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Job vancancy for PhD student in the Molecular Biophysics Department

The Molecular Biophysics Department in Homburg is inviting applications for the following position commencing as soon as possible

Academic research assistant (m/f/x) Reference number W2765

Salary in accordance with the German TV-L salary scale1, pay grade: E13 TV-L, volume of employment: 60 % of standard working time, duration of employment: 3 years. Further information (job desciption, requirements, etc.) can be found in the job advertisement (download job advertisement as pdf document).

We look forward to receiving your meaningful online application (in a PDF file) by 27.02.2026 to dalia.alansary@uks.eu. Please include the reference number W2765 in the subject line of the e-mail.

If you have any questions, please contact us for assistance. Your contact: 
Frau PD Dr. Dalia Alansary, dalia.alansary@uks.eu, +49 6841-1616311

ERC Consolidator Grant for the lab of Prof. Sauer

The European Research Council has awarded Jonas-Frederic Sauer, professor of physiology at Saarland University, an ERC Consolidator Grant for his fundamental research on the brain. This research prize is endowed with approximately two million euros. Congratulations!

For further information, please visit the UdS press release of December 9, 2025.

Job vacancy in the groups of Bianca Schrul und David Mick

We are offering the following position in the field of medical biochemistry and molecular biology at the earliest possible date:

Administrative and secretarial assistant (m/f/d)

Reference number N2231, remuneration in accordance with TV-L, pay grade E6, duration of employment: initially limited to 1 year with the possibility of extension, scope of employment: 50% of the standard working hours. Further information can be found in the job advertisement (download job advertisement)

We look forward to receiving your detailed online application (in a PDF file) by December 5, 2025, at bewerbung(at)uni-saarland.de. Please include the reference number N2231 in the subject line of your email. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us. Your contact persons: Prof. Dr. Bianca Schrul and Prof. Dr. David Mick (bianca.schrul@uni-saarland.de & david.mick@uni-saarland.de, Tel.: 06841-1616648)

Start of the new “Campus Seminar Homburg” on March 14, 2025 at 2 pm

The new “Campus Seminar Homburg” will take place every 2nd Friday of the month at 2 pm in the auditorium of the CIPMM (building 48 at the Homburg campus) and is intended to promote scientific exchange on campus. There are always 2 lectures (20 min + 10 min discussion) planned per date, whenever possible with one lecture from the preclinic and one from the clinic. All interested parties are welcome!

If you are interested in being added to the corresponding email distribution list for seminar announcements, or if you would like to present in a future seminar, please contact the organization team (Marcel Lauterbach / Leticia Prates Roma / Bianca Schrul) at campusseminar-homburg(at)uni-saarland.de.

Future 2025 dates (every 2nd Friday of the month):
11 April, 9 May, 13 June, 11 July, 12 September, 10 October, 14 November, 12 December

February 4, 2026 @ 10 am - 1 pm

ZHMB-Mini-Symposium “Membranes & Organelles” (Campus Homburg, Building 48.5/PZMS Auditorium)

  • Dr. Hjoerdis Mathilda Lennartz
    Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetic, Dresden, Germany
    “Deciphering the molecular mechanisms of intracellular lipid transport”
  • Dr. Sarah Haßdenteufel
    Faculty of Biochemistry, Department of Molecular Genetics, Weizman Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
    „A multiplexed approach for genetic screening of human cells by electron microscopy uncovers a critical effector of mitochondrial cristae shape“.
  • Dr. Adriana Covarrubias Pinto
    Institute of Biochemistry, Department of Medicine, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany
    “Remodeling of ER-mitochondria contact sites via selective autophagy”

January 9, 2026 @ 1.30 PM

Campus Seminar Homburg (Building 48/CIPMM Auditorium)

  • Prof. Dr. Oskar Staufer
    Emmy-Noether Fellow @ INM – Leibniz Institute for New Materials | Center for Biophysics (ZBP)
    “Artificial tumor immune microenvironments to dissect immunotherapy resistance”
  • Prof. Dr. Danilo Fliser
    Department of Internal Medicine IV - Nephrology and Hypertension | UKS
    “DKK3 in cardiorenal medicine”