PhD Student
PhD student (m/f/d) Full-time
The LMU University Hospital Munich is one of the largest and most efficient university hospitals in Germany and Europe. 48 specialized clinics, departments and institutes provide excellent research and teaching and enable interprofessional and interdisciplinary patient care at the highest level. Our employees come from more than 100 countries.
The Medizinische Klinik I (Kardiologie) on the Campus Großhadern invites applications for December 1st 2020, in full time, for a
PhD student (m/f/d) Medizinische Klinik I (Kardiologie)
Scope of duties
The position is a PhD in translational cardiovascular immunology at LMU Klinikum. At the Department of Cardiology of the Ludwig-Maximilians University (Group of Konstantin Stark/Campus Großhadern), we are looking for highly motivated PhD students. We are focusing on translating cardiovascular immunology from bedside to bench, for a better understanding of thrombosis and atherosclerosis. Our thrombosis research mainly evolves around the question why patients who have experienced a thrombotic event are at high risk of developing another thrombotic event. In our atherosclerosis research we are focusing on the impact of primarily non-immune cells such as smooth muscle cells on chronic vascular inflammation, since a major proportion of cells in late atherosclerotic lesions is of non-haematopoetic origin. In recent years, the group has achieved publications in excellent internationally recognized journals, including Nature Immunology, Blood, and Circulation.
Positions are available starting in December 2020 and spring 2021. The salary is based on the contracted TV-L guidelines of the DFG and ERC concerning PhD candidates. The PhD programs are scheduled for three to four years. The projects cover human tissue and murine disease models on atherosclerosis and thrombosis. Multiple technologies including confocal and multiphoton/confocal microscopy, flow cytometry, FACS-sorting, RNA-Seq and single-cell RNA-Seq as well as cell culture methods are established in our lab and training of new lab members is guaranteed by core facilities. Integration into and funding from several DFG-Sonderforschungsbereiche (SFB1123, SFB914) and from the European Research Council (Starting Grant) allow broad collaborations with top-tier cardiovascular and immunology laboratories in and outside Munich.
Our requirements
Candidates should hold a degree in biology/biochemistry/bioinformatics or other biomedical sciences. Skills in informatics/bioinformatics are welcome, however not mandatory. Most importantly, we require a high level of motivation and curiosity for key current questions in cardiovascular research.
Our offer
- Further education and training
- Company pension scheme
- Childcare services
- Job ticket
- Discounts
- Staff accommodation
Please submit applications, including a CV and motivational letter.
Disabled persons will be preferentially considered in case of equal qualification. Presentation costs cannot be refunded. For further information please contact PD Dr. Konstantin Stark, e-mail: konstantin.stark@med.uni-muenchen.de.
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LMU Klinikum – Campus Großhadern
Medizinische Klinik I, PD Dr. Konstantin Stark
Marchioninistraße 15, 81377 Munich, Germany