15 PhD positions in BestTreat, H2020-MSCA-ITN 2818 views

Open Call for 15 PhD positions in BestTreat, H2020-MSCA-ITN at the The Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knöll Institute

Discipline: Life Sciences, Bioinformatics, Biology

This project is funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program (H2020-MSCAITN- 2018).

Description:

A call for 15 PhD positions (Early Stage Researchers, ESRs) is open for the context of the recently granted European Innovative Training Network project “BestTreat – Building a Gut Microbiome Engineering Toolbox for In-Situ Therapeutic Treatments for Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD)”.

BestTreat is a consortium of 5 universities, 1 research center, 1 hospital and 7 companies distributed among Germany, Netherlands, Finland, Denmark, Austria, Sweden and China.

Required Qualifications:

1. Master’s degree in systems biology, human biology, bioengineering, biochemistry or related field
2. Background in computer science, bioinformatics, metabolism and microbiology will be an advantage

Type of Fellowships available under H2020 Marie Sklodowska Curie programme:

1. Early Stage Researcher: Applicants should be in the first four years (full-time equivalent research experience) of their research careers and have not yet been awarded a PhD degree.
2. Mobility rule: Applicants should not have resided or carried out main activity (work, studies, etc.) in the country of the host beneficiary for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately prior to the recruitment date.
3. English language: Applicants must demonstrate that their ability to understand and express themselves in both written and spoken English is sufficiently high. 

Application Procedure

1. Applications will be evaluated on a running basis.
2. Hiring will take place between September 1^st, 2018 and February 1^st, 2019.

Interested candidates should send the following in a single PDF:

1. Cover letter describing research experience and future goals,
2. Updates Curriculum vitae including a publication list,
3. Names and contact information of three references, to Dr. Min Lee at leemin@ucla.edu.

Additional information about the vacancies can be obtained: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Gianni Panagiotou: Gianni.Panagiotou@hki-jena.de