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

IPP_2026_Research_Profile_A014_Friedrich.pdf
PDF , 360.24 KB
IPP_2026_Research_Profile_A013_Jackstadt.pdf
PDF , 289.97 KB
IPP_2026_Research_Profile_A420_Loges.pdf
PDF , 316.48 KB
IPP_2026_Research_Profile_A290_Martin-Villalba.pdf
PDF , 305.13 KB
IPP_2026_Research_Profile_A010_Trumpp.pdf
PDF , 306.66 KB

Research Program B - Functional and Structural Genomics

IPP_2026_Research_Profile_B260_Clarke.pdf
PDF , 353.82 KB
IPP_2026_Research_Profile_B470_Clemm.pdf
PDF , 341.57 KB
IPP_2026_Research_Profile_B420_Ernst.pdf
PDF , 279.97 KB
IPP_2026_Research_Profile_B460_Feldmann.pdf
PDF , 304.61 KB
IPP_2026_Research_Profile_B340_Fröhling.pdf
PDF , 332.94 KB
IPP_2026_Research_Profile_B450_Gerstung.pdf
PDF , 296.04 KB
IPP_2026_Research_Profile_B430_Kutscher.pdf
PDF , 337.32 KB
IPP_2026_Research_Profile_B062_Maaß.pdf
PDF , 283.03 KB
IPP_2026_Research_Profile_B270_Odom.pdf
PDF , 356.00 KB
IPP_2026_Research_Profile_B370_Plass.pdf
PDF , 501.41 KB

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

Research Program D -Immunology, Infection and Cancer

IPP_2026_Research_Profile_D480_Elinav.pdf
PDF , 328.59 KB
IPP_2026_Research_Profile_D260_Hartmann.pdf
PDF , 334.51 KB
IPP_2026_Research_Profile_D280_Kirschenbaum.pdf
PDF , 264.42 KB
IPP_2026_Research_Profile_D170_Platten.pdf
PDF , 446.79 KB

Research Program E - Imaging and Radiooncology

IPP_2026_Bruns (DKFZ Dresden).pdf
PDF , 267.37 KB
IPP_2026_Research_Profile_E270_Benesova.pdf
PDF , 279.00 KB
IPP_2026_Research_Profile_E250_Görtz.pdf
PDF , 273.79 KB
IPP_2026_Research_Profile_E020_Ladd.pdf
PDF , 292.39 KB
IPP_2026_Research_Profile_E130_Maier-Hein.pdf
PDF , 302.12 KB
IPP_2026_Research_Profile_E280_Schröder.pdf
PDF , 284.75 KB
IPP_2026_Research_Profile_E041_Seco.pdf
PDF , 280.49 KB

DKFZ Partnersites

IPP_2026_Research_Profile_Büttner_FrankfurtamMain.pdf
PDF , 332.44 KB
IPP_2026_Research_Profile_Mayerhofer_Freiburg.pdf
PDF , 264.62 KB
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