Postdoc position Long-COVID/ auto antibodies (m/f/d)
Nephropathologie
38.5 hours
Fixed term of 24 months
as of 01.06.2026
Eingruppierung gemäß
TV-L
Application deadline 30.04.2026
Nephropatholgische Abteilung
Prof. Felix B. Engel
Telefon: -35659
E-Mail: felix.engel@uk-erlangen.de
Please provide: CV, Letter of Motivation, Letters of Recommendation, Short proposal regarding your approach to detect functional autoantibodies and a „mechanistic project“(max. 2 pages, not generated by AI).
Prof. Felix B. Engel
Telefon: -35659
E-Mail: felix.engel@uk-erlangen.de
Please provide: CV, Letter of Motivation, Letters of Recommendation, Short proposal regarding your approach to detect functional autoantibodies and a „mechanistic project“(max. 2 pages, not generated by AI).
Contact person
Prof. Felix B. Engel
Telefon: -35659
Prof. Felix B. Engel
Telefon: -35659
Postdoc position Long-COVID/ auto antibodies (m/f/d)
Published since: 29.01.2026Job-Id: 12162
Prof. Felix B. Engel
Telefon: -35659
Telefon: -35659
Nephropatholgische Abteilung
Prof. Felix B. Engel
Telefon: -35659
E-Mail: felix.engel@uk-erlangen.de
Please provide: CV, Letter of Motivation, Letters of Recommendation, Short proposal regarding your approach to detect functional autoantibodies and a „mechanistic project“(max. 2 pages, not generated by AI).
Prof. Felix B. Engel
Telefon: -35659
E-Mail: felix.engel@uk-erlangen.de
Please provide: CV, Letter of Motivation, Letters of Recommendation, Short proposal regarding your approach to detect functional autoantibodies and a „mechanistic project“(max. 2 pages, not generated by AI).
Postdoc position Long-COVID/ auto antibodies (m/f/d)
Published since: 29.01.2026
Job-Id: 12162
Prof. Felix B. Engel
Telefon: -35659
Published since: 29.01.2026
Job-Id: 12162
Nephropatholgische Abteilung
Prof. Felix B. Engel
Telefon: -35659
E-Mail: felix.engel@uk-erlangen.de
Please provide: CV, Letter of Motivation, Letters of Recommendation, Short proposal regarding your approach to detect functional autoantibodies and a „mechanistic project“(max. 2 pages, not generated by AI).
Contact personProf. Felix B. Engel
Telefon: -35659
E-Mail: felix.engel@uk-erlangen.de
Please provide: CV, Letter of Motivation, Letters of Recommendation, Short proposal regarding your approach to detect functional autoantibodies and a „mechanistic project“(max. 2 pages, not generated by AI).
Prof. Felix B. Engel
Telefon: -35659
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Your tasks:
| Background of the project: This position is integrated in the research consortium PERCOLATE. The overall aim of PERCOLATE is to establish a rapid and easy-to-use diagnostic test panel, based on detection of functional autoantibodies targeting G-protein coupled receptors (GPCR-fAAb) in combination with GPCR-fAAb mediated ischaemia-reperfusion parameters, accompanied by profiling of immune cells and viral reactivation in patients with Long-COVID (LC) and Post-Vaccination Syndrome (Post-VAC) for a personalized patients’ stratification and care. Your task will be to develop alternative methods to the assay by Wallukat et al., in which primary rat cardiomyocytes were used, to detect the functional active GPCR-AAbs from patients’ sera (~300 samples). Examples of assays are genetically encoded reporter lines or visualization of receptor internalization. The cell system has to be a human system like hiPSC-derived cardiomyocytes but could also be a human standard cell line. In addition, we expect the development of a research project aiming at a better mechanistic understanding of the disease with the focus of the role of autoantibodies (or alternatively a focus that the applicant has experience in; e.g., immune cells). |
Comments:
- Funding: The project is funded by the Ministry of Health. Salary: E13, 100% for 2 years with possible extension (funded until 31.12.2028).
- The position is temporary for 2 years
- The position is full-time
- The starting date is as soon as possible
- Deadline for applications: 30.04.2026