PhD contract (former FPI fellowships) Gene Regulation of Cell Plasticity, Stem Cells, Cell Differentiation and Cancer

The Gene Regulation Lab, an ICREA group at the IDIBAPS Research Institute (Barcelona, Spain) is looking for a candidate to conduct her/his PhD in the area of ”Gene Regulation of Cellular Plasticity and Differentiation in Inflammation and Cancer”. The group has funding to cover the salary of the candidate through a government-sponsored fellowship (former “FPI fellowships”). ZEB1 and ZEB2 play key roles in homeostasis and in different pathologies regulating stemness (in normal and cancer stem cells), cellular plasticity and differentiation, tissue regeneration, and tumor initiation and progression. The successful candidate will work in a dynamic and international group in one of the ongoing projects in the lab to study the role of ZEB factors in the regulation of cellular plasticity and differentiation in inflammation or cancer. All projects  make use of a wide array of state-of-the-art techniques, and in vitro and in vivo approaches including unique transgenic mouse models and high-throughput and OMICs technologies. 

REQUIREMENTS

Essential Requirements 

★ BSc (Grado) degree in Biology or any biomedical-related discipline obtained after January 2018 with marks above 7.0/10.0

★ MSc degree in Biology or any other biomedical-related discipline obtained after September 2018.

★ Good command of English

Desirable Experience 

Although NOT required, candidates will receive higher consideration if they meet the following criteria: 

★ Official Certificate to use mouse models 

★ High average Mark/Grade in the BSc and MSc

CONDITIONS 

The group has been awarded a four (4) year contract from the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation to hire a PhD candidate. In addition to submitting their interest and the information indicated below, candidates will need to apply on the Ministry's official website when the call opens around October 2021. The results of the call are expected to be released around June 2022. The salary conditions of the PhD contract are set by the Ministry. If the selected candidate has a strong CV, an interim contract will cover the period between now and the start of the 4-year PhD contract in June 2022

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION & APPLICATIONS 

For further information about the work in the group visit https://bit.ly/34r2VXT & https://bit.ly/3zWD3DG Applications should indicate “PhD 2021” in the subject of the email and be sent to  idibaps.postigo@gmail.com. Please, include: a) CV, b) academic transcripts and c) names & contact details of 2-3 researchers that have supervised the candidate’s work during the MSc.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS (recent articles as corresponding author)

★ Gut 66:666. IF: 23.0

★ Gut 68:2129. IF: 23.0

★ Nature Commun 10:1364. IF: 14.9

★ Nature Commun 9:2424. IF: 14.9

 ★ Nature Commun 5:5660. IF: 14.9

 ★ Nature Commun 4:2650. IF: 14.9 

★ Sci Advances 7:abd7455 IF: 14.1 

★ Nucleic Acids Res 46:10697. IF: 16.9

★ Cell Death Differ 21:247. IF:15.8

★ Clin Cancer Res 19:1071. IF: 12.7 

★ EMBO J 36:3336. IF: 11.6