Alliance Interinstitutional Postdoc Call
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Project title
Climate-Sensitive Infectious Disease Modelling
Multimodal machine learning in cancer genomics and digital pathology to understand chromosome instability
Beyond Antibodies: How B Cells Shape the Response to Immunotherapy in Atherosclerosis
Developing CRISPR-associated substrate-linked directed evolution (CaSLiDE) method in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Posterior cerebellar organoid models of pediatric brain cancer
Cortical Control of the Milk Ejection Reflex
Organoids and Disease Modeling: Cellular Identity and Circuit Dysfunction in Brain Disorders
Decoding Cancer Neuroscience by Investigating Neurodevelopmental Pathways and Cellular Plasticity in Brain Tumors
Using parasites as a tool to probe trained immunity
Structure-guided redesign for deimmunization of ferritin nanoparticle vaccine scaffolds
Precision Neuro-Oncology through Patient-Specific Organoid and AI Integration
Development AI co-pilot for neuropathology diagnostics
Interdisciplinary implementation of an AI-supported diagnostic workflow in neuropathology
RNAvasc: Decoding RNA Methylation Circuits Driving Vascular Disease
Evolutionary Origins and Mechanisms of Cellular Quality Control
Understanding organ-specific Myc expression dynamics and its role in coordinating systemic growth
Stability and drift of representations in different types of hippocampal pyramidal neurons during learning
Functional impacts of tumor-resident bacteria on cancer phenotypes
Using parasites as a tool to probe trained immunity
Regenerative autophagy across kingdoms of life
Histone methyltransferase SETDB1’s role in modulating tumor cell and immune cell crosstalk
Targeting Immune Checkpoint Blockade-induced toxicities: Decoding Cell Dynamics for Safer Immunotherapy
Boosting of tumor immune control through Spatially Fractionated Irradiation
Impact of antibiotic exposure on gut microbiota drug metabolism.
Spatial Omics Method Development and Biomedical Discovery Science in Blood Cancer
Cardiac RNA therapies
Boosting CAR T cell therapy by viral Immune-evasins
Design and evaluation of enterovirus peptide-based cancer therapeutics
TIME-MEL study: Tumor-Immune Micro-Environment dynamics in intra- vs. extra-cranial MELanoma
A Neuro-Immune-Muscular Organ-on-a-Chip Platform for Modeling Early Neurodegeneration
From Chromatin Interaction to Function: When and how enhancer–promoter contacts drive gene activation
Interventional Neuromodulation of Thermoregulatory Circuits to Improve Health
SPIRIT-VR: Spiritual and Patient-centered Interventions through Relational and Immersive Technology in Virtual Reality
How Climate and Chemistry Shape Mosquito Behaviour: Optimising Next-Generation Vector Control
Social touch during times of distress – The role of significant others, oxytocin, and neuro-psychophysiological mechanisms in shaping health outcomes
Integrated spatial mapping of tumor-intrinsic, metabolic, and microenvironmental drivers of immunotherapy resistance in multiple myeloma
Immuno-Mit-EV: Immune cell dysfunction and mitochondrial traits in extracellular vesicles
Remodeling of intracellular architecture and membrane contacts during neuronal differentiation in health and disease
Decoding inosine: the interplay between mRNA A-to-I editing and tRNA modifications
DeDup15
Organic Xenon Cages for Improved Targeted and Enhanced MRI - OXCITE-MRI
In situ identification of membrane proteins using binder-based molecular probes for cryo-electron tomography
Decoding Gene Regulation through Integrated Sequence-to-Function Modeling of Genetic Variation
Establishment of an innovative tool to confidently assess mTOR signaling in glioblastomas
Dissecting how RNA binding governs cytoskeletal organization
Spatially Resolved Proteomics and Mechanistic CRISPR Screens to Uncover Metabolic Determinants of Anti-Tumor Immune Function
Mapping and predicting the routes of antibiotic resistance spread
NUTRIACT - NUTRItion in pregnancy and ACTivation of placental pathways translating to Adolescent Neurodevelopment.
