PhD student to work in the Laboratory of Experimental Medicine

Field: biology, medical sciences

Results of the competition:

As part of the conducted procedure, the Competition Committee recommended the candidacy of Laura Turos, MSc for the post of PhD student.



Description:

CENTER OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES

Laboratory of Experimental Medicine

is hiring a Ph.D. STUDENT

  Research area: immunology and immunotherapy of cancer

 

We are looking for a person interested in participation in the project financed by the National Science Center within OPUS12 program entitled: „The role of arginase-1 in antitumor efficacy of cancer immunotherapy using checkpoint inhibitors”, project leader: prof. Dominika Nowis, M.D., Ph.D., D.Sc.

KEYWORDS:

tumor, immune response, immunotherapy, arginase, checkpoint inhibitors,  cell culture, in vivo mouse tumor models, molecular biology

 

We look for a person with  an experience in:

  • laboratory work
  • experience in basic laboratory techniques (Western blotting, PCR, molecular cloning, cell culture)

 

The following skills would be appreciated:

  • experience in animal work
  • experience in multicolor flow cytometry

 

We offer:

  • employment in a rapidly developing University of Warsaw institute
  • lab and office space
  • basic equipment and core facilities
  • substantive and organizational support
  • friendly, inspiring, interdisciplinary environment

 

Requirements:

  • Sc. degree (or equivalent) in biology or medical sciences
  • good communication skills in written and oral English
  • ability to work efficiently within a team

 

Employment conditions:

  • monthly salary: 3 000 PLN gross
  • mode: stipend
  • beginning: October 2018
  • duration: 21 months

 

Required documents:

  • Letter of intent
  • CV
  • One letter of reference
  • copy of M.Sc. diploma

 

A following request should be included in the CV “I hereby give consent for my personal data included in my application to be processed for the purposes of the recruitment process under the Personal Data Protection Act as of 29 August 1997, consolidated text: Journal of Laws 2016, item 922 as amended.”

Please submit your application to the e-mail address:

d.nowis@cent.uw.edu.pl

Deadline of application submission: May 18th 2018

Date of enouncement of the results: May 30th, 2018.

 

General rules of the recruitment process:

  • in the case of not signing the contract by the candidate, due to the resignation, we reserve the rights to choose the next candidate from the ranking list
  • we reserve the rights to invite for the interview the selected candidates only


Deadline: 18/05/2018

Tags: tumor, immune response, immunotherapy, arginase, checkpoint inhibitors, cell culture, in vivo mouse tumor models, molecular biology