Post-doctoral Researcher

**Solliciteren tot 13-06-2025 23:59 (Brussels time)**:

- **Faculteit Geneeskunde en Gezondheidswetenschappen**:

- **Vakgroep: GE31 - Biomoleculaire Geneeskunde**:

- **Tewerkstellingspercentage: 100%**:

- **Aantal posities: 1**:

- **Type tewerkstelling: Contract van bepaalde tijd**:

- **Duur van de opdracht: 1 jaar met kans op 1 jaar verlenging**:

- **Geboden barema: PD1 tot PD4 (doctoraatdiploma)**:

- **Diplomavoorwaarde: PhD**

**ABOUT GHENT UNIVERSITY**

Ghent University is a world of its own. Employing more than 15,000 people, it is actively involved in education and research, management and administration, as well as technical and social service provision on a daily basis. It is one of the largest, most exciting employers in the area and offers great career opportunities. With its 11 faculties and more than 80 departments offering state-of-the-art study programmes grounded in research in a wide range of academic fields, Ghent University is a logical choice for its staff and students.

**About TOBI-lab**

**YOUR TASKS**
- You will play a pivotal role in a project focused towards understanding the origin of cfDNA isolated from liquid biopsies in cancer models and patients, where you will be responsible for the experimental set-up and daily follow-up of the project. You will work in the lab and do molecular work (mostly DNA and/or RNA focused) as well as animal work (mice and rats), but you will also be involved in the analysis of the data.
- You will co-supervise graduate and Ph.D. students who co-work on this project as well as similar research projects.
- More in general, you will oversee the development of analytical pipelines for (epi-)genomic analysis of nucleic acids isolated from liquid biopsies in the TOBI-team.
- You will interact with collaborating research teams within UGent, VIB and the Cancer Research Institute Ghent, as well as with international collaborating teams, and UGent or VIB core facilities.

**WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR**
- You hold a thesis-based doctorate in biomedical sciences.
- You hold a Felesa C certificate and you are motivated to be involved in mouse and rat experiments.
- You have strong experience with DNA and RNA-sequencing. Hands-on expertise with liquid biopsy assays (on cfDNA and/or exRNA) is a plus.
- You have good knowledge of cancer biology.
- You have basic knowledge on pre-processing and processing of large biomedical datasets using high-performance computing.
- You have excellent written and oral English skills, as evidenced by prior peer-reviewed publications and conference presentations.
- You are a talented researcher with strong motivation and high professional standards.
- You are ambitious and passionate about research.
- You can work autonomously while having strong team player skills.
- You are a fluent communicator.
- Experience in project writing and the successful achievement of grants is a plus.
- Experience in the supervision of graduate and Ph.D. students is a plus.

**WHAT WE CAN OFFER YOU**
- We offer you a contract of definite duration for the period from (for a period of 1 year, that may be extended with 1 year).
- Your contract will start on 1/10/2025 at the earliest.
- Your remuneration will be determined by salary scale PD1 to PD4 (if you hold a doctorate). Click here for more information about our salary scales.
- All Ghent University staff members enjoy a number of benefits, such as a wide range of training and education opportunities, 36 days of holiday leave (on an annual basis for a full-time job) supplemented by annual fixed bridge days, bicycle allowance and eco vouchers. Click here for a complete overview of all the staff benefits.

**INTERESTED?**
- In the field **‘CV’**: your CV and a transcript of your academic record (merged into one pdf file)
- In the field **‘Diploma’**: a transcript of the required degree (if already in your possession). If you have a foreign diploma in a language other than our national languages (Dutch, French or German) or English, please add a translation in one of the mentioned languages.

Note that the maximum file size for each field is 10 MB.

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