Felix Ritort Group

Small Biosystems Lab

Jobs

Information actualized on the 2nd November 2010

There is the possibility to support candidates that submit a proposal for a three years postodoctoral position in the Juan de la Cierva programm to work in our group. Openings are expected to appear every year in spring (between March and April). Information about the applications can be found in the MICINN web site

CURRENT OPENINGS:

Posdoctoral position at the Small Biosystems lab

The Small Biosystems Lab from the University of Barcelona is offering a posdoctoral position to do research in the framework of the Ciber-bbn network for Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine.

The position is to carry out research in single molecule experiments using optical tweezers in some of the current collaborative projects in the network including, single DNA and RNA manipulation, peptide-DNA interactions and mechanical properties of cells. The candidate will carry his/her individual research project and help the PI to manage other projects in the lab. The candidate should have a PhD in experimental sciences, preferently biology, chemistry or physics. He/she should have the skills and experience in molecular synthesis of nucleic acids (DNA and RNA) and proteins to be able to synthesize the molecular constructs to pull them with the tweezers. Most important, the candidate should be a very independent and hard working person, highly motivated and ambitious aiming to develop a solid scientific career in a very interdisciplinary research environment.

The contract will start the 1st January 2011 and will be for one year with the possibility of an extension for at least one more year. The gross salary is around 30000 Euros per year and negotiable.

Interested candidates should send a CV (either by post, email or fax) explaining research interests and previous experience to the following address: Felix Ritort, Departament de Fisica Fonamental, Universitat de Barcelona, Avda. Diagonal 647, 08028 Barcelona (Spain), E-Mail: fritort@gmail.com, Fax: +34-934021149. If an email is sent then it should be copied to the attention of Sara de Lorenzo to the following address: slorenzoros@gmail.com.

There is no application deadline