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The Faculty of Medicine is a part of Lund University, and is responsible for education and research within medicine and healthcare. Our academic programmes are closely linked with the healthcare system and are firmly anchored in the faculty’s strong research tradition. Our research spans a broad field within experimental preclinical research, near-patient clinical research and health sciences research. The Faculty of Medicine, with its 1,800 employees and 2,700 students in Lund and Malmö, is a knowledge-intensive meeting place for students, teachers and researchers from all over the world.



The Department of Experimental Medical Sciences mission is to perform molecular, cellular and integrative research at the highest international level and to train a new generation of successful scientists.

We study biological processes that govern normal human bodily functions that are involved in disease pathogenesis. Several of our research environments have been recognized as outstanding both at the national and European levels. We also strive to stimulate our undergraduate students with our enthusiasm for research and wish to increase their interest in both basic and applied sciences. We expose them to the most up-to-date teaching methods and prepare them for lifelong learning in their future careers.

PhD project: The main aim of this thesis will be to conduct preclinical in vivo studies to evaluate the therapeutic efficacy of scaffold–mediated delivery of anti–inflammatory and neuro protective moieties alone or together with stem cell derived dopamine (DA) neurons in clinically–relevant animal models of PD. The therapeutic efficacy of different factors will be tested and delivered using functionalised scaffolds developed and produced within the EU ITN BrainMatTrain.

The project is part of BrainMatTrain, a four-year project, funded by the European Union Horizon 2020 Programme (H2020- MSCA-ITN-2015) under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Initial Training Network and Grant Agreement No. 676408. The project focuses on the scale up, commercialisation and translation of functionalised biomaterial constructs for the treatment of Parkinson’s disease. The BrainMatTrain network comprises four academic institutes, two hospitals and two industry partners from seven European countries (Ireland, Austria, Sweden, France, Denmark, the Netherlands, and United Kingdom).

Eligibility: Students with basic eligibility for third-cycle studies are those who- have completed a second-cycle degree- have completed courses of at least 240 credits, of which at least 60 credits are from second-cycle courses, or- have acquired largely equivalent knowledge in some other way, in Sweden or abroad.

The employment of doctoral students is regulated in the Swedish Code of Statues 1998: 80. Only those who are or have been admitted to PhD-studies may be appointed to doctoral studentships. When an appointment to a doctoral studentship is made, the ability of the student to benefit from PhD-studies shall primarily be taken into account. In addition to devoting themselves to their studies, those appointed to doctoral studentships may be required to work with educational tasks, research and administration, in accordance with specific regulations in the ordinance.

Essential qualifications:

• Less than 4 years' full time equivalent research experience and not yet been awarded a doctoral degree (PhD).

• Resided less than 12 months in the country (Sweden) of the host/recruiting institution in the 3 years prior to selection.

• Good spoken and written English.

• Flexibility and ability to work in a team environment.

• Availability to travel nationally and internationally two to three times a year.

Desirable qualifications:

- previous neuroscience research training
- BSc or MSC in Neuroscience or similar
- laboratory skills: Documented experience with animal experiments, practical experience with in vivo behavioural testing, in vivo PD models, Light & Fluorescence Microscopy, Immunohistochemistry



Application must include: Applications (in English) should include a CV, certificates of examination grades, a 1-page motivation letter describing your research career goals, skills and experience, as well as two letters of recommendation.

Salary: As the position is funded by the Horizon 2020 programme of the European Union, the remuneration will be in line with the European Commission rules for Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant holders (Early-Stage Researchers, Initial Training Network). http://ec.europa.eu/research/mariecurieactions/index.htm

Type of employment: Limit of tenure, four years according to HF 5 kap 7



 

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