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Postdoctoral fellow – Development of mammalian spines

Posted by , on 1 June 2022

Location: Geneva, Switzerland

Closing Date: 31 August 2022

The LANE laboratory at the University of Geneva (Switzerland) is seeking a creative and highly motivated PostDoc to work on the development of mammalian spines.

In the context of an international collaboration investigating the development of mammalian spines, we are looking for a Postdoc with strong interest in developmental biology. The goal of the project is to characterise the convergent development of spines in tenrecs and hedgehogs, two spiny mammals belonging to highly-divergent lineages. The successful candidate will interact with a multidisciplinary team of physicists, computer scientists and biologists and will have access to state-of-the-art imaging and wet-lab facilities. The working language of the laboratory is English.

Reference

Montandon, Tzika, Martins, Chopard & Milinkovitch (2014) Two waves of anisotropic growth generate enlarged follicles in the spiny mouse EvoDevo

Qualifications & skills

  • PhD in biology-related sciences within the last five years
  • Candidates should have a strong inner drive, independence, and willingness to work in a highly interdisciplinary team
  • A good level of spoken and written English is essential
  • A background in skin appendages development is preferred, but not required.

Laboratory. Our projects are interdisciplinary, and aim at understanding the genetic determinism of skin colour patterns (especially in snakes and lizards) but also skin appendages (scales, hair, and spines) in amniotes. Besides standard molecular biology methods, we use confocal and light-sheet microscopy imaging, electron microscopy, mass spectrometry and deep sequencing.

Environment. The University of Geneva (UNIGE) is highly-renowned for its research and is among the best universities in the world. Geneva is an international city occupying a privileged geographical situation.

Contact. Interested applicants are invited to send (combined in a single PDF document) a motivation letter with a short statement of research interests, a CV and two references (full address, incl. email and phone number) to: Dr. Athanasia Tzika (athanasia.tzika@unige.ch)

Closing Date: 31 August 2022

Scientific fields: Development and disease, Evo-devo and eco-evo-devo

Model systems: Other vertebrate

Duration: Fixed term

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