Research Profiles

Are you interested in applying for a ­DKFZ Postdoctoral Fellowship?

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On this webpage, you will find a list of the DKFZ divisions and research groups interested in recruiting Postdocs during the 2026 DKFZ Postdoctoral Fellowships Selection.

The links below will lead you to PDF documents containing information on the research focus of a group and ideas for project topics. Please consider that this is not an exhaustive list and you may also contact DKFZ group leaders directly to discuss projects. Descriptions of all DKFZ research groups can be found with the general topic finder.

Please note that new projects are continuously added to the list below. Check back from time to time!

DKFZ Heidelberg

Research Program A - Cell Biology and Tumor Biology

A010_Stem Cells and Cancer
PDF , 306.66 KB
A013_Cancer Progression and Metastasis
PDF , 289.97 KB
A014_Hematology & Immune Engineering
PDF , 360.24 KB
A160_Redox Regulation
PDF , 256.32 KB
A240_Molecular Neurogenetics
PDF , 288.13 KB
A290_Molecular Neurobiology
PDF , 305.13 KB
A340_Cell Fate Engineering and Disease Modeling
PDF , 379.71 KB
A420_Personalized Medical Oncology
PDF , 316.48 KB
A440_Tumor Ecosystem Biology
PDF , 284.38 KB

Research Program B - Functional and Structural Genomics

B062_Prevention and Liquid Biopsies
PDF , 283.03 KB
B260_MAIGE – Mechanistic AI in Genomics
PDF , 353.82 KB
B270_Regulatory Genomics and Cancer Evolution
PDF , 356.00 KB
B340_Translational Medical Oncology
PDF , 332.94 KB
B370_Cancer Epigenomics
PDF , 501.41 KB
B420_Genome Instability
PDF , 279.97 KB
B430_Developmental Origins of Pediatric Cancer
PDF , 337.32 KB
B450_Artificial Intelligence in Oncology
PDF , 296.04 KB
B460_Mechanisms of Genome Control
PDF , 304.61 KB
B470_Translational Lymphoma Research
PDF , 341.57 KB

Research Program C - Epidemiology, Public Health, Prevention and Survivorship

C150_Tumorigenesis and Molecular Cancer Prevention
PDF , 308.41 KB

Research Program D -Immunology, Infection and Cancer

D170_CCU Neuroimmunology and Brain Tumor Immunology
PDF , 446.79 KB
D260_Systems Immunology & Single-Cell Biology
PDF , 334.51 KB
D280_Immunodynamics and Cancer
PDF , 264.42 KB
D310_Immune Modulation in Cancer
PDF , 295.91 KB
D480_Microbiome and Cancer
PDF , 328.59 KB

Research Program E - Imaging and Radiooncology

DD11_Functional Imaging in Surgical Oncology (Dresden)
PDF , 267.37 KB
E020_Medical Physics in Radiology
PDF , 292.39 KB
E041_Biomedical Physics in Radiation Oncology
PDF , 280.49 KB
E130_Intelligent Medical Systems (IMSY)
PDF , 302.12 KB
E250_Multiparametric methods for early detection of prostate cancer
PDF , 273.79 KB
E270_Translational Radiotheranostics
PDF , 279.00 KB
E280_Translational Molecular Imaging
PDF , 284.75 KB

DKFZ Partnersites

FM07_Machine learning in oncology (Frankfurt am Main)
PDF , 332.44 KB
FR07_Translation and Metabolism in Myeloid Malignancies (Freiburg)
PDF , 264.62 KB
MU05_Translational Cancer Research (Munich)
PDF , 285.00 KB
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