Postdoctoral Research Fellows: MPI for Biology of Ageing 1211 views

Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing is inviting applications for full time Postdoctoral Research Fellows at the Max Planck Research Group “Autophagy and Cellular Ageing“. The group is headed by Dr. Martin Graef.

Starting date: This post is available from the earliest time point.

Qualifications

• Applicant must hold PhD in a relevant research area such as Biology, Molecular Biology, Genetics or Biochemistry and have a strong track record of accomplishment.
• Applicant must have a keen interest in the biology of autophagy and ageing
• Applicant must possess excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Applicants with experience in cell biology, biochemistry or high throughput screening methods would have advantage.
• Applicant must have some familiarity with bioinformatics and fluorescence microscopy.
• The working language is English; knowledge of the German language is not required.

The offer

• The employment contract is based on contracts for the civil service (TVöD-Bund, Tarifvertrag für den öffentlichen Dienst) and will be time limited.

Application:

• Apply online and upload one single pdf-file (job code 08-2018) including the following:
• Letter with a personal statement describing scientific accomplishments and interests (one-page)
• Description of a research project candidate would like to pursue (one-page)
• CV and bibliography
• Contact information for 3 references
• Job Code: 08-2018