Postdoc - Cardiac Chromatin Biology (m/f/d)
wanted for the next possible date at the Institute of Experimental Cardiology.
We are seeking a highly motivated and creative Postdoc for a combined wet and dry lab project (https://tinyurl.com/postdochd) in the Gilsbach lab.
- Job-ID: V000014326
- Field of application: Institut für Experimentelle Kardiologie
- Location: Heidelberg
- Job Category: Science and teaching
- Working hours: full-time
- Published: 04.07.2025
- Contract: TV-L
Your tasks
- The available research projects aim to understand and develop strategies to treat heart disease
- You will combine epigenetic, chromatin interaction analysis and single-cell approaches to unravel regulatory mechanisms of heart function and disease. CRISPR-based functional genomics will allow you to explore and steer the regulatory mechanisms of heart disease
- Your studies will take advantage of in vitro and in vivo pre-clinical models, including hiPSC-derived systems
- The postdoctoral project will combine experimental (wet-lab) and computational (dry lab) approaches
Be part of Geman Center of Cardiovascular Research (DZHK) and the collaborative research center CRC1550 "Molecular Circuits of Heart Disease".
Your Profile
- PhD in molecular biology, epigenetics, cardiovascular science, computational biology, or a related field
- A strong background in chromatin biology, gene regulation, and/ or cardiovascular biology
- Prior experience with genomics, bioinformatics, or CRISPR technologies
What we offer
- Working with the latest techniques / technical equipment at the Institute of Experimental Cardiology in a new research building with cutting-edge facilities hosting several cardiovascular research groups forming a highly interactive and dynamic research infrastructure
- Possibility of mobile working
- Flexible working hours within the framework of flexitime
- Possibility to publish scientifically is offered and supported
- Regular team meetings
- Interdisciplinary cooperation with members of the Geman Center of Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), and members of the collaborative research center CRC1550 (www.CRC1550.com)
- Partial) project management / project responsibility possible if suitable
- Collectively agreed remuneration, attractive company pension scheme (VBL)
- 30 days vacation
- Sustainable travel: job ticket
- Family-friendly working environment: cooperative arrangements for childcare, subsidy for child vacation care, advice for employees with relatives in need of care
- Wide range of health, prevention and sports offers
Interested?
Applications will be accepted until 31.07.2025 online.
Institut für Experimentelle Kardiologie