Two positions are available: A Postdoctoral position and a PhD position are available at the Laboratory
of DC-Biology at the Nikolaus Fiebiger Center, University of Erlangen/Nuremberg.
The Emmy-Noether junior research group is funded by the German Research Foundation
and is part of the Department of Dermatology headed by Prof. G. Schuler.
We offer a highly interdisciplinary research environment and excellently equipped facilities.
We are looking for enthusiastic scientists who would like to benefit from an attractive scientific environment
and the excitement within a young research group. Very successful and enthusiastic researchers of all disciplines,
especially in the fields of Molecular Immunology, Molecular Biology, Microbiology and Genetics
can be found at the University of Erlangen/Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany.
The University is strongly supporting basic, clinical as well as translational research projects.
 We are working on Antigen-processing and presentation of Dendritic Cell subsets, Pattern-Recognition receptors,
 as well as on DC-migration in mouse and human (Dudziak et al., Science, 2007).
We are using recombinant antibodies against DCs to target antigens in vivo to different DC subsets.

The candidates will analyze early and late (memory) T cell responses in vivo, DC-migration, and signaling in DCs.

Requirements for the postdoc position: you should have a Doctoral degree in biology, human biology, molecular medicine, immunology or biochemistry or related life sciences. Experiences with standard techniques of molecular biology, biochemistry and tissue culture, as well as with mice are necessary. Experience with animal mouse infection models, flow cytometry and genearray analysis are highly desirable.

Requirements for the PhD position: You should have a Master degree, Diploma or comparable degree in molecular biology, immunology, molecular medicine, biochemistry, human biology, genetics or related life sciences. Experiences with standard techniques of molecular biology and tissue culture are necessary. Experience with animal work is highly desirable.

The payment is on the basis of the German Public Salary System (TL-V E13 or TL-V E13/2). The initial contract has a two year term. Prolongation to a total of three years is intended. The position is starting August 1^st 2008.ContactFor further information you may contact Prof. Dr. Diana Dudziak (contact data see below) To apply please send your CV, certificates, list of publications, PDFs of diploma/master and PhD thesis, a description of research experience and interests, methodologies used, and references (preferably by email) directly to:Prof. Dr. Diana DudziakHead of the Laboratory of DC-BiologyEmmy-Noether Research GroupNikolaus Fiebiger Center and Department of DermatologyUniversity of Erlangen/NurembergGlueckstr. 691054 Erlangendiana.dudziak@uk-erlangen.de For attachments please include your family name and initials into the file name.