The appointment at the University of Würzburg will be based on the Berlin Model with simultaneous assignment to the HIRI to fulfil research and management tasks. The appointment will initially be made for a period of three years as a temporary civil servant. The HIRI is the first facility of its kind to combine research on ribonucleic acids (RNA) with infection biology. The institute is located on the campus of the University Hospital Würzburg and offers an attractive, scientific and international environment as well as state-of-the-art infrastructure. Further information can be found at www.helmholtz-hiri.de.
recruiting excellent scientists with an internationally recognized research profile in basic microbial or medical research. Three separate positions are to be staffed by junior research group leaders (W1) with a research focus on at least one of three areas: i) RNA-based infection research on human bacterial or viral pathogens and the corresponding immune response; ii) Microbial RNA biology across the breadth of bacterial diversity including phages with a focus on the application potential of new molecular complexes with RNA as a key molecule; and iii) RNA-based medicine with RNA as a target molecule, effector or lead molecule including antisense oligonucleotides, therapeutic mRNA, and CRISPR-Cas-based therapies. Close collaboration with the graduate program of the Elite Network of Bavaria Future leaders in RNA-based medicine (www.rnamed.de) is expected as part of iii).
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