The Group of Quantitative Cell Biology at the Institute of Integrative Cell Biology and Physiology at the University of Münster, Germany, is seeking to fill the position of a

• The position is linked to a doctoral project. Interested applicants are invited to join an interdisciplinary research team of cell biologists and biophysicists.
• In the project, you will learn and apply a range of innovative microscopy techniques (fluorescence microscopy, FLIM-FRET microscopy, optomechanics) to investigate the biology of mammalian cell adhesion mechanics, intracellular force propagation and nuclear mechanics.
• The work will be accompanied by participation in a structured graduate program to gain additional qualifications during your doctoral studies.

• The prerequisite for application is a strong motivation and a completed master's degree in the life sciences such as biology, molecular biology, and biomedicine or in other biology-oriented disciplines of physics and chemistry (e.g., biophysics, biochemistry, and life sciences).
• Skills in independent scientific work in the context of an experimental master's thesis are required.
• English language skills, both written and spoken, are expected.

• You will work on an innovative, state-of-the-art research project in an internationally recognized research laboratory with an excellent infrastructure and a friendly atmosphere.
• As a university employee, you are entitled to numerous benefits afforded to public servants, e.g., an attractive company pension scheme (VBL), an annual end-of-year bonus and a position that is shielded from economic fluctuations.

Selected publications of previous PhD projects include: Sadhanasatish, T. et al. Science Advances (2023); Fischer, L.S. et al. Nature Commun (2021); Kanoldt, V. et al. Nature Commun (2020); Ringer, P. et al. Nature Methods (2017); Austen, K. et al. Nature Cell Biol (2015).