PhD Positions at IRB Barcelona

Description: One key objective of IRB Barcelona is to train future scientific leaders in a competitive international and multidisciplinary scientific environment. IRB Barcelona focuses its efforts on developing the scientific careers of more than 130 PhD students. The advanced research training programme includes specific scientific and technology courses and seminars, lab management workshops, media training and career development sessions.

Funded by the MINECO (Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad), the FPI Programme (Formación de Personal Investigador – Research Personnel Training) offers predoctoral positions covering a 48-month period. The PhD is performed in subjects associated with research projects (financed through the MINECO’s R+D+i National Plan call).

Candidates Eligibility: Students who qualify to be admitted into a doctorate program in the 2013-2014 academic course or who are in a position to be enrolled or accepted on a doctoral program in Biology, Biochemistry, Pharmacy, Physics, Medicine, Chemistry or related areas at the time the formalization of the contract.

Some of the research projects that are expected to be granted a 2013 FPI Predoctoral position are:

• Epigenetic Regulation of Chromatin Functions * PI: Dr. Ferran Azorín
• Individual cell features and supracellular organisation in Drosophila morphogenesis * PI: Dr. Jordi Casanova
• The Molecular Bases of Stem Cell Polarity and Malignant Transformation in Drosophila * PI: Dr. Cayetano Gonzalez
• Spatio-temporal regulation of microtubule formation during cell division and cell differentiation * PI: Jens Lüders
• Biomedical aspects of protein synthesis * PI: Dr. Lluis Ribas de Pouplana

To apply, please visit our vacancies webpage:
http://www.irbbarcelona.org/index.php/en/training-and-jobs/phd-fellowships/expression-of-interest

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