Postdoc position in kidney engineering research at reNEW Copenhagen

Professor Melissa Little, AC, leads a research team focused on the use of pluripotent stem cells for modelling kidney development to understand tissue morphogenesis and bioengineer human kidney tissue. Professor Little is seeking highly motivated and ambitious post-doctoral candidates with strong backgrounds in pluripotent stem cells, kidney developmental biology and bioengineering.
The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Stem Cell Medicine, reNEW has its Hub at the University of Copenhagen (UCPH) as well as nodes at UCPH, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute and Leiden University Medical Center. Researchers within reNEW addresses fundamental questions in stem cell and developmental biology and will pivot research findings to clinical outcomes and products for patients with incurable disorders such as congenital kidney and heart disorders, type 1 diabetes and Parkinsons’ disease.

A postdoctoral position is currently available in the group of Professor Melissa Little at reNEW Copenhagen. Her team will focus on the fundamental processes of morphogenesis during stem cell patterning to kidney tissue in vitro in order to develop novel approaches to disease modelling and tissue engineering. The application of cellular bioprinting to evaluate the processes regulating morphogenetic patterning in vitro are hoped to both develop more reproducible and high throughput approaches to disease modelling as well as improve the accuracy of morphogenesis within organoid models. To achieve this, the group utilizes human pluripotent stem cells, advanced gene editing, cellular bioprinting, state-of the-art transcriptomic and imaging approaches and bioinformatic data analyses. Starting date for this position is the 1 September 2024, or upon agreement with selected candidates.

Job description:
We are seeking highly motivated and ambitious post-doctoral candidates with a strong background in pluripotent stem cell differentiation, developmental biology, advanced imaging, bioengineering and/or bioinformatics. Applicants must have experience in stem cell culture, advanced molecular biology and confocal imaging. Some understanding of kidney disease and development is desirable. Some experience in bioengineering is also desirable.

Qualifications:

• Candidates must hold a PhD degree in pluripotent stem cell biology or similar, with a track-record of successful scientific work.
• Candidates should have a strong background in molecular biology, cell biology and/or live cell imaging.
• Previous experience in bioengineering, bioprinting, bioinformatics, next-generation sequencing, kidney development, organogenesis and/or stem cell culture are considered an advantage.
• Good English communication skills, both oral and written, are prerequisite for the successful candidate.

Terms of salary, work, and employment :
The employment is planned to start 1 September 2024 or upon agreement with the chosen candidate. The employment is for 2 years. The terms of employment are set according to the Agreement between the Ministry of Finance and The Danish Confederation of Professional Associations or other relevant professional organization.

Non-Danish and Danish applicants may be eligible for tax reductions, if they hold a PhD degree and have not lived in Denmark the last 10 years.

The position is covered by the Job Structure for Academic Staff at Universities 2020.

Questions:
For further information contact Professor Melissa Little, [email protected]

Foreign applicants may find the following links useful: www.ism.ku.dk (International Staff Mobility) and www.workingconditions.ku.dk.

How to apply
The application, in English, must be submitted electronically by clicking APPLY below.

The application must include:

• Motivation letter
• Curriculum vitae incl. education, experience, previous employments, language skills and other relevant skills
• List of two references (full address, incl. email and phone number)
• List of publications
• Copy of diplomas/degree certificate(s)

Only applications received in time and consisting of the above listed documents will be considered.

Applications and/or any material received after deadline will not be taken into consideration.

The application will be assessed according to the Ministerial Order no. 284 of 25 April 2008 on the Appointment of Academic Staff at Universities.

Assessment procedure
After the expiry of the deadline for applications, the authorized recruitment manager selects applicants for assessment on the advice of the Appointments Committee. All applicants are then immediately notified whether their application has been passed for assessment by an expert assessment committee. Selected applicants are notified of the composition of the committee and each applicant has the opportunity to comment on the part of the assessment that relates to the applicant him/herself.

You can read about the recruitment process at https://employment.ku.dk/faculty/recruitment-process/

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Info
Ansøgningsfrist: 01-07-2024

Ansættelsesdato: 01-09-2024

Arbejdstid: Fuldtid

Afdeling/Sted: reNEW NNF Center for Stem Cell Medicine