The Fenech lab is a recently established DFG-funded Emmy-Noether research group at the Center for Biochemistry, University of Cologne.
We are located on one of Europe‘s top research campuses with state-of-the-art facilities. We aim to understand why, in the eukaryotic secretory pathway, so many similar proteins function alongside each other. These similar machineries – called homologs – can ‘back each other up’ with shared functions. However, all of them also have important unique functions and features, and for most, we still don’t know what underlying molecular mechanisms define this specificity. To uncover these, we use a combination of high-throughput protein interactor profiling, cell biology and biochemical tools in baker’s yeast and mammalian cells to find unique regulators and/or clients of homologous machineries.
We are looking for an enthusiastic postdoc who shares our fascination of how the largest organelle in the cell – the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) – works.
Does this sound interesting to you and you want to join our dynamic team?
Please submit your application as a single PDF containing a self-written cover/motivation letter (no more than 1 page), a 2-page CV (containing publications/pre-prints and the contact details of two referees) and relevant copies of degree certificates.
