12 Marie-Curie PhD positions available - Horizon Europe MSCA Doctoral Network CohesiNet

Project title: In vivo imaging of cohesin-mediated loop extrusion during DNA double strand break repair

Supervisor: Gaëlle Legube (gaelle.legube@univ-tlse3.fr),Centre de biologie intégrative - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CBI – CNRS), Toulouse, France

Keywords: DSB repair, cohesin dynamics, live-cell imaging, Hi-C

Lab webpage: https://www.legubelab.com

• 3-year full-time employment contract in accordance with the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action regulations
• Monthly living allowance: 3,400 euro/month (€ 40,800/year); this amount is then adjusted through the application of a country correction coefficient to the living allowance of the country in which the researcher is recruited. The country correction coefficients are indicated in Table 1 of the MSCA Work Programme
• Monthly mobility allowance: 600 euro/month
• Monthly family allowance, if applicable and depending on the family situation: 660 euro/month
• Enrollment in a local PhD school 
• Access to state-of-the-art research and supervision by recognized experts
• Participation in network-wide training activities, workshops and conferences
• Secondments periods at other network partners’ labs

Candidates must comply with the following requirements:

• Have not been resident or have conducted main activity (studies, work, etc.) for more than 12 months within the last three years in the country where the project will take place
• Have not been awarded a doctoral degree
• Be fluent in English

The selection procedure will consist of the following steps:

• Eligibility check: The Recruitment Committee will check each application is complete and that applicants fulfil the eligibility criteria described in the previous section.
• Remote Evaluation: each eligible application will be evaluated independently by the PIs of our network, according to the project options expressed by the applicants. The PIs will select at least four candidates per position to pass through to the following stage.
• Online interviews: The short-listed candidates will be interviewed by a Selection Committee that will include the recruiting PIs plus one/two additional consortium members with a balance in terms of gender and academic/private sector representation. Candidates, positively evaluated but not initially called for interviews, will be put on a reserve list.
• Notification of the selection outcomes: Short-listed candidates will be informed about the outcome, and those selected will be put in touch with the corresponding PI and the HR Department of the hosting institution to initiate the hiring procedure. Applicants who have not been successful but who have received a positive evaluation will be put on a waiting list to cover possible renunciations and future positions.

 Recruitment calendar:

• Call opening: 1^st February 2023
• Deadline for applications: 2^nd April 2023
• Remote evaluation: 3^rd – 30^th April 2023
• Interviews: 2^nd May 2023 – 20^th June 2023
• Notification to candidates: 30^th June 2023
• Start date of the fellowship: September/October 2023

Candidates are invited to send the following documents to:

gaelle.legube@univ-tlse3.fr

1. A CV including personal information (such as full name, date of birth, nationality and contact details); education and work experiences language skills and other relevant skills; indication of at least two scientists for reference letters
2. A certified/signed copy of a recent transcript of exams taken with relative mark. A certified/signed copy of Master of Science certificate. 
3. List of positions each candidate is interested in. Please choose between 3 (minimum) to 12 positions (if applying to all projects), indicating their order of preference (nr 1 should be the preferred one), using the reference for each project.
4. Motivation letter (maximum 2 pages) highlighting your research experience and academic achievements and explaining why you are interested in the CohesiNet program and in the selected research projects.

Candidates are encouraged to contact the supervisors by email to discuss the details of the projects, before applying.