Our lab at LMU Munich has openings for prospective PhD students. Join us to study ion channel structure and function using a combination of cryo-electron microscopy and other biophysical methods. We are a newly established lab with easy access to any needed cryo-EM preparation tool (provided by our lab) as well as to cryo-EM screening (across the road) and collection facilities (short public transport ride away). Live in one of Europe's most vibrant cities whilst conducting research at the top-ranked university in Germany (ARWU Shanghai Ranking 2024). You will clone various human ion channels and optimize their expression and purification with the goal to purify functional, high-purity and -quality channel proteins for cryo-EM and other biophysical experiments (such as single-channel recordings). You will make cryo-EM preparations and screen these using either cryo-EM or negative-stain EM. You will select the best specimens for cryo-EM data collection and then process the data to high-resolution maps. You will use these maps to build molecular structural models. Using this data, you will write manuscripts for publication in high-impact peer-reviewed scientific journals. You will present your data at conferences. Applications for scholarships and research grants from group members will be encouraged and actively supported. We are looking for hard-working scientists (PhD students and postdocs) to join our lab - ideally with prior experience in mammalian cell culture work, molecular biology, protein biochemistry and/or structural biology (of any sort). We are a newly established lab with easy access to any needed cryo-EM preparation tool (provided by our lab) as well as to cryo-EM screening (with our own cryo-TEM) and collection facilities (short public transport ride away). Live in one of Europe's most vibrant cities whilst conducting research at the top-ranked university in Germany (ARWU Shanghai Ranking 2024). The compensation is based on TV-L group 13 (see also Entgelttabelle des Tarifvertrags der Länder; with levels to be determined based on applicant’s expertise). Neuberger lab: https://www.med.lmu.de/wsi/en/workgroups/neuberger-lab/ For a quick overview of the pi’s previous work: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7744-6559 https://scholar.google.com/citations?hlen&userZufZ4T0AAAAJ&view_oplist_works&sortbypubdate