PhD Candidate in Systems Biology | Biologe (m/w/d)

Job Summary

This role offers an exciting opportunity for a motivated PhD candidate to join the Systems Biology Department at the University of Stuttgart. You will focus on studying TGFbeta-induced cellular decision-making in the context of health and disease. Your day-to-day work will involve developing quantitative models of gene expression to gain mechanistic insights into cancer cell proliferation and migration. You will employ machine learning techniques and train kinetic models using high-quality experimental data, including single-cell RNAseq and live-cell imaging. This position is highly interdisciplinary, requiring close collaboration with both experimentalists and theoreticians. Beyond research, you will participate in systems biology teaching and benefit from a vibrant academic environment with access to high-performance computing. The role is unique for its integration of biology and engineering, providing professional training through the DFG graduate school 'EpiSignal' and the SimTech excellence cluster.