I have a Ph.D. in life sciences and want to pursue a career in science? The postdoctoral teaching qualification (Habilitation) is a way to provide the necessary evidence for the appointment of professors with respect to an excellent academic performance and a pedagogical (didactical) qualification (teaching qualification). It allows candidates to teach independently in a certain field of expertise at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (venia legendi). The postdoctoral teaching qualification is only possible in fields of sufficient scientific breadth and importance within the Faculty of Biology at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz decided upon by the Joint Committee for Questions Concerning the Postdoctoral Teaching Qualification Regulations.