Postdoctoral Researcher in Risk Factors and Biomarkers of Alzheimer's Disease

Introduction
Do you enjoy performing work in vivo and in vitro with animal models, do epidemiology research, work on analyses of omic data (e.g. lipidomic, RNA sequencing) and work in a team in an international setting? Then the SOLID project on the risk factors and markers for early detection of Alzheimer's Disease (AD) is perfect for you. SOLID is an international consortium involving partners from The Netherlands, Germany, France, Hungary, Canada and Australia.

The project is JPND funded and is aimed at finding risk factors and markers for early detection of AD with a focus on early-life adversity, inflammation and lipid mediators. The Dutch part entails a collaborative effort between the University of Amsterdam and Amsterdam University Medical Center, location AMC.

We are looking for a highly qualified and motivated Postdoctoral researcher to perform the preclinical studies investigating the effects of early-life stress on progression of AD (using AD mouse models) and the underlying mechanisms (focusing on neuroinflammation and dietary fatty acids), as well as studying early biomarkers of AD risk in a human cohort exposed to undernutrition during pregnancy. Your research will mostly be done at the University of Amsterdam.

What are you going to do

You are expected to

• plan and perform scientific data analysis and experiments in an independent manner;
• critically analyze and interpret results;
• co-supervise junior scientists (technicians, MSc/BSc students);
• take a leading role in writing manuscripts;
• present data at local, national and international scientific meetings;
• communicate with the international partners and scientists working on the project.