The Institute for Translational Medicine and Liver Disease (ITM), Inserm U1110, University of Strasbourg France (director: Prof. Thomas Baumert), is looking for a postdoctoral fellow to join our translational liver disease and cancer program. The program is focussed to unravel novel strategies to treat fibrosis, liver and biliary cancer using cutting edge in vivo and cell-based models combined with advanced bioinformatic and AI. Key scientific discoveries relevant to the program are described in: Mailly et al. Nature Biotech 2015, Juehling et al. Gut 2021, Crouchet et al. Nat. Commun. 2021, Roehlen et al. Science Transl. Med 2022, Roehlen et al. J. Hepatol. 2023, Del Zompo et al. J Hepatol 2025, Saviano et al. Nature Reviews Cancer 2026, Slovic et al. Hepatology 2026, Crouchet et al., JCI 2025; Nehme et al. Science Transl. Med 2026.
What we offer
A world-class organisation of scientific excellence, training, and innovation in the heart of Europe within a high-quality environment of pharma, academia, and medical care. The successful candidate will benefit from:
- An international and vibrant state-of-the-art training environment in biomedical research
- Cutting-edge technologies including sc/snRNA and spatial transcriptomics, patient-derived models, systems biology and AI platforms
- Tenure track program at Inserm and U Strasbourg towards assistant and associate professor level positions, pharma network
- Close collaborations with pharma and world-class leading institutions in the field, including the Yale School of Medicine Liver Center, University of Tübingen, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, UTSW Dallas and Sorbonne University Paris, Paris Public Hospitals (AP-HP).
Profile
A PhD, PharmD or MD with less than 6 years of postdoctoral experience with a background in immunology, fibrosis or cancer research and expertise in the development and use of mouse models. Strong communicator with solid command of English. Drive and motivation to execute a project in translational research. You thrive in a fast-paced and exciting scientific environment with the opportunity for contributing to a biomedical translational research program in fibrosis and cancer research.
To apply
Please send your motivation letter (why you are interested in this position, career goals) and CV (including experience, track record and 2 academic references) to Prof. Thomas Baumert (Thomas.Baumert@unistra.fr) and Dr Catherine Schuster (Catherine.Schuster@unistra.fr).
Deadline for application: 15/12/2026
Expected start: spring 2027
