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The Leibniz Institute for Immunotherapy welcomes individuals from all life paths and academic backgrounds. If you are passionate about science and research, we could be the perfect home for you. Our work culture places a clear focus on team work, the constant exchange of ideas, and cross-divisional learning. United behind our shared mission, we look to the future of Immunotherapy with optimism motivated by the role we will play in shaping it.
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Die Verwaltung sucht zum nächstmöglichen Zeitpunkt einen
Mitarbeiter im Bereich Controlling (m/w/d) – Verw-2026-2
Vollzeit 40,01 Stunden pro Woche, unbefristet
Hauptaufgaben:
- Durchführung des Abteilungs- und Institutscontrollings
- Administrative Betreuung nationaler und internationaler Drittmittelprojekte über den gesamten Projektlebenszyklus
- Erstellung qualifizierter Zuarbeiten und Unterlagen für Prüfungen durch die Zuwendungsgeber
- Kommunikation mit internen Schnittstellen, Projektträgern und Fördermittelgebern
- Beratung der Kostenstellen- und Projektverantwortlichen in Bezug auf die Planung von Mittelverwendung, Unterstützung von Kostenkalkulationen, Umwidmungs- und Verlängerungsanträgen
- Selbständige Entwicklung von Berichtsformaten für Finanzauswertungen und Statistiken
- Mitwirkung bei der Weiterentwicklung/Aktualisierung von Finanzprozessen und zentrale Ansprechperson (intern und extern) für die Umsetzung in Bezug auf softwarebasierte Änderungen
Anforderungen:
- Sie verfügen über ein abgeschlossenes Studium der Betriebswirtschaftslehre, eine abgeschlossene Berufsausbildung im kaufmännischen bzw. Verwaltungsbereich oder eine vergleichbare Qualifikation
- Sie haben idealerweise Berufserfahrung in einer Forschungseinrichtung, in einer mit öffentlichen Mitteln geförderten Einrichtung oder im öffentlichen Dienst gesammelt
- Sie verfügen über ein sehr gutes Zahlenverständnis und analytisches Denkvermögen und durchdringen somit auch komplexe Sachverhalte
- Idealerweise Kenntnisse im Bereich Finanzplanung, KLR und kaufmännisches Rechnungswesen
- Sicherer Umgang mit ERP-Systemen
- Gute Anwenderkenntnisse in MS Office, insbesondere Tabellenkalkulation (Excel)
- Hohes Maß an Organisations- und Kommunikationsgeschick
- Flexibilität hinsichtlich des Einsatzes auch in anderen Verwaltungsbereichen
- Gute Englischkenntnisse in Wort und Schrift
Wir bieten:
- Verantwortungsvolles und abwechslungsreiches Aufgabengebiet
- Gründliche Einarbeitung
- Flache Hierarchien und kurze Entscheidungswege
- Ein hoch motiviertes und kollegiales Team
- Exzellente fachliche und persönliche Weiterentwicklung
- Flexible Arbeitszeiten zur Vereinbarkeit von Familie und Beruf
- Betriebliche Altersvorsorge (VBL)
- Jahressonderzahlung
- Vermögenswirksame Leistungen
- Jobticket u.v.m. Die Vergütung erfolgt nach TV-L.
Das LIT setzt sich besonders für die Vereinbarkeit von Familie und Beruf ein. Schwerbehinderte (m/w/d) werden bei ansonsten im Wesentlichen gleicher Eignung bevorzugt eingestellt. Bitte weisen Sie auf eine vorliegende Schwerbehinderung in der Bewerbung hin.
Bitte beachten Sie, dass wir Kosten, die bei einem etwaigen Vorstellungsgespräch für Sie anfallen sollten, nicht übernehmen können.
Bei Rückfragen wenden Sie sich bitte an
Frau Brigitte Herbst
Mail: brigitte.herbst@lit.eu
Wir freuen uns auf Ihre ausführliche Bewerbung. Bitte bewerben Sie sich über unser HR-Portal unter Nennung der Kennung Verw-2026-2 bis 10.05.2026.
The LIT – Leibniz Institute for Immunotherapy (foundation under civil law) is a biomedical research centre focusing on translational immunology in the fields of cancer immunotherapy, transplant rejection and autoimmunity. The objective of the LIT is to develop efficient immune therapeutic strategies in these areas. Close networking between University and University Hospital thus offers high research efficiency and an excellent research environment.
The LIT is looking for a highly motivated postdoctoral researcher to take on a dual role in technical operation of the state-of-the-art imaging & spatial biology facility and the computational data integration at the Leibniz Institute for Immunotherapy (LIT).
Postdoctoral researcher (m/f/d)
– PB-2026-1
part-time (20.05 hours per week/ 50 %), initially limited to two years with possibility of continued employment.
The successful candidate will be involved in operating, maintaining, and optimizing high-end imaging and spatial omics platforms (e.g., fluorescence microscopy, mass spectrometry imaging (MSI), Raman systems) and will develop computational and statistical data analysis methods to improve data quality, information extraction, and multi-omics integration workflows.
This position is ideal for someone who enjoys working at the interface of technology, instrumentation, and computational modelling, contributing both to data generation and advanced analytics to drive spatial systems biology research.
Your tasks include but are not limited to:
- Organize and support technical running, optimisation and quality assurance of advanced imaging and spatial omics instruments.
- Work closely with users to understand image/data acquisition pipelines and inform computational processing accordingly.
- Support users in experimental design considerations from a data analysis and instrument optimisation perspective.
- Teach users how to operate imaging devices
- Understand image formation processes to design methods for optimal information retrieval from experimental data.