Rewiring Sensory Predictions: Probing S1 Layers with 7T Neuroimaging and Virtual Reality
Metabolic profiling of colorectal cancer - microbiota interactions using organoid models and high-throughput perturbation screens
Next-Generation Single-Cell Approaches to Map Chromatin Dynamics in Development and Disease
Developing next-generation microfluidic vitrification workflows for cryo-EM and cryo-ET
Epigenetic training of tissue cell-intrinsic innate imune pathways
Towards a robust, explainable AI-powered dose calculation engine for ion therapy
Selection of RNA guides as Adenosine Deaminase Acting on RNA (ADAR) engagers based on single molecule mechanistic studies and their in vivo validation
Planning what matters: Towards direct inclusion of local lesion risks in clinical radiotherapy treatment planning
Regulation and functional impact of cell surface RNAs in AML
A Computational Framework to Unlock Single-Cell Proteomics
Utilizing blood CCR8+ Tregs for cancer diagnostics or after treatment monitoring
Investigating the interaction between oncogenic drivers and cancer metabolism for targeted cancer therapy
Charting the fate decision map of T-cells in brain tumors
Interpretable Generative Deep Learning Models for improved Nanopore RNA signal processing to robustly detect RNA modifications and structure
Spatial Lipidomic Profiling of Glioblastoma to Uncover Brain-Region–Specific Drivers of Tumor Progression
Viral Infection as a Potential Driver of Accelerated Neurodegeneration: Mechanisms and Impact.
Multi-omics endotyping of patients with gallstones, gallbladder dysplasia, and gallbladder cancer
Sleep-Dependent Replay and Decision-Making Impairments in Addiction: Exploring Mechanisms in Humans and Rodents
Neurobiologically inspired memory modules for Large Language Models
Metabolite Signaling and Cancer Formation
Lipid-Mediated Regulation of CD95 Oligomerization and Signaling
Computational models of social interactions as a basis for adaptive gamified treatment approaches
Cross-species paradigms and models for aggression in “rich” environments with multiple interaction partners
Multi-Omics Spatial Bioinformatics in Liver Cancer
Mechanoengineering with synthetic microphysiological models of innate-adaptive immune interactions in tissues
Integration of label-free imaging with spatial omics technologies
Interplay between somatic evolution and cellular plasticity in colon cancer
Integration of quantitive MRI and GWAS to detect novel candidate genes for Primary Familial Brain Calcifications in the UK biobank
Single-Cell Reconstruction of Clonal Evolution Under HMA Therapy in Myelodysplastic Neoplasms
Dietary modulation of cardiometabolic inflammation
Microenvironmental regulation of genome stability during tissue homeostasis, ageing and cancer
(3) Your own research project title (as in Research Project Proposal)
(4) Name, institution, department and email of at least two PIs at different Alliance institutions (as in Support Letter)
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(5) Your desired start date:
(6) When did or will you obtain your PhD or MD?
(7) Upload here your Research Project Proposal (please use template available on website, save as pdf)
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(8) Upload here your Cover Letter + CV + Publication list + PhD/ MD Certificate scans + two Reference Letters (all in one pdf in the given order, max. file size is 8 MB, all in english)
• Your cover letter should not exceed 1 DinA4 page (Arial 11, 1.5 line space). The cover letter should convincingly explain why you are the right candidate with relevant skills and expertise for the proposed project.
• Please do not attach the publications themselves.
• The reference letters must include the original letter heads and the signatures of the referees.
• In case you have not accomplished the PhD or MD yet, attach a letter/scan from your faculty that proves the planned date of the doctoral examination not later than July 31, 2026.
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(9) Upload here the Support Letter signed by the supporting PIs (please use template available on website, save as pdf)
• Incomplete applications will not be accepted.
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