Postdoctoral Fellowship Program 2015 at Helmholtz Zentrum München, Germany: : Munich, Germany

As German Research Center for Environmental Health, Helmholtz Zentrum München pursues the goal of developing personalized medical approaches for the prevention and therapy of major common diseases such as diabetes mellitus and lung diseases. Helmholtz Zentrum München is a member of the Helmholtz Association, Germany's largest scientific organization.

Postdoctoral Fellowship Program 2015 at Helmholtz Zentrum München, Germany:
Postdoctoral positions – life sciences m/f

Helmholtz Zentrum München announces the second round of its international fellowship program for postdocs. The program supports highly talented postdocs in the development of a competitive scientific profile for a successful scientific career in academic research or industry.

We are recruiting postdocs for the following research subjects:
• Mechanisms of soma-to-germline information transfer and transgenerational epigenetic inheritance (Institute of Experimental Genetics)
• RNA processing & splicing (Institute of Molecular Toxicology and Pharmacology)
• High-dimensional integration of omics and phenotypic screening data (Institute of Computational Biology)
• Deciphering the functional role of the proteasomal activator PA200 in vivo (Institute of Lung Biology and Disease)
• Machine learning in high-dimensional biological data sets (Institute of Computational Biology)

Talented postdocs who are accepted into the three-year postdoctoral fellowship program will receive a fully funded postdoctoral position from the respective institute. They will focus on a research project and will be integrated into international and interdisciplinary research groups at the Center.

Your Qualifications
We welcome applications from highly qualified and motivated early-career scientists of all nationalities who have received a doctoral degree within the last three years or who will receive their doctoral degree by the start of the program.

• PhD or equivalent degree in biological sciences, chemistry, bioinformatics, physics, mathematics, veterinary or human medicine or related life sciences
• Strong interest in basic and translational research
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Excellent English skills
Our Offer
• Scientific projects in interdisciplinary research teams at one of the leading Centers for environmental health research
• Postdoctoral positions may initially be limited to a period of 2 years. In case of acceptance into the program the contract will be extended to a period of up to 3 years
• Individual career development plan, coaching and mentoring
• Individual support for grant application and training program for leadership skills
• Travel grants

We look forward to receiving your complete application exclusively via our online application portal by April 15, 2015.

Website: www.helmholtz-muenchen.de/fellows

Helmholtz Zentrum München, being recipient of the Bavarian Advancement of Women Prize and of the Total E-Quality Certificate strives to increase the overall proportion of women on its staff and thus expressly encourages qualified women to apply.

Contact:
Helmholtz Zentrum München
German Research Center for Environmental Health (GmbH)
Dr. Monika Beer and Dr. Arlett Heiber
Program Planning and Management
Ingolstädter Landstr. 1
D-85764 Neuherberg/München, Germany