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Pre-ERC Postdoc Program in Cellular, Molecular and Digital Medicine

We are recruiting a group of postdocs (13 positions available) who are eager to pursue groundbreaking biomedical research, and we will help them to establish themselves as future scientific leaders. This postdoc program is designed to prepare postdoctoral researchers for a successful ERC Starting Grant application and for an independent research career in top research organizations in Europe and around the world.

The postdoc program is based at the CeMM Research Center for Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of Sciences in Vienna, one of Europe’s leading centers for basic biomedical research – with clinical translation in mind. Selected candidates will join one of CeMM’s research groups for 3 to 6 years, addressing ambitious research questions in areas such as cancer, immunology, chemical biology, epigenetics, metabolism, and genomic medicine. Research projects will focus on medically relevant problems, including disease mechanisms, modern therapeutics and diagnostic strategies. On top, postdocs will receive extensive career development and leadership training from the entire CeMM Faculty and additional experts in a highly collaborative and supportive environment.

Potential projects:

Host pathogen interactions (<link research/groups/andreas-bergthaler-group/>Bergthaler</link> Lab); Mechanistic investigations of the dynamic evolution of chronic viruses

Immunometabolism (<link research/groups/andreas-bergthaler-group/>Bergthaler</link> Lab); Metabolic inter-organ communication during inflammation and infection

Cancer immune modeling (<link https://cemm.at/research/groups/christoph-bock-group/ - external-link-new-window "Opens internal link in current window">Bock</link> Lab); Single-cell analysis of immune deregulation in (humanized) mouse models of cancer

Human synthetic biology (<link research/groups/christoph-bock-group/>Bock</link> Lab); Developing new cell-based therapies (CAR T etc.) using combinatorial bioengineering and machine learning / artificial intelligence

Precision pediatric oncology (<link research/adjunct-pis/kaan-boztug-director-lbi-rud/>Boztug</link> Lab); Integrating multi-omics profiling with ex vivo image-based drug sensitivity testing for personalized therapies

Organoid-omics (<link research/adjunct-pis/kaan-boztug-director-lbi-rud/>Boztug</link> Lab); Profiling patient organoids from inherited rare diseases and pediatric cancer patients for precision medicine

Chemical epigenetics (<link research/groups/stefan-kubicek-group/>Kubicek</link> Lab); Developing novel chemical probes targeting cancers with mutations in chromatin modifiers

Nuclear metabolism (<link research/groups/stefan-kubicek-group/>Kubicek</link> Lab); Studying the role of chromatin-bound metabolic enzymes in leukemias

Cellular transporters (<link research/groups/giulio-superti-furga-group/>Superti-Furga</link> Lab); Targeting cellular transporters to modulate disease

Systems biology (<link research/groups/giulio-superti-furga-group/>Superti-Furga</link> Lab); Network-based systems-level analysis of the human transportome

Cancer biology (<link research/adjunct-pis/andreas-villunger-cemmlbi-rud/>Villunger</link> Lab); Interrogating the PIDDosome in ploidy control for tumor suppression

Polyploidization in health and disease (<link research/adjunct-pis/andreas-villunger-cemmlbi-rud/>Villunger</link> Lab); The role of polyploidy in heart development and regeneration

Targeted protein degradation (<link research/groups/georg-winter-group/>Winter</link> Lab); Medicinal chemistry strategies to modulate the proteolytic machinery for cancer therapy

We are open to other ideas that fit into the broader scope and mission of the CeMM Research Center for Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of Sciences and its partner institute LBI-RUD, the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Rare and Undiagnosed Diseases.

More information, and a more detailed description of the <link https://cemm.jobbase.io/job/x1jlng7798prkdycp8stc43hhxr3yvo - external-link-new-window "Opens internal link in current window">#CeMMPostdocProgram</link>
Deadline for applications: 31 August 2019