unior Research Group Leader (Subject to personal qualification employees are remunerated according to salary group E 15 TV-L) (Dresden)

The TU Dresden is among the top universities within Germany and Europe: strong in research, offering first-rate programs with an overwhelming diversity with close ties to culture, industry and society. The TU Dresden is one out of eleven German universities that were identified as an "elite university" in June 2012. As a modern full-status university with 14 faculties it offers - as one of very few universities in Germany - a wide academic range. TU Dresden is the largest technical university in Germany.

The DFG- Research Center for Regenerative Therapies Dresden, CRTD,
(http://www.tu-dresden.de/exzellenz/exzellenzcluster/crtd) and Cluster of Excellence forms a network of more than 80 research groups working in the areas of Haematology, Diabetes, Neurodegenerative diseases as well as bone regeneration. Starting as soon as possible the CRTD is seeking to recruit a

Junior Research Group Leader
(Subject to personal qualification employees are remunerated according to salary group E 15 TV-L)

with internationally outstanding scientific qualification working on cell biology of bone regeneration. We would also consider applicants working in one of the following research areas: "Animal models of regeneration", "Preclinical approaches of stem cells in regenerative therapy", "Cell biological basis of stem cell/progenitor cell development", "Engineering of stem cell behaviour", "Engineering of tissue regeneration", "Immunotolerance in regeneration". The position is initially limited to 6 years. The period of employment is governed § 2 Fixed Term Research Contracts Act (Wissenschaftszeitvertragsgesetz - WissZeitVG). Upon positive evaluation, a permanent position (according to a tenure track procedure) may be made available.
Tasks: In the research area concerned, the applicant will need to conduct independent interdisciplinary research in his/her research field. This includes and conception the coordination of the research program, the involvement of collaborative partners and the successful implementation of the research activities and publications.
Requirements: Suitable applicants must have a university degree in
natural or medical sciences, a doctoral degree and an outstanding
international scientific track record as well as proven outstanding
achievements in the international biomedical field. Applicants need to be experienced in steering research projects independently. Furthermore the position involves insights into scientific structures and processes of relevant research alliances and a high degree of creativity and interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary thinking. Knowledge in European public procurement law acquiring third party funding is preferable.Funding will be provided for the position of the group leader, personnel, basic equipment and running costs. The new junior research group will be - together with the already existing core groups - housed in a new state-of-the-art building equipped with a comprehensive, shared central technology platform. The building is located on the Life Science Campus, close to the Biotechnology Centre (www.biotec.tu-desden.de), the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics (www.mpi-cbg.de), the University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus Dresden (http://tu-dresd!
 en.de/die_tu_dresden/fakultaeten/medizinische_fakultaet) as well as the "Dresden International Graduate School for Biomedicine and Bioengineering" (www.digs-bb.de).
TU Dresden seeks to employ more women in leadership positions. Hence,
we should particularly like to encourage qualified women to apply.
Applications from disabled candidates or those with additional support
needs are welcome. TU Dresden is a family-friendly university and offers a dual career service.
Please send your application forms specifying your research area(s)
(according to the ones listed above) and include a CV, a publication list, a description of past and future research activities, acquired third-party funding, and two letters of recommendation by 15.05.2015 (stamped arrival date applies) preferably by e-mail as a single PDF to: judith.del_mestre@tu-dresden.de (Please note: We are currently not able to receive electronically signed and encrypted data.) Application forms sent by regular post should be addressed to TU Dresden, DFG-Center for Regenerative Therapies Dresden, Cluster of Excellence, Director of the CRTD, Frau Prof. Elly Tanaka, Fetscherstrasse 105, 01307 Dresden, Germany. Please submit copies only, as your application will not be returned to you.

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Von:

Prof. Elly Tanaka
judith.del_mestre@tu-dresden.de
TU Dresden, DFG-Center for Regenerative Therapies Dresden, Cluster of Excellence
Dresden

Ansprechpartner: Prof. Elly Tanaka