Postdoctoral Position: CELL THERAPY IN AN EXPERIMENTAL MODEL OF CEREBELLAR ATAXIA. SELECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE CELL LINEAGE WITH HIGHER NEUROPROTECTIVE POTENTIAL

The Selection Committee will evaluate following merits (candidates should provide evidence of these merits):

1. Academic and Scientific Curricular Merits of the Candidate (50% - 50 points out of 100)

• PhD special award (1 point)
• National accreditation standards for academic staffing (4 points)
• Training in biological risk factors and hazards (1 point)
• Supervision of PhD and master students (5 points)
• Academic teaching experience (5 points)
• Scientific publications (up to 20 points). Candidate’s role in the publication (first author, corresponding author,..), journal impact factor and bibliometric impactwill be valued
• Participation in research projects (up to 5 points). Candidate’s role in the research project will be valued (principal investigator, research team member,…)
• Participation in excellence research programs (up to 2 points)
• Attendance to international congresses (3 points)
• Other academic merits (2 points)
• Other research merits (2 points)

2. Expertise in following skills and professional research activities related to the field of this job position (30% / 30 points out of 100)

• Postdoctoral research stages in international research institutes/centres in the field of neurosciences (minimum 4 months) (8 points)
• Previous contracts at the university as assistance/associated professor. (6 points)
• Skills in cell culture, advanced microscopy and imaging techniques, flow cytometry, genetic, genomic and transcriptomic analysis, cell therapy, murine behaviour (10 points)
• Expertise in murine models of neurodegeneration and neuroplasticity (3 points)
• Additional merits aligned with project objectives (3 points)

3. Job interview (20% / 20 points out of 100)