3 Postdoctoral Positions, BioMed X Innovation Center, Germany (2019)

The BioMed X Innovation Center is an exciting collaboration model at the interface between academia and industry. At our center, distinguished early career scientists recruited from all over the world are working jointly on novel pre-clinical research projects in the fields of biomedicine, molecular biology, cell biology, and diagnostics. These interdisciplinary project teams are conducting groundbreaking biomedical research in an open innovation lab facility on the campus of the University of Heidelberg, under the guidance of experienced mentors from academia and industry while expanding their scientific network.

Each BioMed X project team is sponsored by an industry partner. The sponsor of this call for application is Merck.

Applicants should focus their project proposals on the following objectives:
- Investigation of the etiology and/or pathophysiology related to microbiome changes in human autoimmune diseases, including the potential role of the intestinal epithelial barrier and associated mucosal immune system;
- Identification and validation of potential new therapeutic target molecules for protection and/or repair of epithelial barrier function and mechanisms of intestinal immune tolerance in human autoimmune diseases;
- Development of biomarkers to screen for intestinal epithelial barrier damage and/or repair as well as mucosal immune activation or microbiota changes that could be used to monitor patients with autoimmune diseases.

Proposals building on very original ideas supported by first experimental findings are particularly encouraged.

Candidates for postdoctoral positions are expected to have completed a PhD or equivalent within the last four years and a certain degree of specialization in one or more relevant cutting-edge technologies.

What we offer
The posts are offered for an initial term of two years, with the possibility of prolongation for up to two additional years.

The research group in the above-mentioned field consists of 1 group leader, 3 postdoctoral researchers and 2 research assistants. The funding package covers personal salary, consumables, services, travels, as well as access to the core facilities of neighboring research institutions and biotechnology companies in Heidelberg.

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3 Postdoctoral Positions, BioMed X Innovation Center, Germany (2019)