Post Doc – CNS Diseases Research (m/f)

Job description

Would you like to join a pharmaceutical company where your skills, competences and creativity can open doors for your early development and professional growth? Are you highly motivated and interested in applying your stem cell expertise to drug discovery with a focus on psychiatric diseases?

Take the chance to work as a Post Doc in an interdisciplinary team of cellular and molecular biologists, pharmacologists and medicinal chemists for at least 2 years.

Please send us your application documents including a letter with a personal statement describing your scientific accomplishments and interests in the project and contact information for 1 reference.

Job Profile

· As Post Doc you are responsible to optimize and execute induced pluripotent stem cell differentiation protocols to generate disease-relevant neurons which can applied in disease modeling and drug discovery
· You will apply state-of-the art gene-editing of disease-linked genetic risk variants in stem cells
· You will develop phenotypic assays to support target identification, validation and compound characterization
· You will present your research at internal and external meetings, and publish it in peer-reviewed journals
· You will Work in an interdisciplinary team of cellular and molecular biologists, electrophysiologists and pharmacologists

Requirements

· You hold a PhD in Biology or related research area and have experience in the field of induced pluripotent stem cell biology, with sound background in neuronal differentiation and gene-editing
· You have in-depth knowledge of neuroscience, and a background in psychiatric diseases (e.g. schizophrenia, autism spectrum disorders) is preferred.
· You have a demonstrated track record by publications in scientific journals
· Your fluency in English both in writing and in speaking will enable you to act in an international working environment.
· You are regarded as a strong team player and you like to work in multi-disciplinary global teams.
· We appreciate your motivation and your good communication and presentation skills.