The Hospital of the University of Munich, Germany, is one of the largest and most competitive university hospitals in Germany and Europe. 48 specialized hospitals, departments and institutions harbouring excellent research and education provide patient care at the highest medical level with around 11.000 employees.
The department Klinische Pharmakologie on the Campus Innenstadt invites applications for the Research Group “intracellular Immunity” (Prof. Dr. Rothenfusser) on the next possible date, in full time, for a
Postdoctoral scientist in antiviral immunity and vaccinology / PhD, MD, pharmacist, veterinarian or equivalent (m/f/d)
Abteilung für Klinische Pharmakologie
Scope of duties
- The group offers an exciting scientific environment for clinically relevant topics in antiviral immunity, immunotherapy of cancer and primary immunodeficiencies. The PhD project will use the yellow fever vaccine virus as a model to work on the mechanisms of virus detection by the innate immune system, the influence of genetic and non-genetic factors on interindividual variation in antiviral Immunity and the effectivity of viral vaccines. The PhD project is embedded in the EU-funded (Horizon 2020) collaborative research network Yellow4FLAVI, the collaborative research center of the DFG “Nucleic acid immunity” (www.trr237.uni-muenchen.de/index.html).
- In the division of clinical pharmacology (Director: Prof. S. Endres; www.lmuklinikum.de/pharmakologie) a team of highly motivated MD and PhD students, physicians and postdocs work on an internationally competitive level on topics concerning innate, anti-viral and tumor immunology (Briukhovetska et al. Immunity 2023, Boehmer et al. Sci Immunol 2021, Linder et al. Leukemia 2021; Koenig et al. J Exp Med 2020).
Our requirements
- We are looking for highly qualified candidates, both from Germany and internationally, who hold a doctoral degree (PhD or MD) and possess laboratory experience along with a strong publication record.
- Ideal candidates will have a background in cell biology, virology, immunology, or systems biology, complemented by experimental expertise in protein biochemistry, immunomonitoring, and/or molecular biology and experience with the analysis of large data sets.
- Proficiency in either German or English is required.
Our offer
- Starting as soon as possible, we offer a postdoc position for two years with the possibility of extension.
- The Division of Clinical Pharmacology has full training capacities and clearance for the medical board
specialties “clinical pharmacology” and “immunology (DGFI)”.
- In addition we offer further education and training, company pension scheme, childcare services, mobile work (if suitable), job ticket, discounts and staff accommodation.
- The remuneration is based on the Collective Agreement for the Public Sector of the Länder (TV-L)
including all allowances customary in the public sector.
Disabled persons will be preferentially considered in case of equal qualification. Presentation costs cannot be refunded. Please send a cover letter, a CV, and any letters of recommendation as a single pdf file. For further information please contact Mr. Prof. Dr. Simon Rothenfusser, phone +49 89 4400 - 57321.
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