Doctoral student in Alzheimer’s disease - Hiring in process/Finished, not possible to apply

Description of the workplace

At the research group for Experimental Dementia Research, research is conducted within dementia, in particular Alzheimer’s disease. Our research has focused on the early cell and synapse biology and pathology of Alzheimer’s disease with the aim of contributing to improved therapy for the disease. The group is led by Professor Gunnar K. Gouras and consists of both researchers (1 PI, 1 PhD student, 1 postdoc and currently 1 master’s student) and 1 technical staff person. We are located in the Biomedical Centre. Here you can read more about our research: https://www.experimental-dementia.lu.se/. This PhD is a close collaboration with and is co- funded by the Clinical Dementia Research unit headed by Professor Oskar Hansson located in the neighbouring floor, BMC C11: https://biofinder.se/

Within our research group, we safeguard a good working environment with respect and consideration in our relationships with each other. We cherish a workplace that is perceived as developing and stimulating for our employees. We work to create conditions for job satisfaction, development and participation for all our employees.

We are hereby looking for a driven candidate for work on the mechanisms of how immunotherapy against amyloid-beta can be beneficial for those with Alzheimer’s disease. The employment is 100% full time with desired access date is February, 2024 or by agreement.

We offer

Lund University is a public authority which means that employees get particular benefits, generous annual leave and an advantageous occupational pension scheme.

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Work duties and areas of responsibility

As doctoral student within the research group, you are responsible for conducting experiments that lead to the successful attainment of the requirements for your PhD. Your duties include mainly reading, planning, performing and analysing experiments, and staying up-to-date with the literature. Other existing tasks within the research group that have to do with the day-to-day functioning of a lab.

Attending lab meetings of the group, preparing for journal clubs and also conferences is part of your duties, including the presentation of your work.

Qualifications
Requirements for employment are:

• A master’s degree in Biomedicine 
• Experience with cell culturing, immuno-fluorescent labeling of cells and brain sections for microscopy, Western blotting, and experience with animal handling
• The tasks require you to be engaged, flexible, inquisitive and to follow the emerging literature in the field.
• Completion of course on animal handling and use in research that complies with the Swedish Board of Agriculture’s regulations and general advice on laboratory animals, SJVFS 2017:40, L150 and Functions A, C, and D according to Directive 2010/63/EU.

Meritorious

• Fluency in written and oral Swedish is meritorious.
• Knowledge in Alzheimer’s disease research; prior Master’s level project relating to this research area is preferred.

Additional qualifications for the position are:
Fluency in English; this is the main lab and research language used in meetings and research articles.

Great emphasis will be placed on personal qualities: the student should work together well in a group while working independently is also highly important

Further information
Employment is for an term with a scope of 100 percent of full time starting in February 2024 or by agreement. The duration of PhD work at EMV typically last 4 years and no longer than 4.5 years.

How to apply
Applications are to be submitted via the University’s recruitment system. The application is to/should include a personal letter justifying your interest in the position and how it matches your qualifications. The application is to/should also include a CV, degree certificates or equivalent and any other document to which you would like to draw attention (copies of grade transcripts, details of referees, etc.)”

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§.