Physicist / Research Associate (PhD Candidate) | Physiker (m/w/d)

Job Summary

This role is part of the DFG-funded Research Training Group 'Biomolecular Condensates' at TUD Dresden University of Technology. As a Research Associate and PhD student within the Excellence Cluster Physics of Life, you will investigate the emergent properties of chromatin and how its material properties change throughout the cell cycle. Working in the Brugués group in collaboration with the Schiessel group, you will utilize advanced experimental techniques such as optical tweezers and single-molecule approaches to study DNA-protein co-condensation and loop extrusion in Xenopus egg extracts. The position offers a unique interdisciplinary environment at the interface of physics and biology, providing the opportunity to work in a world-leading research hub for biomolecular condensates. You will be responsible for visualizing condensate formation on stretched chromosomes and analyzing how tension and epigenetic sequences influence these biological structures, ultimately contributing to our understanding of transcription and DNA repair processes.