PhD Student (f/m/d) part time, with 25,025 hours per week, limited for 3 years

About the Project

The Institut für Herz- und Kreislaufphysiologie of the University Medical Center Göttingen is looking for a new position to 01.08.2025

PhD Student (f/m/d), part time, with 25,025 hours per week, limited for 3 years, Remuneration according to TV-L

We are looking for an excellent and highly motivated PhD student with an interest in optimizing gene transfer for optogenetic stimulation of skeletal muscles and laryngeal pacemaking in particular. The successful applicant will be part of the newly funded CRC1690 and will benefit from the Else Kröner Fresenius Center for Optogenetic Therapies (EKFZ: https://ekfz.uni-goettingen.de/) and its new academy of the EKFZ and further the MBEXC and its Hertha-Sponer-College.

Your tasks

• work within in the team for optogenetic laryngeal pacemaking of the CRC1690 within the working group vegetative optogenetics in collaboration with the department for otorhinolaryngology
• optimize the gene transfer into skeletal muscles
• explore optimized channelrhodopsins sin skeletal muscles
• prepare the translation of optogenetic therapies
• obtain a PhD degree

Your qualifications

• completed Master of Sciences or equivalent in a Life Sciences subject (molecular medicine, biology, chemistry, physics,…)
• labwork experience
• independent, responsible, flexible working style and ability to work in an international team
• interested in translation and optogenetics

We offer

• structured PhD training within GAUSS/GGNB
• a stimulating intellectual environment with innovative translational research-projects within the interdisciplinary research areas
• excellent scientific and technical infrastructure
• mentoring by renowned scientists of the Göttingen Campus
• membership in the EKFZ academy, promoting exchange between medical and natural scientists and specifically focusing on training in translation (patent applications, regulatory processes, clinical studies, etc.)
• a wide range of interesting benefits as an UMG employee (including in-house daycare center, child vacation care, attractive infrastructure; health and sports promoted by excellent company health management)

We look forward to receiving your application!

The University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG) unites the Medical Faculty of the Georg-August University and the University Hospital in an integration model. With around 9,700 employees, the UMG and its subsidiaries are one of the largest employers in the region. Our clinics and institutes stand for high-quality patient care, excellent research, modern teaching and transfer of innovative technology.

Göttingen as a city of science is located in the center of Germany and the University Medical Center Göttingen is integrated into an attractive network of university and non-university scientific institutions.

Our goal as University Medical Center Göttingen is professional equality for all genders. We strive to equalize the gender ratio in areas where there is underrepresentation. The University Medical Center Göttingen is particularly committed to the professional participation of severely disabled people and therefore welcomes applications from severely disabled people. In the case of equal suitability, applications from severely disabled persons will be given preferential consideration in accordance with the relevant regulations. We kindly ask you to indicate a disability/equal status in your letter of application in order to safeguard your interests.

Universitätsmedizin Göttingen

Institut für Herz- und Kreislaufphysiologie

Prof. Dr. Tobias Brügmann

Robert-Koch-Straße 40

37073 Göttingen

https://hkp.umg.eu/