PhD Student (m/w/d) - Kardiogenetik angeborener struktureller Herzerkrankungen

Location

Kiel | Germany

Job description

Start in our team

We are looking for professional and competent support to start as soon as possible, limited for two years.

What we offer:

• The salary will be based on the German E 13 TV-L scale (65%), if terms and conditions under collective bargaining law are fulfilled
• Part-time employment, currently 25 hours/ week.
• Many employee discounts on various online platforms and with various companies.
• Free in-house training and continuing education.
• An attractive company pension plan from the public sector.

Your tasks:

• The PhD will be done at the Department of Pediatric Cardiology in the group of Functional Cardiogenetics under the supervision of Dr. Daniela Panáková.
• The focus of the PhD project will be investigating single-ventricle disease by combining genomics, genetics, developmental biology and imaging data in the zebrafish and cell-based models.
• For this purpose, we have ongoing international and national efforts to study the genetic architecture of congenital heart disease (CHD) using both single cell and bulk sequencing technologies.
• Our research is complemented by the genomic and MRI imaging datasets in affected patients.
• International team, state-of-the-art equipment, and dedicated support in career development planning.

Your profile:

• Applicants should hold a diploma/masters’ degree in life sciences/biology/bioinformatics. Background in handling large-scale genomic or imaging data is an asset but not a requirement.
• The applicant should be familiar with molecular biology and other common laboratory techniques. Knowledge of zebrafish model is not required.
• The ability to work independently and in a team is essential.

Please submit your application until 18.02.2024, indicating the reference number 23172.

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