registration number: fb20-0230-wmz-2024

Entry date:
as soon as possible

Application deadline:
2024-12-01

Salary:
E 13 TV-H

Duration:
4 years

Volume of employment:
full-time

The University of Marburg, founded in 1527, offers a variety of excellent programs of study for around 22,000 students and confronts the important topics of our time through excellent research across a broad spectrum of sciences.

The Department of Medicine, Institute of Virology, research group Herker, is currently accepting applications for a position as a

Postdoctoral fellow

The position is offered within a third-party funded project for a period of 4 years and starting as soon as possible. The position is fulltime with salary and benefits commensurate with a public service position in the state Hesse, Germany (TV-H E 13, 100 %).

The third-party funded project is part of the DFG Research Group FOR 5815 "Structural and functional lipid droplet heterogeneity" and focuses on the purification and detailed analysis of lipid droplet subtypes from various cell types (50 %) and the scientific management of the research group (50 %).

Tasks:

• scientific services in research in close cooperation with other groups of the research group
• purification and detailed analysis of lipid droplet subtypes
• confocal and live-cell microscopy
• management (scientific coordination of FOR5815, development and maintenance of a database, public relations, organization of FOR5815 events)

This is a project position that is not limited according to § 2, 1 Wiss Zeit VG.

Profile:

• MSc-degree or equivalent in Virology/Biochemistry/Cell Biology/Human Biology and a Ph D or proof of an advanced Ph D process
• experience with molecular biology and biochemical methods, particularly subcellular fractionation
• experience with microscopic methods (confocal and live-cell)
• experience with click chemistry
• very good English skills

We offer:

• scientific work in a project that is part of the research group FOR5118 (), providing various interactions with other projects/groups
• an interesting and diverse scientific work spectrum (microscopy, cell biology, infection models, interaction studies)
• various opportunities for creativity and personal development
• state ticket for free use of public transportation (ÖPNV) in Hesse

Contact for more Information

Eva Herker

+49 6421-28 64525

Eva.herker@uni-marburg.de

We support women and strongly encourage them to apply. In areas where women are underrepresented, female applicants will be preferred in case of equal qualifications. As a certified family-friendly university, we support our employees in balancing family and career. Sharing a full-time position (§ 8 Abs. 2 S. 1 HGl G) as well as a reduction of working time is possible. Applicants with a disability as discribed in SGB IX (§ 2 Abs. 2, 3) will be preferred in case of equal qualifications. Application and interview costs can not be refunded.

Please apply by 1st December 2024 using the application-button below.