PostDoc wanted in the Team of Prof. Clarissa Prazeres da Costa!

Our profile
Our team is committed to basic immunological and applied translational research in the field of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) and the impact of environmental exposures on immunity, which are major topics in Global Health development. Specifically, we are eager to enhance our understanding of the developmental influences of environ- mental conditions in early life and align our research with the field of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (DOHaD). The main goal of the project that you will mainly be working on is to develop a better understanding of environmental factors that impact the developing immune system already in utero, such as epigenetic imprinting in hematopoietic stem cells, within a DFG-funded consortial project with partners from the Global South.

Your profile

• PhD degree in Biology, Biochemistry, Molecular Biotechnology with outstanding result in the field of basic and/or translational immunology
• Intense knowledge of multidimensional FACS analyses
• Work experience in mouse models and basic knowledge of bioinformatics are desired
• Enthusiasm for translational science embedded in the Global Health arena
• Excellent team spirit, presentation, and communication skills

Your tasks

• Refinement of multidimensional FACS pipeline (Cytoflex, CyTek) mainly of human (cord) blood cells
• Development of scRNA/ATAC Seq analysis pipelines (in-house collaboration and with Z platform/CRC355)
• Development of immunology teaching modules for collaboration partners in the Global South
• Development of new proposals as well as clinical studies with our clinical partners at TUM university hospital
• Supervision of PhDs and MScs working on topics of fetomaternal immune priming
• Contribution to the TUM Center for Global Health activities (e.g. workshop organization, reviews)

We offer

• Ambitious and innovation oriented team committed to Infection and Immunology research in Global Health
• Close collaboration with in house medical microbiology and parasitology department, the German Centre for Infection Research TTU “Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases”
• Well-equipped laboratory in our institute close to Munich city center
• Full time position as scientist / PostDoc (m/w/d) from May 1st 2024
• The position is currently secured for 36 months (salary according to TV-L) with the perspective of extension

Application
Are you excited to secure your position in research in Global Health?
Great! We are looking forward to your email application until 28th of February 2024 to Prof. Dr. Clarissa Prazeres da Costa / +89 4140 4130 / Clarissa.daCosta@tum.de
Visit us at: http://www.mikrobio.med.tu-muenchen.de/

Further questions? We are happy to receive your email with your CV, a motivation letter and your certificates!
TUM seeks to increase the portion of female employees. Qualified females are, therefore, explicitly encouraged to apply. Severely disabled persons with essentially comparable qualifications will be preferentially hired.