Helmholtz-University Young Investigators grant and ERC Starting Grant is funding postdoctoral research position at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and Heidelberg University, Germany. Applicant must have creativity, scientific excellence and the ability to work in a highly interdisciplinary team. Send your electronic application as indicating “postdoc–cell screening” in the subject.

Study Subject(s): This position is provided to study Ultra High-Throughput Screening of Single Cells using Droplet Microarrays in Germany.
Course Level: This position is for pursuing Postdoctoral research programme.
Scholarship Provider: Helmholtz-University Young Investigators grant and ERC Starting Grant (2013)
Scholarship can be taken at: Germany

Eligibility: -The goal of this postdoctoral project is, for the first time, to exploit the ability to perform ultra high-throughput screening of single cells in thousands of droplet micro reservoirs.
-A lot of different exciting fundamental biological questions can be answered using this novel technology.
-Creativity, scientific excellence, the ability to work in a highly interdisciplinary team will be the main qualities for a candidate for this position.

Scholarship Open for Students of Following Countries: Students of Germany are eligible for this postdoctoral research position.

Scholarship Description: Are you talented, creative and highly motivated biologist? Do you want to work on an exciting, innovative and very challenging project? We want you to be part of our interdisciplinary team. High-throughput screening of live cells is extremely important to significantly accelerate both fundamental biological research and discovery of new drugs. However, current methods for high-throughput cell screenings are limited and expensive. Screening of single cells is especially challenging. Recently we demonstrated the use of superhydrophobic–superhydrophilic micro arrays to create ultra high-density arrays of micro droplets (Droplet Microarrays). We believe that this method will become soon a new platform for ultra high-throughput screening of live cells. The new technology will allow us to perform up to 300.000 individual cell experiments in parallel using a single chip. Individual cell experiments will be performed in thousands of completely isolated droplet micro reservoirs at defined locations on the chip. This will enable spatial indexing, time-lapse measurements and screening of single cells.

How to Apply: The mode of applying is electronically. info-at-levkingroup.com. Applications (CV and a cover letter explaining the reason for qualifying for this project) should be sent to info-at-levkingroup.com indicating “postdoc-cell screening” in the subject.

Scholarship Application Deadline: Contact Employer

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