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Positions Open

**Our group is starting at TU Dresden in autumn 2024** (no hiring in Munich)

To complement our core group moving to Dresden, we are looking for students and researchers at all levels: from interns to BScs, MScs, PhDs, and Postdocs.

Spontaneous PhD/Postdoc applications

Strong spontaneous applications from PhD/Postdoc candidates who are genuinely interested in our research and have appropriate skills are always welcome. A scholarship application may be needed to support you for the longer term; so be prepared: make contact early, and know your realistic funding options and their timelines for application and review.

Hiring: 4 PhDs at TU Dresden from January 2025 onwards

We are opening chemical biology, organic synthesis, biochemistry, and cell biology PhD positions to start in 2025 at our new home, TU Dresden. Topics include:
(1) "next-gen" optically-controlled bioactive reagents to study and manipulate biology;
(2) redox-active chemical probes, prodrugs, and tool compounds, for thiol/selenol oxidoreductases;
(3) (photo)chemical methods advances for in vivo optical imaging and light/materials interactions.

All these projects require strong practical and theoretical backgrounds either in synthetic organic chemistry, or in biochemistry and cell biology. Extra experience in chemical biology, biochemistry, med chem etc will be helpful to get off to a good start, but those aspects can also be picked up during the PhD. Especially if you prefer solving conceptual challenges rather than running incremental research, you will find a great place in our group!

Hiring: Postdoc in Cell Biology or Chemical Biology at TU Dresden from spring/summer 2025

We seek a cell biology and/or chemical biology postdoc to start in spring/summer 2025 at TU Dresden.

Internships (MSc, BSc, F-praktika) in Chem, Biochem, Pharm & Biol, and Dr. med. theses

We welcome internships in Chemistry, Biology, Pharmacy, Biochemistry, as well as for Dr. med. thesis research.

Students are exposed to a wide range of skills in their field and beyond, and are assigned their own sub-projects in frontier research. If you enjoy the opportunity to grow beyond your studies, you will find an exciting environment with us, where you can build your independence while learning new skills in chemical biology, synthesis, microscopy, cell biology, biochemistry, photochemistry, and pharmacology.

Application Procedure

Make contact early. If you're interested in our research, let us know - even 6-12 months in advance. Helps anticipate lab space and funding, and/or prepare scholarships.

MSc/PhD/Postdoc applicants: email Oliver, attaching a single PDF that makes your skills and interests clear - typically a short CV, your scanned academic transcript (BSc and MSc grades), supervisor reference/s, and contact phone & email of previous direct practical work supervisors (typically PhD students or postdocs). Please don't put a picture in your CV, there's no need.

All applicants (BSc, F-Praktika, MSc, PhD, Postdoc): To get a good response, please give the right information: e.g.

  • (1) what type of research focus / methods you are looking for, and what related experience you already have, so we can see which project you might best fit with.
  • (2) when you are available to do the research; and for internships, how many lab weeks you can do (eg "I can do 8 weeks in lab, flexible on timing between June 15 and Oct 1"), so we can fit you into our schedule.
  • (3) contact details of your previous direct practical supervisors (not just the professor), optionally plus any reference letter, so we can get a feeling for your strengths.
  • (4) marks transcript from BSc, MSc, etc (partial transcript if not completed yet), so we can see your theoretical background.