JOIN US IN LEIPZIG
From October 2026 our lab is part of the Department of Ophthalmology at Leipzig University. We are building a new team and look forward to hearing from you.
MD THESES FOR MEDICAL STUDENTS
We are looking for motivated medical students at Leipzig University who want to do their doctoral thesis (Dr. med.) with us. STARTING SPRING 2027 Our projects have a clear clinical focus: we work with patient samples and study the complement system in retinal diseases such as AMD. If you are curious and want to see how lab research connects to the clinic, get in touch.
(A free semester is needed.)
OPEN POSITIONS
Postdoctoral Researcher (100%, 3 years)
Expected start: Beginning 2027
The question behind the project: what do RPE cells do with their own complement when they’re under stress? And what does that have to do with geographic atrophy? We build human iPSC-derived RPE models, stress them, and look at complement production and activation inside the cell, the complosome. Then we check what we see in the dish against aqueous humor and extracellular vesicles from patients.
You’d bring:
– a PhD in biology, biochemistry, biomedicine, immunology or similar
– hands-on iPSC-to-RPE differentiation, including maturation and QC
– qPCR, Western blot, ELISA/multiplex, IF/IHC with confocal
– EV isolation is a plus
– publications and some grant-writing experience
What you get: 36 months, TV-L 13 (100%), start January 2027, a lab that is still taking shape, and support to get your own funding.
Apply by 6 December 2026 via the UKL portal, reference 1228:
https://karriere.uniklinikum-leipzig.de/MF/job/Leipzig-Wissenschaftlicher-Mitarbeiter-(mwd)-04103/1228-de_DE/
Questions: diana.pauly@medizin.uni-leipzig.de
If you know someone who has spent weeks waiting for RPE to pigment, please send this their way.
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PRE-ANNOUNCEMENT
Physician (TV-Ärzte/TdL Ä1, level 3/4, 50%, 2 years)/ or alternatively
Research Scientist (TV-L E13, level 1/2, 65%, 2 years)
Expected start: Spring 2027
If you are interested, feel free to contact us already now.
Please note: This is a non-binding pre-announcement. Details, dates and conditions may change.
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