PhD position (f/m/d)

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Who we are:

Since being founded in 1815, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen has offered medicine of the highest standard and incorporated the latest insights from medical research and state-of-the-art equipment into diagnosis and therapy. More than 9,600 employees from approximately 50 different occupations are needed to provide the wide range of services offered by Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, ensuring our patients receive the very best care around the clock.

The research group Translational Immuno-Dermatology headed by Prof. Caroline Voskens and based in the department of Dermatology has a very strong translational focus and closely cooperates with the department of Biophysics (Prof. Ben Fabry) and department of Gastroenterology, Pulmonology and Endocrinology (Prof. Markus Neurath and Prof. Sebastian Zundler). Our major goal is the clinical translation of our laboratory-findings and we are in the unique situation to be able to produce and release Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products in the clean rooms of our department-based Good Manufacturing Production (GMP) facility. We recently finished a phase I dose-escalation clinical trial testing the safety and tolerability of ex vivo expanded regulatory T cells in patients with ulcerative colitis. A phase II multi-center clinical trial has been approved by the German authorities and will soon be initiated. Additional research activities focus on the development of regulatory T cells with enhanced migration and suppressive properties and the antitumor potential of ex vivo expanded natural killer cells.