18 Jan 2024
Job Information
- Organisation/Company
- KU Leuven
- Research Field
- Medical sciences » Medicine
- Researcher Profile
- First Stage Researcher (R1)
- Country
- Belgium
- Application Deadline
- Type of Contract
- Temporary
- Job Status
- Full-time
- Hours Per Week
- 38 hours/week
- Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?
- Not funded by an EU programme
- Reference Number
- BAP-2024-27
- Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?
- No
Offer Description
As part of this PhD project, you will both fundamentally and clinically investigate which molecular abnormalities occur as a consequence of the promotor variant underlying this disorder. The assignment within this vacancy will mainly consist of further developing translational research, including the development of cell lines and organoids from patient cells and their use as experimental models, data processing and scientific writing.
Requirements
- Research Field
- Medical sciences
- Education Level
- Master Degree or equivalent
- Languages
- ENGLISH
- Level
- Good
Additional Information
Benefits
- The opportunity to perform full-time scientific research as part of a doctoral training for at least one year with the opportunity to extend to obtain a full doctoral degree.
- A strong research environment (basic and clinical research) operating at an international level.
- An energetic and positive working environment.
- Access to state-of-the-art technology.
- The opportunity to build an interdisciplinary network, and the chance to contribute to socially and scientifically relevant research.
- Daily availability of a dedicated senior lab member.
- Support by the KUL Doctoral School.
- Start date: as soon as possible.
Eligibility criteria
- You hold a Master degree in a field relevant to the project (e.g. Master of Medicine, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Biomedical Sciences, Biology, Biochemistry).
- You are willing to commit full-time to doctoral research.
- You are fluent in English and you have an academic writing style.
- You have a broad interest and are curious about fundamental and translational research in kidney diseases.
- You are eager and quick to learn and you enjoy reading scientific literature.
- You work accurately and precisely.
- You have a critical mind and enjoy problem-solving.
- You have good communication and teamwork skills.
Selection process
If interested, send a detailed CV and your motivation to Mr. Jean-Paul Decuypere, mail: jeanpaul.decuypere@kuleuven.be or Prof. dr. Detlef Böckenhauer, mail: detlef.boeckenhauer@uzleuven.be.
You can apply for this job no later than 29/02/2024 via the online application tool
Work Location(s)
- Number of offers available
- 1
- Company/Institute
- KU Leuven
- Country
- Belgium
- State/Province
- Vlaams Brabant
- City
- Leuven
- Postal Code
- 3000
- Street
- Leuven
- Geofield
Where to apply
- Website
Contact
- State/Province
- Leuven
- City
- Vlaams Brabant
- Street
- Leuven
- Postal Code
- 3000