Open Positions
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Join our team!

The Hsueh lab strives to provide a stimulating and nurturing environment for the next generation of young scientists. We welcome highly motivated postdocs, PhD students and master students to join our team at MPI Biology! We have many ambitious and fascinating projects range from molecular mechanistic studies to computation biology and genomic analyses that can be tailored to the candidates’ background and interest. If you are interested in joining us, please get in touch.

Postdocs

We seek outstanding postdocs to work with us. Apply by email with your CV, a cover letter and the names and contact details of at least two references, to see how you and your research can fit into our department.

PhD students

We seek outstanding PhD students to work with us. Our PhD students are members of IMPRS as well as the Department of Biology at the University of Tübingen. Please apply for our PhD projects through the International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS) website. Application rounds open every year in December.

MA students (University of Tübingen)

We are always interested in curious and motivated students looking to do their Master thesis in collaboration with our lab.

Application

Please submit your application by email to ping.hsueh@tuebingen.mpg.de as a single pdf document. The email should include:

• your CV
• a cover letter outlining research interests, experience, and motivation for applying
• the names and contact details of at least two academic references

The Max Planck Society strives for gender equality and diversity. It is committed to increasing the number of employees with disabilities and therefore encourages applications from such qualified individuals. Furthermore, it seeks to increase the number of women in areas where they are underrepresented and therefore explicitly encourages women to apply.

Contemplating coming to Germany for your research? The following links might be helpful:

• A career guide by the Max-Planck Society 
• For PhD students: The path to a doctorate at Max-Planck 
• Research in Germany: a guide by the Ministry for Education and Research 

Looking for funding? Here are some links to different fellowships: 

• EMBO Fellowships.
• Marie Skłodowska Curie Actions (MSCA) of the European Union.
• Fellowships from the Humboldt Stiftung.
• Walter Benjamin Programme of the Deutsche Forschungsgesellschaft (DFG).
• HFSP Postdoctoral Fellowship for postdocs from member countries.
• FEBS Fellowships (both long-term and short-term), with specific scholarships for students from Latin America, Africa and Ukraine.
• Minerva Fellowships of the Max Planck Society, specifically for German-Israeli exchanges.