PostDoc position (100% or part-time)

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.