Postdoctoral fellow at the Barcelona Hepatic Hemodynamic Laboratory

The Barcelona Hepatic Hemodynamic Laboratory (HHLab) seeks talented and highly motivated Postdoctoral fellows to apply for a Sara Borrell Fellowship.

The HHLab is a world leading research team focused in the study of liver vascular disorders and development of novel therapeutic approaches. Our studies have been published in numerous (>300) research articles in top-rated international scientific journals.

Our team is composed of around 30 researchers including biologists, biochemists, physiologists and clinicians, and is part of the IDIBAPS Biomedical Research Institute, the Hospital Clínic, the University of Barcelona, and the Biomedical Research Networking Center on Hepatic and Digestive Disease (CIBERehd), which have international recognition in biomedical science. This location provides our scientists with a plural and stimulating scientific environment, cutting edge technologies, state of the art core units and high quality training programs.

Our research includes multidisciplinary basic approaches (cellular and molecular studies and in vivo studies in animal models and genetically modified murine models) and clinical links to liver pathology providing a unique combination of complementary expertises towards improving our scientific knowledge and treatment of chronic liver disease.

Candidates must hold a PhD degree in biological sciences (obtained after January 1st 2014), be first author of at least three publications and co-author in some others (all of them in Q1, desirable in D1), and comply with at least 2 of the following:

• Have stayed for at least 6 months in an internationally recognized laboratory.
• Have been part of the research team of a competitive project funded by a Spanish agency (FIS, SAF or similar).
• Have the PhD degree with the European or International recognition.