Open Positions

4 Independent Group Leader Positions

Understanding the role of tissue-immune networks in health and disease to intercept disease before symptoms occur.

How does the immune system maintain health? What are the earliest changes that precede disease? And how can we harness this knowledge to prevent disease before clinical symptoms arise?

The newly funded Cluster of Excellence ImmunoPreCept at Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, together with our partner institutions, is recruiting four Independent Group Leaders / Professorship positions (fixed term) to establish innovative research programs at the forefront of modern immunology.

“Tissue homeostasis and immune adaptation” (Reference number: Prof. 692/2026)

“Predicting and identifying molecular determinants of health-disease transitions” (Reference number: Prof. 693/2026)

“Predicting and understanding disease resolution and remission” (Reference number: Prof. 694/2026)

“Systems medicine for disease prevention and early interception” (Reference number: Prof. 695/2026)

The four W2 Professorships will be embedded within the Cluster of Excellence ImmunoPreCept and will form a central element of its interdisciplinary and translational research program. All groups will be affiliated with Charité and/or one of the partner institutions (MDC, German Rheumatology Research Center, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Freie Universität Berlin), depending on scientific fit, thereby enabling access to laboratories across the participating institutions as well as cutting-edge technological and computational platforms.

Successful candidates will receive a fixed-term W2 professorship position, a competitive start-up package including personnel and research funds, as well as additional funding opportunities through ImmunoPreCept’s research and training programs. They will benefit from close integration into ImmunoPreCept’s basic and clinical research programs and longitudinal patient cohorts, structured mentoring and leadership support, and excellent opportunities for interdisciplinary collaboration across the Berlin life science ecosystem.

We are looking for an outstanding researcher who is eager to develop an internationally visible research program in the area of:

🔹 Immunometabolism
🔹 immune – tissue and immune-stem cell interactions
🔹 systems immunology
🔹 immune engineering
🔹 Computational and AI-enabled immunology
🔹 novel technologies for molecular and cellular medicine

As Group Leader, you will receive:
✅ a 5 year contract with salary grade of W2 professorship
✅ laboratory space at the Charité or one of the partner institutions according to scientific fit
✅ competetive funding package including personnel and resaearch funds
✅ access to additional funding opportunities through ImmunoPreCept’s research and training programs
✅ access to cutting-edge technology platforms and patient cohorts

📅 Application deadline: 23 October 2026
📄 Submit application package including CV, motivation letter, research statement, and certificates
🔗 Link to call: https://career.charite.de