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The department of Medical Microbiology and Infection Control (MMI) of the VU medical center has great expertise in bacterial protein secretion systems and using these systems to understand host-pathogen interactions and vaccine development. The section is embedded within the Amsterdam Infection & Immunity Institute (AI&II), which focuses on fundamental molecular research that will lead to breakthroughs in the development of novel therapeutics and molecular diagnostics. The drug discovery project will be funded by a NACTAR grant from the Applied and Engineering Sciences (TTW NWO) to Professor Wilbert Bitter, Eelco Ruijter (PhD) and Alex Speer (PhD) and the duration is 4 years. The vaccine discovery project will be funded by the CCA granted to Coen Kuijl (PhD), Professor Yvette van Kooyk and Professor Wilbert Bitter for the duration of 4 years.

We are looking for candidates with the following qualities:

• You have or will soon obtain a MSc degree in molecular biology, biomedical sciences, biochemistry or related fields;
• You are interested in research in the field of microbiology;
• You are a talented, ambitious and highly motivated researcher, who is curious, a team player and has organization skills;
• You have excellent communication skills in English.

Salary Scale PHD: 2279 to 2919 euro gross when employed full-time (depending on qualifications and experience).

In addition to a good base salary, we offer, amongst others, an 8,3% end-of-year bonus and 8% holiday pay. For more information on our fringe benefits, please see our benefits www.werkenbijvumc.nl/vumc/arbeidsvoorwaarden/

For Dutch citizens it is mandatory to provide a VOG (Verklaring Omtrent Gedrag).