Postdoc in Chemical Immunology

We offer a fully funded 3-year postdoc position starting in March 2027. The project will investigate the chemical synthesis, formulation, in vivo delivery and immunoregulatory action of a series of novel compounds that we have produced in-house. More specifically, we will use and improve these compounds for delivery into mice and test their ability to modulate inflammation and cancer immunity.

The position is in close collaboration with Professor Katrine Qvortrup at DTU Chemistry and Associate Professor Andrew Urquhart at DTU Health Tech.

You will join a dynamic and international team that utilizes in vivo mouse work and human clinical samples to understand the signaling pathways that govern immune cell development and their importance in various diseases, such as cancer and inflammation. The team has a strong ethos of direct collaboration, and you will be often asked to help with and be involved in other projects as a result of helping your colleagues.

The group is part of the Section for Experimental and Translation Immunology at the Department of Health Technology. Our section has all the necessary infrastructure and comprises of diverse teams with multiple technical and theoretical expertise.

You can read more about our section and department at Section for Experimental and Translation Immunology and Department of Health Technology.

Required qualifications:

• You must have a PhD degree by March 2027
• Extensive and demonstrable experience (through publications or thesis work) with mouse immunology; experience with inflammation and tumour models will be given priority
• FELASA B certification or equivalent that licenses work with mice in Europe is necessary. Applicants without such qualification will be rejected immediately with no further review
• Extensive and demonstrable experience (through publications or thesis work) with synthetic chemistry
• Extensive and demonstrable experience (through publications or thesis work) with Western blotting
• Demonstrable experience (through publications or thesis work) with drug formulation
• Demonstrable experience (through publications or thesis work) with multi-parametric flow cytometry
• Experience with isolation and culture of mouse cells from various organs
• Basic skills in biochemistry (e.g. protein identification, IC50 binding assays, fluorescence techniques such as TRF, FRET, HTRF).

Applicable responsibilities:

• You are expected to be able to organize and perform experiments, and critically analyse data
• You are expected to work largely independent and coordinate the project among collaborators
• You are expected to demonstrate techniques in students and new members of the lab
• You will have to present in lab and section meetings frequently
• You will have frequent meetings with the group leader
• You are expected to be part of larger experiments not in direct association with this project
• You are expected to contribute to basic lab maintenance

Assessment
The assessment of the applicants will be made by the group leader Vasileios Bekiaris and senior members of the group.

We offer
DTU is a leading technical university globally recognized for the excellence of its research, education, innovation and scientific advice. We offer a rewarding and challenging job in an international environment. We strive for academic excellence in an environment characterized by collegial respect and academic freedom tempered by responsibility.

Salary and terms of employment
The appointment will be based on the collective agreement with the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations. In addition, supplements can be negotiated in accordance with DTU’s salary structure for scientific staff: www.inside.dtu.dk/en/human-resources/during-employment/salary/salary-structures.

The period of employment is 3 years.

You can read more about career paths at DTU here.

Further information
Further information may be obtained from Vasileios Bekiaris, basbek@dtu.dk.

If you are applying from abroad, you may find useful information on working in Denmark and at DTU at DTU – Moving to Denmark.

Application procedure
Your complete online application must be submitted no later than 15 October 2026 (23:59 Danish time). Applications must be submitted as one PDF file containing all materials to be given consideration. To apply, please open the link "Apply now", fill out the online application form, and attach all your materials in English in one PDF file. The file must include:

• A letter motivating the application (cover letter) – max 1 page
• A 1-page summary outlining your experience with Immunology and the required qualifications for the position
• CV – max 1 page excluding publications
• List of publications
• FELASA B or equivalent certificate
• Contacts of two referees; one must be the supervisor of PhD thesis
• PhD and MSc diplomas in English

Applications received after the deadline will not be considered.

All interested candidates irrespective of age, gender, disability, race, religion or ethnic background are encouraged to apply. As DTU works with research in critical technology, which is subject to special rules for security and export control, open-source background checks may be conducted on qualified candidates for the position.

DTU Health Tech
With a vision to improve health and quality of life through technology, DTU Health Tech engages in research, education, and innovation based on technical and natural science. We educate tomorrow’s health tech engineers and create the foundation for new and innovative services and technologies for the globally expanding healthcare sector with its demands for the most advanced technological solutions. DTU Health Tech’s expertise can be described through five overall research areas: Diagnostic Imaging, Digital Health, Personalised Therapy, Precision Diagnostics, and Sensory and Neural Technology. Our technologies and solutions are developed with the aim of benefiting people and creating value for society. The department has a scientific staff of about 210 persons, 140 PhD Students, and a technical/administrative support staff of about 100 persons of which a large majority contributes to our research infrastructure and related commercial activities.

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DTU is one of Europe's leading elite technical universities. Through research and education at an international top level, we create solutions to the major societal challenges of our time and help secure Europe's global leadership in sustainable technological development. Since Hans Christian Ørsted founded DTU almost 200 years ago, our mission has remained the same: We develop and create value through the natural and technical sciences for the benefit of society. DTU has 13,800 students, 1,600 PhD students, and 6,500 employees. We work in an international environment and have an inclusive, stimulating, and informal work culture. DTU has campuses in all parts of Denmark and in Greenland and collaborates with the best universities around the world.