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Research Associate / Postdoc (M/F/x) in Biophysics of intracellular structures:

Employer
Technische Universität Dresden (TU Dresden)
Location
Dresden
Salary
E 13 TV-L
Closing date
19 Apr 2024
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TUD Dresden University of Technology, as a University of Excellence, is one of the leading and most dynamic research institutions in the country.

Founded in 1828, today it is a globally oriented, regionally anchored top university as it focuses on the grand challenges of the 21st century.

It develops innovative solutions for the world's most pressing issues.

In research and academic programs, the university unites the natural and engineering sciences with the humanities, social sciences and medicine.

This wide range of disciplines is a special feature, facilitating interdisciplinarity and transfer of science to society. As a modern employer, it offers attractive working conditions to all employees in teaching, research, technology and administration. The goal is to promote and develop their individual abilities while empowering everyone to reach their full potential. TUD embodies a university culture that is characterized by cosmopolitanism, mutual appreciation, thriving innovation and active participation. For TUD diversity is an essential feature and a quality criterion of an excellent university.

Accordingly, we welcome all applicants who would like to commit themselves, their achievements and productivity to the success of the whole institution.

The
Chair of Spatiotemporal Organization of Subcellular Structures (Brugués Lab), at the
Cluster of Excellence "Physics of Life" (PoL) offers a position as

Research Associate / Postdoc (M/F/x)

in Biophysics of intracellular structures
starting
as soon as possible. The position is initially limited to December 31, 2025 with the option of extension. The period of employment is governed by the Fixed Term Research Contracts Act (Wissenschaftszeitvertragsgesetz - WissZeitVG). The position offers the chance to obtain further academic qualification.

Tasks:

We seek independent, passionate, and motivated applicants for a Research Associate/Postdoc position to (1) develop and improve measurement techniques to quantify physical and dynamical properties of cellular structures in cells, and (2) study the biophysics of intracellular structures and their function in living embryos and cell free extracts.

The successful applicant will be in charge of instrumentation development and biophysical measurements in the laboratory and have a leading role in most of the activities in this area, as well as work in a collaborative manner with a highly interdisciplinary group of researchers, including physicists, biologists and theorists.

You are expected to be involved in collaborations within PoL and the Max Planck Institute for Cell Biology and Genetics, as well as with other neighboring institutes and international institutions.

Requirements:

a university and a PhD degree in Physics, Bioengineering or related fields, and previous experience in instrumentation and/or advanced physical measurements, as well as a keen interest in biological systems, are required.

Previous experience in biophysics or soft-matter physics will be considered positively. Previous postdoctoral experience in any of the abovementioned areas will also be considered positively, although not required.

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TU Dresden

Excellence - A matter close to our hearts

Excellence? Elitism? Opportunity or risk? The Excellence Programme, initially launched in 2005 by the German government has aroused passionate debate right from the start and still has the potential to polarise opinion.

TU Dresden (TUD) looks at it this way: excellence is all about performance and having the right attitude.

For everyone here at TU Dresden - one of eleven Universities of Excellence in Germany since it is also a matter very close to our hearts.

Firstly because of the extra motivation and impetus generated, and secondly, because of the way we handle this role.

Our vision for the future can be summed up as follows: "Let us become one of the leading centres for research and teaching, with our own individual character and a special talent for networking, able to attract the best minds in Germany and from further afield." After all, it is a well-known fact that excellence in research and teaching presupposes excellent conditions.

Or, to put it figuratively, for excellent crop yields, you need the right soil and weather.

TU Dresden is a comprehensive university with 18 faculties and works in close collaboration with its top performers: three Clusters of Excellence, including the "Centre for Tactile Internet" (CeTI), the Cluster "Complexity and Topology in Quantum Matter" ) and the Cluster "Physics of Life" (PoL).

The guiding principle here is that strong individual ele