Research assistant, Postdoc (m/f/d)

at  Universittsklinikum Dsseldorf

Düsseldorf University Hospital (UKD) is the largest hospital in the state capital and one of the most
important medical centers in North Rhine-Westphalia. The 9,300 employees at UKD and its
subsidiaries are committed to treating over 45,000 inpatients and 270,000 outpatients every year. The
UKD stands for international excellence in patient care, research and teaching, as well as for
innovative and safe diagnostics, therapy and prevention. Patients benefit from the intensive
interdisciplinary cooperation between the 60 clinics and institutes. The particular strength of the
University Hospital is the close integration of clinical and research work for the safe application of new
methods. Tomorrow’s medicine is being created at the UKD. Every day.
The Institute of Pathology of the University Hospital Düsseldorf is looking for a temporary position
from 01.01.2025 until 31.08.2027 for a

• Analysis and annotation of digitized histological slides in QuPath and development of scripts for

digital image analysis

• Isolation of DNA and RNA samples from FFPE and cryo material
• Determination of POLEmut cases by Sanger sequencing and/or NGS analysis
• Application of laser capture microdissection to precursor lesions.
• Establishment of functional cell culture models for immunological and therapeutic effects in

POLEmut, POLEwt and induced POLEloss models

• Alternatively, knowledge in the establishment and configuration of convolutional neural networks for

AI development.

• Collaboration in biobank-related project work.Support medical students in study design and data

analysis

• Collaboration with international partners
• Quality control and preparation of SOPs in the laboratory
• Basic bioinformatics data analysis of sequencing data