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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 Physics: Pushing the Boundaries of Optical Molecular Imaging (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. Opportunities are available in Heidelberg and G枚ttingen for highly motivated physicists who are interested in working in a world-leading, multidisciplinary research group. The successful 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 Biosciences (GGNB). The MINFLUX (Balzarotti et al., Science 2017) and MINSTED (Weber et al., Nature Photonics 2021) concepts have unlocked the door to minimally invasive, low-light-level analysis of the struc颅ture and dynamics of macromolecules 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 measurement precision (Sahl et al. Science 2024). The successful candidate 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 physics, bio颅physics, or a comparable qualification
• a willingness to learn and master new challenges
• confidence and the ability to work independently and within a team
• a strong attention to detail and high level of critical thinking
• previous experience with related techniques (photonics, fluorescence, imaging or biochemical 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 indivi颅duals with disabi颅lities in its work颅force and therefore encourages applications from such qualified indi颅viduals. The Max Planck Society strives for gender and diversity equality. We welcome appli颅cations from all back颅grounds.
Further颅more, the Max Planck Society seeks to in颅crease the number of women in those areas where they are underrepresented and therefore explicitly encourages women to apply. A day颅care 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 our in electronic format, no later than Monday, December 16, 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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69120 Heidelberg
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