Job Description

🚀 We’re hiring!
Staff Scientist / Postdoc – Tissue Clearing & 3D Image Analysis (m/f/d) (LMU Munich)

Are you a great fit, or do you know someone outstanding, please reach out 🔁

If you want to at the frontier of whole-organ / whole-body 3D imaging, and help generate truly beautiful datasets that drive major biological discoveries and therapeutic development, see below ✨

We’re building the next-generation pipeline for tissue clearing + light-sheet microscopy + quantitative 3D analysis in the SyNergy Excellence Cluster (Mesoscale Hub) and we’re looking for someone excited to push this forward with us. 🧠🔬📈

🎥 I’m also attaching a short video showing the kind of high-quality imaging and datasets you’d be working with.

What you’ll do 🛠️

🔹 Lead and evolve tissue clearing + light-sheet workflows across collaborative SyNergy projects
🔹 Turn complex 3D datasets into robust quantitative insights (visualization, atlas registration, readouts)
🔹 Develop new methods and analysis pipelines together with our AI team 🤖
🔹 Maintain and optimize cutting-edge light-sheet systems (optional: support animal license writing)

What we’re looking for 🎯

✅ Strong hands-on experience in tissue clearing and/or fluorescence microscopy
✅ Solid experience with light-sheet microscopy and 3D imaging workflows
✅ Familiarity with 3D tools like Imaris / arivis Vision4D, stitching (e.g., BigStitcher), and quantitative analysis in cleared tissues
✅ Service mindset, great organization, and strong scientific English

How to apply 📩
Apply via the LMU Klinikum online application form https://lnkd.in/gCgdaJuV

Please also send your application to: farida.hellal@med.uni-muenchen.de

CC: ali.ertuerk@med.uni-muenchen.de

📎 Include one PDF: short cover letter, CV, 2–3 referees, and earliest start date.

📍 Campus Großhadern (Munich) and Helmholtz Munich | 🕒 Full-time | 📅 Start: 01 January 2026
If you love high-quality imaging, cutting-edge biology, and building something that will matter, we’d love to hear from you. 🌍✨