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Postdoc in neuroscience (neuroendocrinology and behavior)

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Postdoc in neuroscience (neuroendocrinology and behavior)

A 2-year position, within the EU consortium BIOREXIA, on development of leptin as target for the treatment of anorexia nervosa in preclinical models. BIOREXIA aims at using a companion biomarker approach for personalized medicine.

Deadline Published on Vacancy ID 2025-5890
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Academic fields

Health

Job types

Postdoc

Education level

Doctorate

Weekly hours

36 hours per week

Salary indication

max. €5504 per month

Location

Heidelberglaan 100, 3584CX, Utrecht

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Job description

You will work on your own project, supported by technicians and surrounded by a team of PhD students and postdocs that work with similar and other technologies in the field of neural circuits in eating disorders. The project focuses on exploring leptin as treatment for anorexia nervosa. We encourage and support the candidate to develop his/her own project within the interest of our research team.

Requirements

  • You have a PhD in neuroscience/neuroendocrinology.
  • You are a highly motivated and experienced scientist with strong expertise in neuroendocrine and behavioral neurobiology and knowledge in optimizing ELISAs.
  • You are able and interested in working in a unique multidisciplinary team with researchers from several universities involved in this project.
  • Knowledge of neuroscience and experience with rodent handling are required.
  • You have good writing and presenting skills in English.

Conditions of employment

The maximum salary for this position (36 - 36 hours) is € 5.504,00 gross per month based on full-time employment.

In addition, we offer an annual benefit of 8.3%, holiday allowance, travel expenses and career opportunities. The terms of employment are in accordance with the Cao University Medical Centers (UMC).

Department

The project will be performed within the department of Translational Neuroscience, at the UMC Utrecht Brain Center. The Department of Translational Neuroscience is the preclinical department of the Division Neuroscience of the University Medical Center Utrecht. The research mission of the Department of Translational Neuroscience is to discover and delineate mechanisms and processes which are fundamental to the development of neural systems and to the control of behavior, and to translate these to pathogenesis and disease models. The unique advantage of this department of Neuroscience is its embedding in the clinical environment of UMCU and its multidisciplinary character. The Department’s toolkit includes light sheet microscopy, optogenetics, electrophysiology, an own animal facility, viral vector generation and more.

Additional information

Contact our colleague:
Roger Adan
088 75 688 91
R.A.H.Adan@umcutrecht.nl

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