2 PhD candidates (f/m/x) in Imaging or Image Analysis

Imaging

Responsibilities:

• Development of a spatial analysis method of corneal immune cells including immunofluorescence, confocal microscopy, and programming
• Establishing dynamic microscopic OCT as new imaging method for structures in the eye

Image Analysis

Responsibilities:

• Development of computational methods and processing pipelines dedicated to the project
• Application of existing and development of new analytical and ML solutions
• Data visualization and communication
• Work in close collaboration with our medical collaboration partners
• Collaboration with our medical informatics partners who will establish data management platform

Imaging

Requirements:

• MSc degree in bioinformatics, biology, molecular medicine or comparable
• With interest and experience in fluorescence microscopy and image analysis
• Programming skills (python)
• Experience with deep learning is a plus

Image Analysis

Requirements:

• MSc degree in computer science, physics, bioinformatics, or a related field
• Good programming skills (python)
• Experience with deep learning is a plus
• Great communication skills, capacity of working in a team and in an interdisciplinary environment
• Capacity of independently managing a project involving multiple collaboration partners

• “Anything but ordinary”: Working in this only second CRC in ophthalmology in the DFG history you have the unique chance to help to shape the future of patients with blinding eye diseases for the better! You can expect a secure job in an excellent, innovative environment – company pension scheme and regular working hours included.
• Job and family in harmony: Whether full-time or part-time, with or without children – with numerous support offers, we can find the right path together.
• Team spirit: You will be welcomed with open arms by an interdisciplinary team that values mutual appreciation and willingness to help.
• Strong prospects: We offer you extensive further training opportunities including our integrated research training group “Eye and Inflammation” (EI)- so you can grow beyond yourself and set your sights on new goals.
• National and international networks and collaborations: Within this CRC you will have ample opportunities to form and shape your own network.

The CRC consists of clinician-scientists and basic scientists from ophthalmology, immunology, genetics, oncology, imaging etc. all devoted to ocular (lymph)angiogenesis and immunological research and translation.

Working at the University Hospital Cologne and the Medical Faculty means helping to shape the future - the future of medicine, of patients and, of course, your own future. You benefit from 60 clinics and institutes as well as numerous other departments and facilities and more than 12,000 jobs. The Faculty of Medicine of the University of Cologne and the University Hospital Cologne assume important social tasks in research, teaching and patient care. A close network with many university and non-university partners guarantees an internationally successful science and the excellent education of our students.

Our CRC 1607 (funded initially from 1.4.2024- 31.12.2027) is unique since there is currently no other (inter)national center that primarily focusses on the role of lymphatic/blood vessels and immune cells as the cause of, and new therapeutic target in, age-associated ocular diseases. Our new CRC 1607 is gathered around the perspective that within 12 years, significant progress in disease understanding and translation into clinical care can be achieved.

You can find further information about our research group here.