Parasitology Unit Job offers

~~~ Job Postings ~~~

Scullery / laboratory assistant

We are looking for reinforcement for our laboratory service area (part-time position) at the earliest possible date. Please see the job advert linked below for details.

If you have any questions, please contact our office: Miriam Griesheimer, Tel. 06221/56-7845, jobs.para(at)med.uni-heidelberg.de

We look forward to receiving your application!

Postdoc position: Hentzschel lab

The Hentzschel lab is currently looking for a Postdoc to work on the early oocyst development of Plasmodium.

Applications to be submitted to our group leader Franzi via email.

Project start: as soon as possible

Vocational Training (laboratory technician)

The Center for Infectious Diseases has several positions available for a 3-year vocational training as laboratory technician starting on 1st September 2025. We look forward to receiving your application via our online job portal by February 28, 2025. The selection interviews take place in April.

PhD position: Ingham lab

We invite applications from enthusiastic students to join the Ingham lab (focus on translational malaria research) led by Victoria Ingham.

The advertised PhD project deals with the "Novel assays for cuticular penetration and increased understanding of pharmacokinetics for insecticide use in malaria control".

Please apply via the online application system of our local Graduate School HBIGS.

Research technician: Ingham lab

For the Ingham lab we are looking for a full-time research technician as soon as possible. Please see the job advert linked below for details.

If you have any questions, please contact Vicky, the head of the research group, directly.

We look forward to receiving your application!

PhD position: Hentzschel lab

The Hentzschel lab is currently offering a PhD position deciphering the assembly, activation and structure of a non-canonical Arp2/3 complex in Plasmodium.

Applications to be submitted to our group leader Franzi via email.

Start of PhD project: as soon as possible

Natural Sciences: Interested in a position as PhD student?

Please have a look at the homepage of our Graduate School HBIGS (www.hbigs.uni-heidelberg.de) where the research groups Frischknecht, Lanzer and Hentzschel advertise all their open PhD student positions. You may also submit an unsolicited application via the online application system and the groups will then get in touch with you. If you are interested in working in one of our other groups, please contact the group leaders directly.

MEDICINE: INTERESTED IN AN EXPERIMENTAL MD THESIS?

Even if there is currently no suitable dissertation project from our department online on MEDISS, you can contact us directly at any time (either our secretary Miriam or the respective group leader) and we will see if there might be a project for you.

Wanting to do a lab practical in our department?  

Please either contact the group yourself or get in touch with our secretary Miriam.

- By the way, it is always helpful to include a CV together with information on the prospective timeframe (please note that we normally only accept students for lab practicals that go beyond 6 weeks so that it is possible to have a small project to work on) and the preferred research group -

For students from abroad: We ask for your understanding that we normally do not have funds available to cover your travel and accommodation costs. Thus, if you are really interested in coming to our labs, please seek your own funding through national or international agencies (e.g. DAAD). Due to the large number of emails we receive, we reserve the right not to respond to enquiries from students from abroad who cannot provide proof of sufficient funding for their internship.  

Looking for a postdoctoral position?

We are always interested in welcoming promising young researchers in our labs :-) Please just contact the relevant group you would like to join. In general, it is always appreciated when Postdocs bring their own money, i.e. apply for a fellowship (Humboldt Foundation, Cellnetworks, Marie Curie, EMBOMedical Faculty of our University).

  • We are looking for enthusiastic Bachelor or Master students to join the Lanzer lab (focus on the blood stage of the malaria infection).

    The project will concentrate on KAHRP, a crucial protein involved in knob formation in infected red blood cells, which significantly affects disease severity.

    You will apply advanced cloning, protein expression, and purification techniques under close supervision of a PhD student on the project.

    To express interest, please contact our secretary Miriam directly.

    Getting in touch with our admin office (Miriam)

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