Phd Candidate Takotsubo- and Stroke-heart Syndrome - Heidelberg, Deutschland - Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg

Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg

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Heidelberg, Deutschland

vor 3 Wochen

Geschrieben von:

Lena Wagner

beBee Recruiter

Beschreibung

Begin:01. Nov. 2023, for 3 years

Application deadline:30.
Sept 2023

Employment:
Institute of Experimental Cardiology (University Hospital Heidelberg, Germany)

In this position, you will be guided to conduct your own project by renowned experts leading a multidisciplinary national cooperation, supported by the German Centre of Cardiovascular Research (DZHK, Innovation cluster) regarding the following topic:
**_ Takotsubo
- and Stroke-heart syndrome: two sides of the same coin?_*

Takotsubo

- or the Broken-Heart syndrome is often triggered by an episode of severe stress followed by acute heart failure in the absence of coronary obstruction, which may also occur in the so
- called Stroke-heart syndrome early after stroke. Both cause significant mortality and lack a specific therapy. They also share other aspects, including brain regions typically affected, high levels of stress hormones, and myocardial inflammation
- _e. g._

Job-ID:

V

Institut für Experimentelle Kardiologie

Location:

Heidelberg

Start date:

Nov. 2023

Job Category:

Science and teaching

Working hours:

full-time

Published:

Limitation:

Temporary (3 years)

Contract:

TV-L

Your tasks and responsibilities:

***- Planning and conducting preclinical in vivo and in vitro studies together with our technical assistant and MD students

Communication and coordination of joint studies with collaboration partners
Basic and advanced cell and molecular biology methods including RNA and protein assays
Compare the functional features of animal models of both syndromes using echocardiography, telemetry, and invasive hemodynamics (pressurevolume loops)
Publication in peerreviewed journals and presentation at national/international meetings

Your qualification profile:

***- University degree (master) in Biochemistry, biology, human biology, biomedicine, molecular biology, neuroscience, veterinary medicine

Excellent written and spoken English skills (German skills are optimal, but not required)
Independent and reliable way of working, outstanding communication skills and team spirit
High level of commitment, flexibility, and strong sense of responsibility
Experimental experience with small or large animal models is an asset

We Offer:

***- State-of-the-art lab with outstanding scientific and technical infrastructure in an interdisciplinary and family-friendly environment

Continuous scientific mentoring with ideal conditions to finish your degree within a young, committed academic team

Contact & Application:

***Institut für Experimentelle Kardiologie

Professor Johannes Backs and Bastian Bruns
Im Neuenheimer Feld 410

HeidelbergWe stand for equal opportunities. Severely disabled persons are given priority in the case of equal suitability.

The University Hospital aims to generally increase the proportion of women in all areas and positions in which women are underrepresented.

Qualified women are therefore particularly encouraged to apply. Full-time positions are generally divisible, unless there are official or legal reasons to the contrary.