PhD position: Bioorganic Chemistry and Molecular Imaging (LBCMI) 1491 views

The Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Molecular Imaging (LBCMI) at Swiss Institute of Technology, Lausanne (EPFL) invites applications for the PhD position.

About the Position:

• The position offers an opportunity to work in a highly interdisciplinary environment and to lead the projects that have potential to solve important problems in medicine.
• All the projects are heavily synthetic in nature and also involve close collaborations with other groups in the areas of metabolic biology, cancer biology and clinical research.
• The position offers a unique opportunity to become an expert in the field of synthetic chemistry as well as to learn about biology of certain diseases and imaging techniques.

Requirements:

• Applicant must be highly motivated with background in synthetic organic chemistry and strong interest to use synthesis as a tool to solve problems of biological and medicinal significance.
• Applicant must hold master’s degree or equivalent in organic chemistry, chemical biology or other relevant discipline.
• Applicants with years of research experience would have an advantage (1-3 years of doctoral school).
• Candidates who already received their official PhD titles are not eligible for this position.
• Applicant must be fluent in English, interested in learning new techniques in biology and molecular imaging, good team player

Salary: 4 000 Euro/months (48 000/year as of exchange rate on 22.11.2016)

Duration: 4 years

Starting date: February – March 2017

Application:

• Cover letter
• CV
• Summary of research experience
• All material must be enclosed in a single PDF
• Send applications to email addresses: elena.dubikovskaya@epfl.ch
• Indicate the code “Application PhD_2017” in the title of email.

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