Doktorand - Hiring in process/Finished, not possible to apply

Description:

The Lundgaard lab is looking for a PhD student to study myelin clearance after focal and inflammatory demyelination.

This project will use electron microscopy and MRI of rodents to measure demyelination and remyelination in rodents. Different drug and surgical manipulations will be applied and remyelination will be compared in treated and vehicle/sham surgery groups. Immunohistochemistry and 3D reconstruction of cells will be used to study the morphology of the remyelinating cells

The lab has funding for a 4 year PhD position.

Qualifications:

• Science Master’s Degree in neuroscience or neurobiology
• Experience with animal work is required
• Stereotaxic surgery and knowledge of demyelination models is necessary
• 3D reconstruction of cells required
• Excellent writing skills are necessary
• International experience is valued

Eligibility
Students with basic eligibility for third-cycle studies are those who- have completed a second-cycle degree- have completed courses of at least 240 credits, of which at least 60 credits are from second-cycle courses, or- have acquired largely equivalent knowledge in some other way, in Sweden or abroad.

The employment of doctoral students is regulated in the Swedish Code of Statues 1998: 80. Only those who are or have been admitted to PhD-studies may be appointed to doctoral studentships. When an appointment to a doctoral studentship is made, the ability of the student to benefit from PhD-studies shall primarily be taken into account. In addition to devoting themselves to their studies, those appointed to doctoral studentships may be required to work with educational tasks, research and administration, in accordance with specific regulations in the ordinance.

Type of employment
Limit of tenure, four years according to HF 5 kap 7§.