- Reporter gene studies - Successfully completed M.Sc. degree in the field of life sciences (biology, biochemistry, biotechnology, molecular medicine or similar) - Hands-on experience working with bacteria - Excellent skills of the English language (spoken and written) incl. presenting research data - Willing to participate in the supervision of practical courses, Bachelor- and Master students Experience in the following areas is an advantage: - Molecular pathogenicity research with BSL2 organisms - Hypoxia research - Data analysis using R and/or Python, especially transcriptomics - Molecular biology: cloning, mutagenesis, recombination - Use of reporters (fluorescence, luminescence) - Cell culture techniques, e.g. cell lines, organoids - Microscopy, e.g. CLSM, live-cell imaging