PhD (f/d/m) Position in Biophysics/Medical Microbiology
MHH Hannover, Germany
- Institution
- MHH Hannover
- Country
- Germany
- Position type
- PhD
- Subject area
- Biology & Life Sciences
- Location
- Hannover, Niedersachsen, DE
- Funding
- Fully funded position
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About this position
Every Day for Life
Welches AiM Formular soll verwendet werden?: DE_Standard
Kennziffer: 1082
Befristet / Unbefristet: Befristet
Zeitmodell Vollzeit / Teilzeit: Teilzeit
Entgeltgruppe: E13
Geplanter Einstellungstermin: 01.02.2027
Fachabteilung: Klinik für Zahnärztliche Prothetik und Biomedizinische Werkstoffkunde
Klinik für Zahnärztliche Prothetik und Biomedizinische Werkstoffkunde
PhD (f/d/m) Position in Biophysics/Medical Microbiology
About Us
The Clinical Department of Dental Prosthetics and Biomedical Materials Science (Director Prof. Meike Stiesch) is part of the Center for Dental, Oral and Maxillofacial Medicine at MHH. The clinic’s research areas are implant-associated infections, bacterial biofilms, dental stem cells and tissue engineering. The research on implant-associated infections is located at the Lower Saxony Center for Biomedical Technology, Implant Research and Development (NIFE). Here, we are offering a PhD position in the DFG-funded project “Deciphering microbe-material-interactions: Shear force-dependent and time-resolved mechanisms of oral bacterial adhesion to implant surfaces”.
Your Tasks
- Establishment of protocols and measurement of adhesion forces of oral bacteria under shear forces using atomic force microscopy
- Conducting microbiological flow cell experiments and confocal laser-scanning microscopy
- Setup of biophysical and statistical analysis pipeline
- Presentation and publication of results
Your Profile
- Very good completed Master degree in biology, biophysics, microbiology, medical technology or similar
- Very good English communication and writing skills
- Team-oriented personality that is motivated to independently familiarize themselves with new methods and techniques
- Ideally experience in microbiology, atomic force microscopy, confocal laser-scanning microscopy and/or statistics
For application, please provide a letter of motivation, CV and study grade reports within a single pdf file.
We offer
- Enrolment in the “Implant Technologies” PhD program within the Integrated Research Training Group of the Collaborative Research Center 298 SIIRI
- Structured onboarding within an international and interdisciplinary team
- A secure job with one of the largest public employers in the state of Lower Saxony
- Transparent compensation: Depending on your qualifications, compensation up to pay grade E 13 under the TV-L collective bargaining agreement is possible, with the benefits of public service (e.g., employer-sponsored retirement plan and supplemental insurance through VBL)
- Structured and multi-layered supervision by a thesis advisory committee, external advisory board
- A comprehensive career development support program
- Workplace health promotion through an excellent range of health, fitness, social counseling, and preventive care programs
- Corporate Benefits: exclusive discounts and offers from numerous partner companies
Your contact
Katharina Nikutta
0511 5321416
Bewerbungsschluss: 12.11.26
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