Dein Job als Academy Coordinator (f/m/d) bei Else Kröner Fresenius Zentrum für optogenetische Therapien in Göttingen – Jetzt bewerben

Else Kröner Fresenius Zentrum für optogenetische Therapien

Ihre Aufgaben

• coordinate the training concept for doctoral students, postdocs and clinician scientists in the EKFZ for Optogenetic Therapies with particular attention to promoting the translation of scientific results into the clinic
• preparation and certification of workshops, lectures and training activities
• being the contact person for trainees of the EKFZ academy
• help with public outreach of the EKFZ (communication of research highlight and activities via press information and social media activities)

Ihre Qualifikationen

• completed Master of Sciences or equivalent in a Life Sciences subject (biology, chemistry, physics,…) with labwork experience
• and/or experience in coordinating training programs or collaborative research consortia
• independent, responsible, flexible working style and ability to work in an international team
• a keen interest in translation and training of young researchers

Wir bieten

• a stimulating intellectual environment with innovative translational research-projects within the interdisciplinary research areas
• integration into a well-experience coordination team
• a wide range of interesting benefits as an UMG employee (including in-house daycare center, child vacation care, attractive infrastructure; health and sports promoted by excellent company health management)
• location in a beautiful and historic German university town steeped in tradition, with a campus that includes the University of Göttingen, Max Planck Institutes, German Primate Centre and other local research institutions

Einleitungstext

The Else Kröner Fresenius Center for Optogenetic Therapies invite applications for a

Academy Coordinator

initially limited for two years with the possibility of extension, salary according to TV-L, part time.

We are looking for an excellent and highly motivated coordinator for the academy of the newly founded Else Kröner Fresenius Center for Optogenetic Therapies (EKFZ: https://ekfz.uni-goettingen.de/). The academy will offer a structured training for students, doctoral students, PostDocs and Clinician scientists dedicated to the translation of basic research projects and specifically optogenetic approaches into clinics (patent applications, animal protocols, regulatory processes, clinical studies, etc.) with among others workshops, guest lectures and meetings with regulatory authorities.

The EKFZ at the University Medical Center Göttingen is dedicated to the translation of the four core optogenetic approaches to restore i) hearing and ii) vision and explore the potential of optogenetics for iii) gastric pacemaking and iv) brain-computer interfaces. These four teams are supported by the platforms for 1) opsin engineering, 2) gene transfer, 3) disease models, 4) immune-phenotyping and 5) development of medical devices.

The EKFZ relies on a close interdisciplinary collaboration between the University Medical Center Göttingen, the faculties of Physics, Mathematics, and Biology of the University, and non-university research institutions in Göttingen, such as the German Primate Center and the Max Planck Institutes for Multidisciplinary Sciences and for Dynamics and Self-Organization, as well as partners at the Medical University Hannover (MHH) and University of Freiburg.