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ABOUT US

At the Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, one of the 84 institutes of the Max Planck Society for the Advance颅ment of Science, physicists, chemists, and bio颅logists create know颅ledge of long-term rele颅vance to life and basic medi颅cal sciences. Currently, our around 270 employees are divi颅ded into four depart颅ments and two Max Planck Research Groups. In addition, the insti颅tute is part of the Health + Life Science Alliance Heidelberg Mannheim 鈥� an associa颅tion of the leading life science research institutions in the region.

PhD Position in Biochemistry / Biophysics: Enabling Unique Dynamic Molecular Imaging Experiments (m/f/div)

The Department of Prof. Dr. Stefan W. Hell invites applications for a PhD position at the inter颅sections of optical science, molecular imaging, and biophysics to start as soon as possible. Opportuni颅ties are available in Heidel颅berg and G枚ttingen for highly motiva颅ted physicists who are interested in working in a world-leading, multi颅disciplinary research group. The success颅ful candidate will be able to apply for ad颅mission to the Max Planck School of Photonics or G枚ttingen Graduate Center for Neurosciences, Biophysics, and Molecular Bio颅sciences (GGNB). The MINFLUX (Balzarotti et al., Science 2017) and MINSTED (Weber et al., Nature Photonics 2021) concepts have unlocked the door to mini颅mally invasive, low-light-level analy颅sis of the struc颅ture and dynamics of macro颅molecules at the nano颅meter scale (Wirth et al., Science 2023; Schleske et al., PNAS 2024). This includes experiments at 1-nm resolution and with 脜ngstr枚m measure颅ment precision (Sahl et al. Science 2024). The successful candi颅date will work on next-generation MINFLUX optical instru颅men颅tation.

YOUR QUALIFICATIONS

• candidates should have earned (or expect to complete soon) a Master鈥檚 degree in in biochemistry, biophysics, biotechnology, chemistry, or a comparable quali颅fication
• a willingness to learn and master new challenges
• confidence and the ability to work indepen颅dently and within a team
• a strong attention to detail and high level of critical thinking
• previous experience with related techni颅ques (photo颅nics, fluores颅cence, imaging methods) is helpful but not essential

OUR OFFER

• interesting, diversified tasks with self-responsibility
• flexible working hours
• highly motivated team
• internationally oriented institute with an outstanding working environment

The payment is based on the TV枚D guidelines (鈥淧romotionsf枚rdervertrag鈥�). The PhD positions are limited to three years with a possibility of extension. The Max Planck Society is committed to increasing the number of individuals with disabilities in its workforce and there颅fore encourages applications from such qualified indivi颅duals. The Max Planck Society strives for gender and diversity equality. We welcome appli颅cations from all back颅grounds. Furthermore, the Max Planck Society seeks to increase the number of women in those areas where they are under颅represen颅ted and therefore expli颅citly encourages women to apply. A daycare center for children is located near the institute.

YOUR APPLICATION

We look forward to receiving your application, including a letter of motivation, CV, and transcripts via in electronic format, no later than Monday, December 16^th, 2024. Please note that applications received via e-mail are not able to be considered, we apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

CONTACT

For further information, please contact Dr. Jade Cottam Jones (jade.cottamjones@mr.mpg.de). For general questions, please contact Mrs. H枚fer-Elfner (fabienne.hoeferelfner@mr.mpg.de) or Ms. Sabrina Giacalone (sabrina.giacalone@mr.mpg.de) from human resources. Get inspired by the exciting possibilities a career in science offers Max-Planck-Institut f眉r medizinische Forschung
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