Location: Esplugues de Llobregat (Spain)
Working day: Full time
Sector: Healthcare
Vacancies: 1
Discipline: R&D
Work modality: On siteThe Fundació Privada per a la Recerca Sant Joan de Déu is an entity created in 2002 to cover the research activity that is carried out, both in the biomedical and social sphere, at the Maternal and Infantile Hospital of Esplugues, in the Parc Sanitari de Sant Boi de Llobregat and in other centers of the Hospital Order San Juan de Dios - Province of Aragon San Rafael.
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Childhood cancers are believed to be rooted in aberrant development and are frequently driven by epigenomic rewiring, with only few hard-wired genomic alterations. In the Pediatric Cancer Epigenetics Lab we aim to unravel how development goes wrong at the molecular level, with the ultimate goal of identifying novel and targeted therapies for childhood cancers.
The PhD position on offer is funded by the prestigious ERC Starting Grant awarded to Dr. Avgustinova for the study of the factors that determine which cells are able to undergo malignant transformation during development. The project is multidisciplinary and will involve the use of cell and molecular biology techniques, CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing, cytometry, microscopy, (epi)genomics and animal models.
The position is fully funded for 3 years, with the possibility to extend to 4 years.
Application deadline: 28th February 2023
Estimated starting date: Summer/Autumn 2023
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We offer:
The Pediatric Cancer Epigenomics lab is hosted at the Fundación Sant Joan de Déu (soon in the Pediatric Cancer Centre Barcelona). We offer an interesting and versatile work place, a pleasant working atmosphere and access to institutional facilities (Histopathology Unit, Cytometry Unit, Cellular Imaging Unit, Animal Unit, etc.). The PhD student will be enrolled at the Universitat de Barcelona (UB). We work in close collaboration with clinicians at Hospital Sant Joan de Déu in order to close the gap between basic and translational cancer research.
“This project has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC-Starting Grant) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement No 101076506 )”
Requirements:
Please include the following documents in your application:
