PhD Studentin - Münster, Deutschland - Universitätsklinikum Münster

Beschreibung

The University Hospital of Münster is one of the leading hospitals in Germany. Such a position cannot be achieved by size and medical successes alone.

The Institute for Experimental Pathology, based at the Center for Inflammation Research at the University of Münster, is offering a position for a project focused on computationally defining the role of neutrophils in development and ageing, initially limited to 3 years.

PhD Student (gn*) Experimental Pathology Full-time

The Institute and Project:

It is a key feature of the group's work to unveil thus far unknown mechanistic details which are then translated towards innovative preclinical intervention strategies, some of which have been patented.

Our group is highly interdisciplinary, international, and uses state-of-the-art techniques spanning a broad range from immunology, cell, and molecular biology to modelling and bioinformatics.

The institute is embedded in national and international consortia on cardiovascular inflammation (more information here; This project is part of the European Doctoral Network PRAETORIAN, a consortium of 10 doctoral students across 5 European countries aimed at developing both understanding of and therapeutics for treatment of sepsis.
Profound interest and at least moderate experience in the computational analysis of high-throughput data (e.g. RNA-seq), proven by a completed MSc thesis project (or equivalent) with a relevant focus
Confident knowledge of at least one programming language commonly used in data analysis/bioinformatics (R, Python) and at least basic knowledge of the Unix command line
Flexibility, team and communication skills and above-average motivation
Willingness to independently establish new methods and to independently and critically reflect on scientific data
Good written and spoken English language skills

We look forward to receiving your application via our online application until 29.Such a position cannot be achieved by size and medical successes alone.