further information please contact Prof.Dr. Barbara Müller via e-mail or phone +49 (0)6221 56 1325.

Interested?

Applications will be accepted until 22.02.2024. Please send your application (CV, academic transcript, motivation letter and reference letters or contact details of two referees) as a single pdf file to [email protected]

Zentrum für Infektiologie
Ms. Yvonne Schamberger
Im Neuenheimer Feld 344
69120 Heidelberg
phone: +49 (0)6221 56 32563
[email protected]

Note: The UKHD is subject to the provisions of the Infektionsschutzgesetz. Therefore, a valid measles immunity certificate is required for all persons employed at the UKHD.

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Regardless of age, gender, sexual identity, disability, origin or religion, we offer everyone the same opportunities. If one gender is underrepresented in a particular area, we place particular emphasis on counteracting this imbalance. If they have the same aptitude, qualifications and professional performance, we give priority to people with severe disabilities when considering them for vacancies.