Your future with us
We are one of the leading university hospitals in Germany and network research, teaching and health care at the highest level. That's why many things are a lot bigger for us: the spectrum of exciting development opportunities. The limitless openness with which specialists from all over the world work together here. Or our commitment as an employer to support all employees as best we can in reconciling their job with their goals and life situations.
This is the University Hospital of Cologne: Everything but ordinary.
We are looking to support our rapidly growing team as soon as possible:
PostDoc in gene edited immunotherapies (f/m/x)
Institute for Translational Immune-Oncology
TV-L: 38,5 h/week (100 %)
initially limited until December 31, 2026
Your salary will be based on TV-L
Your future in detail
Our newly created Institute for Translational Immune-Oncology (Director Prof. Renata Stripecke) within the Clinic I for Internal Medicine (Director Prof. Michael Hallek) and at the Cancer Center Cologne Essen (CCCE) will be located in a new cutting-edge research building with outstanding research environment and support. The mission of the Stripecke lab is to develop innovative gene- and cell therapies against cancer from the bench to the bedside. The candidate will be trained to develop an independent scientific project with publications and funding. The Institute will foster interactions with local, national and international academic and biotech network for future career development in immune-oncology.
We are looking for a motivated scientist to develop immunotherapies against cancer:
Create innovative approaches to generate gene-edited cells against cancer
Work with human T cells, NK cells, stem cells, myeloid cells
Develop in vitro assays and mouse cancer models for preclinical validations
Supervise PhD, master and medical students
Prepare reports, manuscripts, grants and presentations for conferences
Participate in the routine organization and administration of a scientific laboratory
The successful candidate should have completed advanced studies (Masters, MD, Veterinary or PhDstudies) in the bio-medical field
Laboratory skills in molecular biology (cloning, gene editing and gene expression analyses)
Strong know-how about immunological techniques (FACS, ELISA and cytotoxic assays)
Qualifications and experience for handling mice (FELASA B certification or equivalent)
Competence in using hardware and software tools for text generation, data analyses and documentation (MS Office, Adobe Acrobat, Prism-Graphpad, flowjo etc.)
Excellent English and German communication skills, both spoken and written
Team leadership, ability to organize, prioritize, solve problems reliably and efficiently
Our Institute will develop and test innovative technologies with a team of talented multidisciplinary scientists in basic, applied and clinical research. We are an international and multidisciplinary Institute with a lifelong learning philosophy. University Hospital of Cologne offers a collegial introduction and diverse training and development opportunities. There is also a wide range of family support and a day-care center with emergency childcare. In addition, the usual social services are offered (e.g. Corporate Benefits).