Scientist/postdoc in The Field of Infection Research

vor 1 Woche


Leipzig, Deutschland Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft Vollzeit

The Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and Immunology IZI researches and develops special problem solutions at the interfaces of medicine, life sciences and engineering. For our working group "Vaccine Technologies" we are looking for a scientist to join our team from the beginning of 2024. The research group develops diagnostic techniques and prevention strategies for infectious diseases, both in human and veterinary medicine. Important research topics are zoonoses and emerging or re-emerging viral infections.

**What you will do**
- As part of an EU-funded international and multidisciplinary project team, you will develop methods for the detection and control of zoonotic infectious agents. A particular focus of your work is on microarray-based serological assays.
- You will prepare project reports and publications with your laboratory results and present them at project meetings and at national and international symposia.
- By guiding the technical assistants and by supervising junior staff (master's and PhD students) you will actively pass on your knowledge.**What you bring to the table**
- You have completed a PhD in the field of biology, biochemistry, biotechnology or in a comparable discipline.
- As part of your career to date, you have already gained at least two years of professional experience in research, preferably in the fields of virology, microbiology or immunology.
- You are willing to work with different pathogens in the laboratory (up to safety level 3) and ideally have previous experience in this field.
- You enjoy exchanging ideas and passing on knowledge in a team and score points with your structured and independent way of working and a confident manner when communicating scientific content. Due to your strong organizational skills, you are able to work on several projects and tasks in parallel. For the cooperation with international project partners, you are a strong communicator in written and spoken English.**What you can expect**
- We strengthen your competencies - through feedback in regular employee reviews, comprehensive training opportunities, career programs and much more.
- Cutting-edge research is only possible with cutting-edge equipment: on a total of almost 8000 m² of laboratory space, we offer you everything a researcher's heart desires.
- With flexible working hours, home office options and trust-based working hours, we enable free and self-determined time management.
- Sometimes family comes first - we know that That's why we offer a wide range of support services to help you balance family and career (e.g. parent-child office, daycare facility at the institute, pme family service, childcare services from our partner voiio). Additional benefits: 30 days of vacation based on a 5-day week (Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve are also off work), annual bonus, compensatory time off for overtime, company pension plan, capital-forming benefits, a discounted job ticket for public transportation, free car parking and secure bicycle parking with charging stations for electric vehicles, as well as discounted employee prices in the institute's cafeteria.The position is initially limited to 3 years, but a longer-term employment is aspired. The weekly working time is 39 hours; the position is to be filled as close to full-time as possible. Appointment, remuneration and social security benefits based on the public-sector collective wage agreement (TVöD). Additionally Fraunhofer may grant performance-based variable remuneration components.

Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions about this position:
Dr. Jasmin Fertey
Phone: +49 341 35536 2160

Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and Immunology IZI

Requisition Number: 68063 Application Deadline:



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