Notch Signalling in Development and Pathology
Research Fellowships and PhD Studentships

NotchIT is a 4-year FP7 European Union funded Project which was awarded to 7 academic and 1 industrial partners from 6 European countries to train young researchers at early stage of their career in the field of Notch signalling (total budget of the project is 3.4 million Euro).

NotchIT integrates expertise from several areas of developmental biology and pathology. Expertise in myogenesis, haematopoiesis, neurobiology, heart and vascular biology, tumour biology and molecular pharmacology is congregated in this project, providing a unique platform for interdisciplinary work.

Young researchers will be exposed to basic research – utilizing different experimental models from zebra fish to mice – to clinical and translational research. NotchIT encourages participation at meetings, short-term exchange visits and interactions among laboratories through an attractive Training programme.

We invite applications for the following positions (16 in total):

  1. Postdoctoral Research Fellows. Max duration 2 years
  2. Research Fellows (no PhD required). Max duration 3 years
  3. PhD students. Max duration 3 years

For all the positions, Marie Curie salary rates apply
Applicants should submit Curriculum Vitae, including publications list and names and contact info of two referees by e-mail ( info@notchit.eu This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) indicating research areas of interest and laboratories of choice.

Closing date: 20 March 2009;

Positions available starting from April 2009. (www.notchit.eu)

NotchIT Principal Investigators and research laboratories:

  • Isabella Screpanti (coordinator) , Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
  • Urban Lendahl, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
  • Alexander Medvinsky, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
  • Freddy Radtke, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland
  • José Luis de La Pompa, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Madrid, Spain
  • Anne Joutel, INSERM, Paris, France
  • Shahragim Tajbakhsh, Pasteur Institute, Paris, France
  • Lilian Wikström, NeuroNova AB, Stockholm, Sweden

Further informations go to:

http://www.notchit.eu/index.php

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