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Postdoc Position (f/m/d) Research associate - Natural Immunity of the Skin

Exzellenzcluster CMFI | 1. März 2025

The Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Tübingen, in the working group of Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Birgit Schittek -
Natural Immunity of the Skin -, the position of a

Postdoc (E13 100%)

is to be filled from 1.3.2025 on or later.

The position is initially limited to 3 years.

The scientific focus is a DFG funded project to investigate the role of tissue-resident macrophages on S. aureus skin colonization and on the inflammatory skin diseases psoriasis and atopic dermatitis. There is a close cooperation with the Interfaculty Institute for Microbiology and Infection Medicine and the Werner Siemens Imaging Centre in Tübingen.

The tasks of the research associate include the implementation of a wide variety of methods:
microbiological methods (e.g. antimicrobial tests, creation of different bacterial cultures),
biochemical methods (e.g. SDS-PAGE, Western blot, chromatography), immunological methods (immunofluorescence, live cell imaging, immunoprecipitation, ELISA , FACS) and cell biological methods (e.g. cell culture, 3D skin models, transfections, proliferation tests, apoptosis assays), mouse infection experiments.

Applicants should be reliable and able to work in a team and have good practical experience in diverse cell biological, immunological and infectious research skills and with the methods mentioned above. Experience in cell culture and animal experiments is an advantage. In addition, we expect the results to be documented on the computer with the Windows programs Word, Excel, Power Point, GraphPad Prism.

We welcome applications from all qualified individuals, regardless of gender, race, color, national origin, sexual orientation, religion, disability, or age.

Please send your written application by e-mail as soon as possible to:
birgit.schittek@uni-tuebingen.de