- Develop computational frameworks for integrating spatial and bulk multi-omics datasets.
- Create and apply statistical and machine learning models for feature extraction, data harmonisation, and biomarker discovery.
- Develop open-source tools for multi-modal data processing and integration.
- Collaborate closely with biologists, clinicians, and imaging specialists to interpret high-dimensional datasets.
- Disseminate research through high-impact publications and conference presentations.
Requirements:
- PhD (or near completion) in Imaging Science, Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, Machine Learning, Data Science, or a related field.
- Demonstrated experience in image or signal processing, instrumentation data pipelines, or similar.
- Strong programming skills in Python, R, or MATLAB.
- Experience with statistical modelling, machine learning, or data fusion for highdimensional datasets.
- Familiarity with multi-omics or imaging modalities (e.g., MSI, Raman, fluorescence microscopy).
- Proven publication record and ability to work in an interdisciplinary environment.
Desirable Skills:
- Experience working with or supporting a scientific facility/instrument platform.
- Knowledge of graph-based methods, manifold learning, or probabilistic modelling.
- Familiarity with HPC or cloud-based analysis workflows.
- Experience with immunological datasets or spatial tissue profiling is a plus.
We offer:
- An international cutting-edge research environment that offers exciting and diverse opportunities
- Flexible working hours
- Flat hierarchies and short decision-making processes
- A highly motivated and cooperative team
- Job ticket
- Excellent funding situation and state-of-the-art equipment
The remuneration is based on TV-L.
The Leibniz Institute for Immunotherapy targets to increase the share of women in the workforce. Therefore, qualified female candidates are explicitly encouraged to submit their applications. Moreover, the LIT advocates for the compatibility of family and career.
Disabled applicants (m/f/d) with equal qualifications will receive preferential treatment within the recruitment procedure. Please refer to your disability status already in your application.
Please note that expenses that may arise in the context of an eventual job interview cannot be reimbursed.
For more information, please contact Prof. Dr. Philipp Beckhove (philipp.beckhove@lit.eu).
We are looking forward to receiving your detailed application.
Please apply via our Online – Application Portal the reference PB-2026-1.
Application deadline is May 03rd, 2026.
The University of Regensburg currently offers this job position:
Technical Assistant / Research Technician (m/f/d)
– Professorship for Immune cell-tissue interactions –
We offer:
- An international, highly motivated and collaborative team
- An international cutting-edge research environment with access to state-of-the-art equipment
- Extensive interactions and collaborations with scientists at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden and research groups at the Leibniz Institute for Immunotherapy in Regensburg
- Flexible working hours, flat hierarchies
Our international team, led by Prof. Dr. Carmen Gerlach, investigates the diversity within T cell responses to cancer, infections and inflammatory diseases. Understanding how and when T cells diversify to adopt different roles paves the way for influencing T cell fates in the context of immunotherapy. We are part of UR’s Faculty of Medicine and integrated into the Leibniz Institute for Immunotherapy. More information on our work: https://lit.eu/our-scientists/prof-carmen-gerlach/ and https://lit.eu/research/research-divisions/tailored-t-cell-diversity/
Your tasks:
- Planning and organization of breeding and maintenance of transgenic mouse lines (colony management, genotyping, phenotyping), coordination with animal facility staff
- Support of / conducting animal experiments with mice (blood sampling, standard injection techniques, ending experiments, tissue harvest, and more), including tumor and infection experiments
- Laboratory support: e.g., preparation of solutions, aliquoting, management of laboratory chemicals, molecular biology and cellular work incl. genetic engineering.
- Research organization/equipping the laboratory in connection with the establishment of a new group in Regensburg/move to a new building, e.g., coordination and organization with other research groups, equipment purchase, implementation of procedures, establishment of methods
- Collaboration with and support of PhD students and Postdocs in their experiments. Training of new group members, including students
- Laboratory management, ordering, active contribution to the well-functioning of the local research environment
Your profile:
- Completed training as a technical assistant (w/m/d) – BTA, MTA, CTA, Bachelor or similar
- High level of commitment, reliability, diligence, team spirit, excellent technical skills, interest in scientific research. Ability to work responsibly, independently and collaboratively
- Hands on experience in working with mice, FELASA certification
- Ideally experience in molecular biology incl genetic engineering and culture of primary cells
- Good communication skills in English and ideally also German
- Strong interest in promoting an inspiring and supportive group atmosphere
We support women and strongly encourage them to apply. As a certified family-friendly university, we support our employees in balancing family and career (more information: https://www.uni-regensburg.de/universitaet/jobs-und-karriere/familien-service). Applicants with a disability as discribed in SGB IX (§ 2 Abs. 2, 3) will be preferred in case of equal qualifications. Please indicate any severe disability in your application, if applicable. Application and interview costs can not be refunded.
Contact person:
Carmen Gerlach
Carmen.Gerlach@med.uni-regensburg.de
Please apply by 2026-04-24 using this link: https://karriere.uni-regensburg.de/en/jobposting/0568655ea3aa5129f2d59d8c7bf0875536e52b880/apply?ref=homepage
At the Leibniz Institute for Immunotherapy, we believe that talent and passion know no bounds. If you don’t see a position that matches your skills and ambitions among our current openings, we encourage you to submit an unsolicited application. We are always on the lookout for motivated and talented individuals who can contribute to our mission and help drive our success.
Due to exemplary actions in the field of equal opportunity-oriented personnel and organizational policies, Leibniz Institute for Immunotherapy is awarded the TOTAL E-QUALITY award.
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