PhD Student in cardiovascular immunology

LMU Klinikum • Munich, Bavaria • Posted June 12, 2026

About the Role

Scope of duties

  • We are seeking a highly motivated PhD student interested in cardiovascular immunology, multi-omics, advanced imaging, and disease models. 
  • Prior experience in these areas is not required. 
  • Our research focuses on myocardial infarction, thromboinflammation, atherosclerosis, and sepsis Immunity 2025, 2023; Nature Medicine 2024; Science Advances 2024; Nature Reviews Cardiology 2025). 
  • We study the innate immune system and its interactions with non-immune cells, including sympathetic nerve fibers, using reverse-translational approaches from human samples to in vitro and in vivo disease models. 
  • The PhD project will focus on one of these topics and include training in omics, imaging, and bioinformatic analyses within a highly interdisciplinary team of biologists, biochemists, veterinarians, physicians, and bioinformaticians.
  • Our requirements

    We are looking for a highly motivated and curious...