Fully funded ELBE postdoctoral fellow positions in Germany

About the role

The ELBE Postdoctoral Fellowship offers independent researchers a fully funded 2‑3 year position at the Center for Systems Biology Dresden. Fellows develop their own research proposals and join any CSBD group, working at the interface of systems biology, theoretical biophysics, computational biology, mathematics, computer science and machine learning applied to biological systems.

Key responsibilities

• Design and execute an interdisciplinary research project in collaboration with CSBD members.
• Develop and apply theoretical or computational methods to investigate biological systems.
• Collaborate closely with experimental groups at the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics and the Technische Universität Dresden.
• Publish findings in high‑impact journals and present at international conferences.

Required profile

• PhD in physics, computer science, mathematics, or a related discipline.
• Strong interest in cross‑disciplinary life‑science research.
• Ability to formulate an independent research proposal.
• Exceptional analytical mindset; experimental biologists with a computational focus are also considered.

Required skills

• Computational modeling of biological systems.
• Machine learning techniques applied to life‑science data.

What we offer

• Fully funded salary and research expenses for 2‑3 years.
• Access to state‑of‑the‑art facilities at CSBD, MPI‑CBG, MPI‑PKS and TUD.
• International, interdisciplinary environment with close collaborations across leading institutes.