A PhD position and a Postdoc position (m/f/d)
UK Ulm, Germany
- Institution
- UK Ulm
- Country
- Germany
- Position type
- PhD
- Subject area
- Biology & Life Sciences
- Application deadline
- 31 December 2026
- Location
- Ulm, Baden-Württemberg, DE
- Funding
- Fully funded position
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About this position
The Institute of Applied Physiology at the Medical Faculty of Ulm University, Germany offers
in Molecular & Cellular Neuroscience
We offer an interdisciplinary research team with international collaborations, integrated in an exciting scientific environment at the University of Ulm & the University of Oxford. In a Wellcome Trust funded project, together with the Oxford Parkinson‘s disease Centre (OPDC), as well as within the DFG-funded SFB-1506, we analyse the mechanisms of differential neuronal vulnerability in Aging and in Parkinson‘s disease. We focus on the role of ion channels and activity-related Ca2+ signalling.
Our methods deployed include state-of-the-art in vivo and in vitro neuroscience techniques like high-end AI-based imaging, electrophysiology, targeted CRISPR/Cas9, Seahorse, and single cell transcriptomics approaches (see also our Homepage ).
As start-date, in 2026 is envisioned, but a prior or later start is possible.
The positions are funded according to the German TV-L system. The PhD positions can be embedded within the International Graduate school “Molecular Medicine” at Ulm University (IGradU). Your salary will be based on qualification and experience including benefits according to TV-L E13 for PhD Students
Applicants will hold an outstanding MSc degree or equivalent in neuroscience, life science or a related subject, and are fluent in English. Applicants for the postdoctoral position will have completed a respective PhD program or equivalent.
Experience in neuroscience as well as in molecular biology, bioinformatics, imaging, and/ or electrophysiological techniques are desired and of advantage. Successful applicants are self-motivated team workers and enthusiastic about science, with strong communication skills and diligent work ethics.
If you are interested?
Please send in your full application, by mail or by e-mail (as one merged PDF-file only), containing a cover letter, statement of research interest / motivation (max. 1 page), CV, all certificates (BSc, MSc, PhD, other degrees), and the contact details of two references, to:
Prof. Birgit Liss,
Reference No: 08/2026-PhD or 08/2026-Postdoc,
respectively.
Institute of Applied Physiology, Ulm University, N27
Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, 89081 Ulm, Germany
birgit.liss@uni-ulm.de
Deadline: December 31, 2026
Please send copies only, as all application documents will be destroyed after the selection process. Please note that expenses related to your application can not be reimbursed.
Die Einstellung erfolgt über die Verwaltung des Klinikums im Auftrag des Landes Baden-Württemberg. Personen mit Schwerbehinderung werden bei gleicher Eignung vorrangig eingestellt. Das Universitätsklinikum Ulm strebt die Erhöhung des Frauenanteils in den Bereichen an, in denen Sie unterrepräsentiert sind. Entsprechend qualifizierte Frauen werden um ihre Bewerbung gebeten. Vollzeitstellen sind grundsätzlich teilbar. Eine an die Befristung anschließende Weiterbeschäftigung ist möglich.
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