CeMM International Postdoc Program – Pre-ERC Postdoc Program (m/f/d)

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CeMM International Postdoc Program – Pre-ERC Postdoc Program (m/f/d)

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Offer DescriptionCeMM International Postdoc Program – Pre-ERC Postdoc Program (m/f/d)
CeMM – Research Center for Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of Sciences
Vienna, AustriaWe are recruiting a group of postdocs who are eager to pursue ground-breaking biomedical research, and we will help them to establish themselves as future scientific leaders. This postdoc program is designed to prepare postdoctoral researchers for a successful ERC Starting Grant application or equivalent and for an independent research career in top research organisations in Europe and around the world.The postdoc program is based at the CeMM Research Center for Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of Sciences in Vienna, one of Europe’s leading centres for basic biomedical research – with clinical translation in mind. Our partners are the Medical University of Vienna, the St. Anna Children’s Cancer Research Institute (CCRI) and AITHYRA, the newly founded Research Institute for Biomedical AI of the Austrian Academy of Sciences. Selected candidates will join one of CeMM’s research groups for 3 to 6 years, addressing ambitious research questions in areas such as cancer, immunology, chemical biology, epigenetics, metabolism, genomic medicine, and ageing research. Research projects will focus on medically relevant problems, including disease mechanisms, modern therapeutics, and diagnostic strategies. On top of this, postdocs will receive extensive career development and leadership training from the entire CeMM Faculty and additional experts in a highly collaborative and supportive environment.What we offer

• A unique blend of a frontier research environment at top level with a strong medical and translational focus through the hospital setting and the connections to biotech and pharma;
• An international group of highly collaborative colleagues that will help you achieve your scientific and career goals;
• Top-notch environment with the ideas, projects, resources, infrastructure, collaborations, and mindset for ground-breaking research;
• Excellent track record of past postdocs who have become internationally successful principal investigators, professors, entrepreneurs;
• Strong focus on disease biology and translational research: cancer, metabolic disorders, inflammation/infection, aging, drug discovery;
• Interdisciplinary projects connecting biology with medicine, experiments with computation, and discovery with translation;
• Unique opportunity to engage in close interactions with physicians and clinical researchers at the Medical University of Vienna on one of Europe’s largest medical campuses;
• Opportunities to collaborate with industry (biotech/pharma) and to get involved in academic start- up/spin-off companies;
• Training program in project management, scientific writing, visual communication, entrepreneurship, leadership, and data science;
• Special training for writing successful ERC Starting Grants as a ‘ticket’ to an outstanding academic career;
• Being part of a thriving academic and social community in Vienna, one of the cities with the best quality of life in the world;
• A competitive postdoc salary of EUR 4,932.90 gross monthly (following the recommendations of FWF), paid 14 times yearly;
• The CeMM employment contract includes full insurance (health, accident, pension) and a one-off payment for moving from abroad;
• CeMM’s HR department and administrative team offer support with relocation, visa applications, onboarding, family support, etc.

Whom we are looking for

• Candidates who want to pursue innovative biomedical research and substantially advance their scientific career;
• Candidates with international professional experience and enhanced potential to receive an ERC Starting Grant in the future;
• Open to both PhD (natural sciences) and MD (medical sciences) holders;
• From a variety of academic backgrounds: molecular biology, biomedical research, bioinformatics, biochemistry, bioengineering, etc.;
• With the motivation, skills, experiences, and initial achievements (subject to academic age) to qualify for a competitive postdoc program;
• Required are scientific quality and originality, as well as a collaborative and interdisciplinary mindset.

Potential ProjectsWe are open to ideas that fit into the broader scope and mission of the CeMM Research Center for Molecular Medicine and expressions of interest in the research of all groups, but concrete projects and groups offering positions are:

• Bioinformatics & ML/AI (

). Integrative analysis of single-cell multi-omics and spatial imaging data in cancer, immunology, organoids, etc., in the context of the Human Cell Atlas (single-cell analytics) and/or the ELLIS European Lab for Learning & Intelligent Systems (ML/AI); * Cell engineering for cancer and immune diseases (
). Development of innovative technologies for biomedical research, for example building upon our work on high-content CRISPR screening (CROP- seq), epigenetic cell states, CAR T cell therapy, or synthetic biology; * Bioinformatics with a translational focus (
). Correlate disease activity in ulcerative colitis patients with transcriptional changes in a longitudinal patient cohort, develop deconvolution algorithms, extract features from H&E sections etc.; * Bacterial metabolism and host physiology (
). We will investigate how novel bile acids produced by gut bacteria affect host immunity and metabolism, with a focus on intestinal T cells; * Investigating systemic effects of cancer (
). Project I: How does premetastatic remodeling in lymph nodes interfere with anti-tumor immunity? Project II: Do peripheral tumors regulate circuits in the brain and which physiological processes are controlled by tumor-brain communication? * Deciphering the code of age-associated pathologies through graph-based models (
).The Institute
…Where to apply WebsiteRequirementsAdditional InformationWork Location(s)Number of offers available 1 Company/Institute CeMM – Research Center for Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of Sciences Country Austria City Vienna GeofieldContact CityVienna E-Mailnoreply@eurosciencejobs.comSTATUS: EXPIREDShare this page

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Mon, 12 May 2025 06:51:56 GMT

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