Universitätsklinikum Ulm

PhD Position (f/m/d)

📍 Location
Germany, Baden-Württemberg
⏰ Job Type
part-time
📅 Posted
June 19, 2026
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Job Description

The University Hospital Ulm and its employees stand for a modern and high quality patient care, excellent university research and medical education focused on the future as well as apprenticeships in attractive professional fields. The requirements for this are qualified and committed employees.



The Title of the project is:
Mechanisms underlying the intergenerational effects of Mycobacterium vaccae ATCC T to promote stress resilience in mice.



According to the Old Friends hypothesis, reduced exposure, particularly during early pre- and postnatal life, to immunoregulatory microorganisms contributes to the increased prevalence of stress-associated disorders in urban concrete landscapes of high-income countries. Accordingly, our own preclinical studies demonstrate that non-pathogenic rapid-growing mycobacteria (RGMs), including M. vaccae NCTC and M. vaccae ATCC T, have immunoregulatory and stress-protective effects when administered repeatedly prior ...

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