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PhD student position: Alzheimer's disease research

Employer
Global Academy Jobs
Location
Switzerland
Closing date
Dec 30, 2016

Job Details

A PhD student position in the field of Alzheimer's disease research is currently being offered at the Institute of Pathology, University Hospital Basel, Switzerland.

Recent publications of our lab include:

Co-expression of truncated and full-length tau induces severe neurotoxicity, Mol Psychiatry 2016. Amyloid-beta in the cerebrospinal fluid of APP transgenic mice does not show prion-like properties, Curr Alzheimer

Res 2015.

Your assignments

The project aims at uncovering pathophysiological mechanisms underlying Alzheimer's disease using transgenic mice and by applying a variety of research techniques.

Your profile

We are looking for a highly motivated, science-driven person with:

  • A Master's degree in neuroscience, biology, biochemistry or a related discipline, preferentially obtained from a leading European university.
  • Solid hands-on experience in protein-biochemistry (e.g. protein extraction, gel electrophoresis, western blotting, immunoprecipitation, ELISA).
  • Good communication and English language skills.

 

Additional expertise and/or knowledge in the following areas would be a plus:

  • Histology: tissue preparation, staining (histochemical, immunohistochemical, immunofluorescence) microscopic analysis and image quantification.
  • Molecular biology: gene cloning, protein expression, PCR, mouse genotyping.
  • Laboratory animal experimentation: mouse colony management, handling, perfusion and in vivo experiments (FELASA B level).

 

We offer you

An exciting and responsible task in a dynamic, collaborative scientific environment. The possibility to bring in your own ideas and skills and to carry out experiments in modern research laboratories with access to diverse technologies.

This is a terminable position (100%). Start date: by agreement, 1.1.2017 or later. Applicants that qualify for an interview will be contacted by email.

Company

Global Academy Jobs works with over 250 universities worldwide to promote academic mobility and international research collaboration. Global problems need international solutions. Our jobs board and emails reach the academics and researchers who can help.

"The globalisation of higher education continues apace, driving in turn the ongoing development of the global knowledge economy, striving for solutions to the world’s problems and educating a next generation of leaders and contributors."

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