Current open positions:
1 Bioinformatician position on morphological novelties and insect evolution
Eligibility
The bioinformatician should have completed a degree in the field of Biology, Biomedicine, Computational Biology or related areas, ability to work independently and as part of a team and proficiency in English (oral and written). Previous experience in transcriptomics, epigenetics or single cell approaches, programming skills in languages commonly used in bioinformatics (Python or R, etc), creativity and high motivation are highly encouraged.
Job description
We are offering 1 year initially with possibility of up to 3 years of extension. Remuneration is based on professional experience. The expected starting date is from September 2023.
Working environment and life in Barcelona
The bioinformatician will join the Almudi lab, recently established at the Department of Genetics, Microbiology and Statistics and the Institute de la Recerca de la Biodiversitat (IRBio) at the University of Barcelona. This department offers a priviledged environment to researchers, including the so-called “Barcelona Evo-Devo School”, with an excellent international community in one of the best universities in Spain. The team is committed to maintaining a respectful, inclusive, and friendly working environment, as well as promoting your career development. Barcelona is a cosmopolitan and vibrant city and a major cultural, economic, and financial centre in southwestern Europe, as well as the main biotech hub in Catalonia and Spain
Application procedure
Interested candidates should submit a single pdf file with a motivation letter, a short description of current and past research projects and their CV to ialmudi@ub.edu. Recommendation letters are not crucial at this stage.
Deadline
June 31st, 2023. Applicants who are short-listed for the positions will be contacted personally. For more information, please check https://www.mayflyecoevodevo.com/home or contact ialmudi@ub.edu.
1 PhD student position on morphological novelties and insect evolution
Eligibility
The PhD student should have completed a Masters in the field of Biology, Biomedicine, or related areas, ability to work independently and as part of a team and proficiency in English (oral and written). The project in which the PhD student will be involved will include performing molecular biology techniques, single cell transcriptomics, immunohistochemistry, transgenesis, CRISPR and confocal imaging in order to investigate the GRNs functioning in insect wings, and how they evolved throughout the phylogeny of winged insects.
Job description
We are offering 1 year initially with possibility of up to 4 years of extension. Remuneration is based on professional experience (20400€-25000€ gross/year). The expected starting date is from September 2023.
Working environment and life in Barcelona
The PhD student will join the Almudi lab, recently established at the Department of Genetics, Microbiology and Statistics and the Institute de la Recerca de la Biodiversitat (IRBio) at the University of Barcelona. This department offers a priviledged environment to researchers, including the so-called “Barcelona Evo-Devo School”, with an excellent international community in one of the best universities in Spain. The team is committed to maintaining a respectful, inclusive, and friendly working environment, as well as promoting your career development. Barcelona is a cosmopolitan and vibrant city and a major cultural, economic, and financial centre in southwestern Europe, as well as the main biotech hub in Catalonia and Spain
Application procedure
Information about the application process can be found here: https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/103488
Deadline
May 31st, 2023. For more information, please contact ialmudi@ub.edu.