- JOB
- Spain
Job Information
- Organisation/Company
- Universitat de Barcelona
- Department
- Organisation profile
- Research Field
- Biological sciences
- Researcher Profile
- First Stage Researcher (R1)
- Positions
- PhD Positions
- Country
- Spain
- Application Deadline
- Type of Contract
- Temporary
- Job Status
- Full-time
- Hours Per Week
- 37,5
- Offer Starting Date
- Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?
- Not funded by a EU programme
- Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?
- Yes
Offer Description
PhD student position in immunology at the University of Barcelona.
A PhD position is available at the Cell Biology, Physiology and Immunology under the supervision of Dr. Raquel Planas. The research topic is immunology of type 1 diabetes.
We are looking for a motivated PhD student candidate to conduct studies on the role for innate lymphoid cells in type 1 diabetes, within the framework of a project financed by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (PID2021-127220OA-I00, PI: R. Planas). We offer a full-time one year contract extendable to a second year. The successful candidate will be enrolled in the Doctoral Programe in Biomedicine of the University of Barcelona. Candidates must hold a degree that allows admission to the official doctoral programme at the University of Barcelona.
Basic requirements:
Degree in Biology, Biochemistry, Biomedical Sciences or equivalent
Master of Immunology (or equivalent). Be in possession of the master's degree at the time of enrollment as doctoral student the next academic year.
Research experience in immunology
Excellent skills in English and proficiency in Catalan or Spanish
Excellent interpersonal skills: motivation, initiative, teamwork abilities, adaptability
Good university grade point average (higher than 8)
Additional merits:
Experience in cell culture, flow cytometry, immunoassays, gene expression analysis and bioinformatics
Experience in lymphocyte biology research
Official training in animal model research
International research experience
Where to apply
Requirements
- Research Field
- Other
- Education Level
- Master Degree or equivalent
Hold a BSc/MSc in Biology, Biochemistry, Biochemical Sciences, Biotechnology or equivalent and fulfil the requirements to be admitted into the Doctoral Program in Biomedicine PhD program at the Universitat de Barcelona.
https://www.ub.edu/escoladoctorat/en/access-and-admission/access-pathwa…;
- Languages
- SPANISH
- Languages
- CATALAN
- Languages
- ENGLISH
- Research Field
- Biological sciences
Additional Information
A full-time work contract (37.5 hrs/week). The researcher will have the possibility to participate in teaching activities for professional development (not obligatory, though).
Gross salary per year: 17.823,96€ (14 payments)
A specific committee will evaluate the applications using the following criteria:
Grade point average of the academic transcripts from the applicant's bachelor's or master's degree studies (or 1st and 2nd cycle): up to 5 points out of a total of 10.
Curricular merits: up to 1 point out of a total of 10 in accordance with the specific criteria listed in Annex 1.
Suitability for the tasks to be performed within the framework of the research project or research support position to which the successful candidate will be attached: up to 4 points out of a total of 10.
The specific committee will agree upon an award proposal and draw up a prioritized shortlist of candidates who have achieved a minimum of five points or declare the call for applications null and void if none of the applicants reach the minimum score. Candidates may be called for an interview in order to verify their curricular merits and suitability for the tasks to be carried out.
The award proposal will be published in the UB's electronic office and must include the total scores of the candidates that have received a total of at least five points.
Application Process:
According to the specific requirements and selection criteria, the candidates are expected to provide at least the following documents:
• Application form
Full CV
• BSc and MSc academic transcripts
The candidate proposed for hiring must accept the job offer within 5 working days from the date of notification of the selection.
Be aware that the starting date sets in this offer is an estimate date. The official starting date will depend on the time necessary for administration to prepare the labour contract and present the necessary documents for the selected candidate to be hired.
Priority will be given to people with disabilities (Law 89/2015 of June 2, reserve of quota 2% in favour of people with disabilities in companies of 50 or more people).
Work Location(s)
- Number of offers available
- 1
- Company/Institute
- Faculty of Biology, University of Barcelona
- Country
- Spain
- State/Province
- Barcelona
- City
- Barcelona
- Postal Code
- 08028
- Street
- Av. Diagonal, 643
- Geofield
Contact
- State/Province
- Barcelona
- City
- Barcelona
- Website
- Street
- Av. Diagonal, 643
- Postal Code
- 08028