Interested in joining the mobile DNA lab?

Available positions

Postdoc Position (Deadline 31st March 2026 at 5.00 pm CEST) 

Apply for two-year postdoc position advertised as part of Health + Life Science Alliance Heidelberg Mannheim: Alliance Interinstitutional Postdoc Call.

We are seeking a candidate to work on the computational project titled "Mapping and predicting the routes of antibiotic resistance spread" a joint collaboration between our group at Heidelberg University and Autenrieth lab at Medical Faculty Heidelberg University. Read the project outline here (#47). 

Review the eligibility and application requirements on this page. For questions and expression of interest reach out to us at khedkar(at)bioquant.uni-heidelberg.de and ingo.autenrieth(at)med.uni-heidelberg.de 

Required Qualifications

PhD, MD, or MD/PhD in microbiology, bioinformatics, genomics, computational biology, or a closely related field
• Relevant experience in R/Python or equivalent programming languages
• Experience working in Linux/Unix environments and on high-performance computing systems.
• Experience in Biostatistics and/or statistical modelling
• Background and/or strong interest in at least one of the following areas is highly preferable: Microbiome research, metagenomics, Mobile genetic elements, antibiotic resistance, horizontal gene transfer
• Excellent written and oral English communication skills.

We welcome applications across the board from all career stages.

We are a computational microbiology lab but we also welcome students, researchers and clinicians without any prior programming experience. If your interests align with the research done in the lab and you are keen on learning programming, get in touch.

We also encourage students and researchers from non-biological sciences background trained in statistics/machine learning, with strong programming skills to get in touch.

Doctoral and postdoctoral researchers

To discuss potential funding avenues/fellowships to host you in the mobile DNA lab write to khedkar(at)bioquant.uni-heidelberg.de with a short description of your research interests, experience, and a CV listing your experimental and/or programming skills.

Bachelor and Master students

We welcome research interns, rotation students and students interested in carrying out their thesis projects in the mobile DNA lab. Apply by sending your CV, academic transcripts, proposed duration of your study, and writing a short paragraph on your research interests to khedkar(at)bioquant.uni-heidelberg.de