Helmholtz Munich is a research center with the mission to discover personalized medical solutions for the prevention and therapy of environmentally triggered diseases and promote a healthier society in a rapidly changing world.
The Helmholtz Pioneer Campus (HPC) founded and funded by Helmholtz Munich stands for the intelligent fusion of biomedical sciences, engineering and digitization. At HPC, top scientific talents from across the globe work together on the development of novel solutions that make a difference in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of diseases.
The Battich Lab studies the interplay between nuclear organization, the dynamics of chromatin architecture and the control of gene expression during differentiation of human embryonic stem cells. This position is funded by our ERC Starting Grant.
We are looking for a highly motivated
Your mission
- Have a keen interest in stem cell and developmental biology, as well as learning new skills in quantitative cell biology.
- Study changes in genome wide transcription and RNA degradation parameters during differentiation in single cells.
- Implement and develop methods for measuring single-cell chromatin organization and/or time-resolved single-cell RNA sequencing.
- Design strategies to measure the dynamics of chromatin conformation in single cells during embryonic stem cell differentiation.
- Use CRISPR-Cas9 perturbation of chromatin regulators to investigate their effects on single-cell transcriptional dynamics.
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Your qualifications
- Excellent MSc in biochemistry, genetics, molecular and cellular biology, or related field.
- Demonstrated experience in cell culture and standard molecular biology methods.
- Experience in designing and performing experiments independently.
- Fluency in English.
Desirable qualifications
- Experience in scientific programming and analysis of large-scale data sets.
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scientific training at HELENA Graduate School |
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work-life balance |
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flexible working hours
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30 days annual leave
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on-site health management service
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career consultation |
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home office options
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on-site nursery |
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company pension scheme |
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discounted public transport ticket |
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Munich, with its numerous lakes and its vicinity to the Alps, is considered to be one of the cities with the best quality of life worldwide. With its first-class universities and world-leading research institutions it offers an intellectually stimulating environment.
This position also provides the opportunity for you to build specialist knowledge and collect significant professional experience, both of which will help advance your scientific career.
Remuneration and social benefits are based on the collective wage agreement for public-sector employees at federal level (EG 13 50% TV EntgO Bund). In addition, there is also the possibility of granting an allowance amounting to 15% if the necessary conditions are fulfilled. The position is (initially) limited to three years, but under certain circumstances an extension can be arranged.
To promote diversity, we welcome applications from talented people regardless of gender, cultural background, nationality, ethnicity, sexual identity, physical abilities, religion and age. Qualified applicants with physical disabilities will be given preference.
If you have obtained a university degree abroad, we require further documents from you regarding the recognition of the degree. Please request the recognition as early as possible.
Curious? If you have further questions, simply contact Nicolas Battich, nicolas.battich@helmholtz-muenchen.de, who will be happy to be of assistance.
