The University of Cologne is one of the largest and oldest universities in Germany. Our broad range of subjects, the dynamic development of our main research areas and our central location in Cologne make us attractive for students and researchers from around the world.
The Fenech lab is a recently established DFG-funded Emmy-Noether research group at the Center for Biochemistry Cologne, 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 two enthusiastic doctoral researchers that share 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 containing a self-written cover/motivation letter (of no more than 1 page), a short CV (containing any publications and the contact details of two referees) and relevant copies of degree certificates.
