Postdoctoral Fellow
Research Salary Scale: E 13Very successful and enthusiastic researchers of all disciplines, especially in the fields of Molecular Immunology, Molecular Biology, Microbiology and Genetics can be found at the University of Erlangen/Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany. The University is strongly supporting basic, clinical as well as translational research projects.
A Postdoctoral position is available in the Laboratory of DC-Biology at the Nikolaus Fiebiger Center, at the University of Erlangen/Nuremberg. The Emmy-Noether junior research group is funded by the German Research Foundation and is part of the Department of Dermatology headed by Prof. G. Schuler. We offer a highly interdisciplinary research environment and excellently equipped facilities. We are looking for an enthusiastic scientist who would like to benefit from an attractive scientific environment and the excitement within a young research group.
We are working on antigen processing and presentation of Dendritic Cell (DCs) subsets, Pattern-Recognition receptors, as well as on DC-migration in mouse and human (Dudziak et al., Science, 2007). We are using recombinant antibodies against DCs to target antigens in vivo to different DC subsets. The candidates will analyze early and late (memory) T cell responses in vivo.
Requirements: you should have a Doctoral degree in biology, human biology, molecular medicine, immunology or biochemistry or related life sciences. Experience with standard techniques of molecular biology, biochemistry and tissue culture, as well as the willingness to work with mice are necessary. Experience with animal work is highly desirable, as is an expertise in mouse infection models, flow cytometry and genearray analysis.
The payment is on the basis of the German Public Salary System
(TL-V E13). The initial contract has a one year term.
Prolongation to a total of three years is intended. The position is starting August 1st 2008, interviews with suitable candidates will be held in the first or second week of July in Erlangen.
Contact
For further information you may contact
Prof. Dr. Diana Dudziak (contact data see below)
To apply please send your CV, certificates, list of publications, PDFs of diploma/master and PhD thesis, a description of research experience and interests, methodologies used, and references (preferably by email) directly to:
Prof. Dr. Diana Dudziak
Head of the Laboratory of DC-Biology
Emmy-Noether Research Group
Nikolaus Fiebiger Center
University of Erlangen/Nuremberg
Glueckstr. 6
91054 Erlangen
diana.dudziak@uk-erlangen.de
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