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Postdoc Position (100%) : Erlangen, Germany

The Department of Transfusion Medicine and Haemostaseology (Director Prof. Dr. Holger Hackstein), Faculty of Medicine, invites applications for the position as a

POSTDOC POSITION (100 %)

(Molecular Immunology)

The new position is permanent and available immediately. The salary of the position is determined by payment group E 13 according to the collective labor agreement of the State of Bavaria (TV-L).

Your profile:

We are looking for enthusiastic and outstanding applicants holding, or about to obtain,a PhD degree to build a new research group in our department dedicated to translational antigen presentation. The applicants should possess a solid research background in molecular immunology or molecular biology, and a strong track record. Experience in experimental cell therapy or dendritic cell research will be an advantage. Preference will be given to applicants with previous experience in one or more of the following areas: analysis of Crispr Cas, Cre/lox mutant transgenic mice systems, gene expression array, RNA-seq, integrative quantitative and post-quantitative analyses from multiple omics datasets. For this position the applicant must exhibit team spirit, excellent communication skills and enjoy working in multidisciplinary environments. The applicant will establish analyses pipelines for molecular modification and modulation of dendritic cell antigen presentation to T cells and perform meta analyses of multi- omics experiments with a multi-disciplinary team.

What we offer:

Our group has a long-standing expertise in the cellular and functional characterization of dendritic cells, with a special emphasis on functional and pharmacological modulation of dendritic cells for immune response regulation. We work on a broad range of topics, primarily related to the subset-specific functions of human and murine dendritic cells and on clinically related questions of antigen presentation and other immunoregulatory cell types, including mesenchymal stroma cells. We use a wide spectrum of methods and offer a supportive, team-spirited, working environment in excellent, modern facilities. Selected publications: Hackstein et al. Blood 2003, Hackstein and Thomson, Nature Reviews Immunology 2004; Hackstein et al. Am J Transplant 2007, Soriano-Sarabia et al. Journal of Immunology 2012; Hackstein et al. Transfusion 2014; Hackstein et al. Resp Res 2015; Yakut et al. Journal of Immunology 2015; Killer et al. Stem Cell Res Ther. 2017.

Please send your written application stating with the usual documents (cover letter, CV, certificates of your qualification, your publication list and the contact details of at least two references) until Mai 31th, 2018 to Prof. Dr. H. Hackstein, Director of the Department of Transfusion Medicine and Haemostaseology, Krankenhausstr. 12, 91054 Erlangen, Germany, or as a single PDF via e-mail to: Holger.Hackstein@uk-erlangen.de. Applicants with disabilities but otherwise equal qualifications will be preferred. Please do not send original documents as these will not be returned after end of the selection procedure.