PhD in Metabolomics

University of Regensburg Nummer 22.280

The University of Regensburg with its more than 20,000 students is an innovative and interdisciplinary oriented campus university with a broad range of academic disciplines and research activities for young people from Germany and abroad. The Chair of Functional Genomics invites applications for the position of

Doctoral Researcher (m/f/d)

(Ph.D. candidate)

to start at the earliest convenience.

This is a 66% full-time equivalent position, based on a fixed-term contract valid for a period of 3 years. Remuneration is in accordance with pay grade E13 of the German public-sector collective agreement, TV-L; salary step dependent on qualifications and experience.

Your project and responsibilities

• Elucidation of microbial ligands in aryl hydrocarbon receptor signaling in chronic kidney disease and multiple sclerosis
• Identification and quantitation of relevant ligands by NMR spectroscopy as well as direct-infusion, hyphenated and imaging mass spectrometry
• Detailed investigation of selected metabolic pathways using stable isotope-tracing experiments

What we seek

• A highly motivated graduate student with an excellent master’s, diploma or comparable university degree in the fields of chemistry, biochemistry or biophysics.
• Sound knowledge of instrumental analysis and statistics.
• Preferentially, prior hands-on experience in mass spectrometry and/or NMR spectroscopy.
• Willingness to conduct interdisciplinary research as a member of a large collaborative research project funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF).
• Very good spoken and written English language skills. Knowledge of German would be advantageous but is not a requirement.

What we offer

• The opportunity to pursue doctoral study as part of a strong, internationally recognized team in the field of metabolomics and immune and cancer cell metabolism.
• Structured doctoral program in the Regensburg International Graduate School of Life Sciences (RIGeL).
• Membership in the interdisciplinary collaborative research project “TAhRget – targeting AhR-dependent inflammation for organ protection”, which brings together partners from Berlin, Braunschweig, Erlangen, Regensburg, and the German Aerospace Center.
• Participation in national and international conferences.

The University of Regensburg expressly encourages women to apply for the position and offers programs aimed at reconciliation of work and family life (for details visit http://www.uni-regensburg.de/chancengleichheit ). Candidates with registered severe disabilities are given preference over non-disabled applicants who do not otherwise have statutory preferential status if their overall personal aptitudes, skills and qualifications are equal. Please, indicate the existence of a severe disability so that a representative for people with disabilities can be invited to the interview if requested. Please, also note that we will not cover travel and other expenses for personal interviews.

If you have any further questions about this position, please contact Prof. Peter Oefner (E-Mail: peter.oefner@ukr.de ; phone:+49(0)941-943-5054) or Prof. Wolfram Gronwald (E-Mail: wolfram.gronwald@ukr.de ; phone:+49(0)941-943-5054).

To apply, please send your full application (including curriculum vitae, relevant certificates, letters of recommendation or contact details of 2-3 reviewers, brief description of your research experience, and your motivation for this specific project) until November 15, 2022, as a single pdf file to wolfram.gronwald@ukr.de . E-mailed applications are kept on file for up to six months after the conclusion of the appointment procedure, whereupon they are deleted from your systems.

This is the English translation of a German job advertisement published by the University Regensburg at https://www.uni-regensburg.de/universitaet/stellenausschreibungen/lehre-forschung/index.html . Only the original German text is legally binding.