Research
and Clinic in
Harmony
At the Else Kröner-Fresenius Center for Optogenetic Therapies (EKFZ), Clinician Scientists combine their medical work with translational research to bring medical innovations into clinical application. They develop their own research projects, which are assigned to one of the four teams or five platforms of the EKFZ and supervised by a Principal Investigator. The projects can be in basic research or clinical studies.
The positions are advertised annually and are open to physicians from the University Medical Center Göttingen as well as partners Medical School Hannover and University of Freiburg.
Your Qualifications:
- completed studies in human medicine with license to practice medicine
- you have started but did not finish your residency at one of the partner institutions (UMG, MHH, Freiburg)
- medical doctorate, at least completed experimental part of the doctoral thesis or research experience for several months
- proof of scientific interest by a scientifically sound and promising project outline
- independent, responsible, flexible working style and ability to work in a team
If positions are available, they will be published on the UMG job portal. Please submit your application exclusively online via the University’s Medical Center application portal by accessing the corresponding job advertisement with the title Clinician Scientists consisting of:
- Motivation letter (including name, affiliation, address, e-mail, phone number, max. 2 pages)
- CV including publication list and research experience
- Project presentation:
1. Title
2. Description of the project (max. 2 pages)
3. Main research question/ goal (max. 1 page)
4. Project plan (max. 2 pages)
5. Clinical relevance and integration into the EKFZ (1/2 page)• Letter of support from the prospective research and clinical mentors.
In view to this, you are welcome to contact the EKFZ administration team, e-mail: ekfz@med.uni-goettingen.de, to assist you to get in touch with the suitable EKFZ team or platform members.
For questions, our administration team is happy to help.
Email:ekfz@med.uni-goettingen.de
INSIGHT INTO THE CURRENT
PROJECTS OF OUR CLINICIAN
SCIENTISTS
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| Dr. med. |
Lennart Roos |
| Klinik für Hals-Nasen-Ohren-Heilkunde |
Projekt |
| Characterizing the utility of novel red-light shifted channelrhodopsin variants for stimulating the auditory nerve with multichannel optogenetic cochlear implants |
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| Dr. med. |
Merete Hartmann |
| Klinik für Hals-Nasen-Ohren-Heilkunde |
Projekt |
| Characterization of optogenetically modified otic neuronal progenitor cells and functional analysis of synapse formation with neurons of the cochlear nucleus in vitro |
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| Dr. med. |
Dorothea Silvia Laurence |
| Klinik für Augenheilkunde |
Projekt |
| Longitudinal characterization of inner retina health in low-vision retinitis pigmentosa patients to optimize retinal ganglion cell-based optogenetic vision restoration therapy |
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Johannes Moritz Riebeling |
| Klinik für Allgemein- Viszeral- und Kinderchirurgie / Chirurgie |
Projekt |
| Optimizing Adeno-associated Virus mediated optogene transfer for optogenetic gastric pacemaking |
