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September 8, 2025

**Job Description**
This Postdoc position focuses on the large-scale and in-depth characterization of optimized Channelrhodopsin variants for basic neuroscience research and future optogenetic therapies. Key responsibilities include automated and manual patch-clamp experiments, high-throughput spinning disc confocal microscopy, and data analysis. The role offers the chance to contribute to the development of future optogenetic therapies, particularly the optical cochlear implant, within a highly innovative and multi-disciplinary research environment.

**Skills & Abilities**
• Proficiency in structural biology and/or bioinformatics and/or data-driven protein design
• Skills in data analysis with Python
• Excellent organizational, interpersonal and communication skills
• The ability to work in an interdisciplinary and international team of researchers

**Experience**
Other:
• Strong background in the (electrophysiological) characterization of membrane transport proteins
• Experience with basic molecular biology techniques (PCR, cloning etc.)
• Preferably knowledge in the characterization of microbial rhodopsins

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Experience
Other: • Strong background in the (electrophysiological) characterization of membrane transport proteins • Experience with basic molecular biology techniques (PCR, cloning etc.) • Preferably knowledge in the characterization of microbial rhodopsins
Work Level
Postdoc
Employment Type
Research Job
Salary
Annual Salary: Remuneration according to TV-L
Details
Full-time / Temporary Duration: Until 2028-12-31 Location Requirement: Campus-based in Göttingen
School / Department / Center / Lab
• Institut für Auditorische Neurowissenschaften • InnerEarLab • Collaborative Research Center CRC1690 • Else Kröner Fresenius Center for Optogenetic Therapies (EKFZ)
Supervisor(s)
Dr. Jakob Neef
Supervisor Email
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University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG)
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