26 Mar 2024
Job Information
- Organisation/Company
UCLouvain- Department
Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique- Research Field
Medical sciences » Medicine- Researcher Profile
First Stage Researcher (R1)- Country
Belgium- Application Deadline
18 May 2024 - 00:00 (Europe/Brussels)- Type of Contract
Temporary- Job Status
Full-time- Hours Per Week
38- Offer Starting Date
1 Jul 2024- Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?
Not funded by an EU programme- Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?
No
Offer Description
This PhD offer is part of the GT4Health project, funded by the Walloon Region as part of its Win4Excellence program. It aims to develop various disruptive technologies as solutions to major challenges in the gene therapy sector. This multidisciplinary project involves ten partners from five French-speaking Belgian universities (ULiège, ULB, UCL, UNamur and UMons), as well as the CER Groupe research centre. In this project, viral and non-viral vectors will be used to develop innovative personalised therapeutic solutions, enabling researchers to tackle serious hereditary and chronic diseases and cancers by validating a variety of therapeutic targets.
Specifically, the project will tackle transient gene therapy to improve liver regeneration and prevent post-surgical liver failure
Background: Liver failure in cirrhosis has a high mortality rate (>50% at 5 years in severe cirrhosis). The risk of acute hepatocellular failure makes 1 in 5 liver tumour patients ineligible for potentially curative surgical removal.
Question: Can gene therapy improve liver regeneration in situations of critical functional deficit, such as post-surgical failure and life-threatening cirrhosis, using animal models and non-viral vectors to modulate regeneration and cell differentiation pathways?
Requirements
- Research Field
- Medical sciences » Health sciences
- Education Level
- Master Degree or equivalent
Skills/Qualifications
- Hold a FELSA diploma or equivalent giving access to the handling of experimental animals
Specific Requirements
- Good knowledge of English
- Previous experience in small animal surgery and handling
- Basic knowledge of statistics and handling of common statistical tools
- Ability to work as part of a team.
- Flexibility and ability to work independently
- Experimental rigour, reliability and traceability in the reporting of manipulations carried out.
- Languages
- ENGLISH
- Level
- Good
- Research Field
- Biological sciences » BiologyMedical sciences » Health sciences
- Years of Research Experience
- None
Additional Information
Benefits
Work contract for 4 up to 4 years (1year renewable 3 times)
Join a dynamic team of PhD students, post-docs, technicians and permanent staff and be part of a global project involving several universities
Access to cutting-edge technical platforms
Access to a doctoral training program
Eligibility criteria
Hold a master degree
Speak Fluent English
Selection process
After passing the eligibility check, the applications will be evaluated by the two project promoters in order to prepare a shortlist of candidates. This assessment will be based on motivation, the match between the scientific/technical background and the requirements of the PhD project. Shortlisted candidates will be interviewed by Teams or by telephone and will be invited to visit the laboratory.
Work Location(s)
- Number of offers available
- 1
- Company/Institute
- UCLouvain / Institute for Experimental and Clinical Research
- Country
- Belgium
- State/Province
- - Select State/Region -
- City
- Brussels
- Postal Code
- 1200
- Street
- avenue Emmanuel Mounier 52,
Where to apply
[email protected]
Contact
- State/Province
- Select State/Region -- City
Brussels- Website
https://uclouvain.be/fr/index.html
https://uclouvain.be/fr/instituts-recherche/irec- Street
avenue Emmanuel Mounier 52, Box B1.52.01- Postal Code
1200
[email protected]- Phone
+32 2 764 52 73
+32 10 479172
STATUS: EXPIRED
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