PhD Student
- Last application date
- Jun 19, 2022 14:30
- Department
- GE35 - Department of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics
- Contract
- Limited duration
- Degree
- University degree preferentially in the field of bioinformatics, computer science, mathematics, engineering sciences or biomedical sciences
- Occupancy rate
- 100%
- Vacancy type
- Research staff
Job description
- You are involved in patient-related (clinical) HIV research projects together with an international team of postdocs, PhD students and laboratory technicians.
- You set up new experiments, perform the wet lab work and analyze generated data.
- You will help developing new technologies to better characterize the mechanisms responsible for HIV persistence in ART-treated individuals.
- You bring ideas for new projects in this specific field of HIV latency and HIV reservoir analysis.
Job profile
- Interested candidates should hold a university degree preferentially in the field of bioinformatics, computer science, mathematics, engineering sciences or
biomedical sciences. - Interest in life sciences and a strong motivation to become acquainted with the field of HIV viro-immunology are mandatory. Experience with wet lab
techniques (flow cytometry, PCR,…) is an asset, but not mandatory. - You are familiar with specific bio-informatic skills sets (languages like bash, python, R etc).
- You have excellent written and oral English skills.
- You are a team player and a fluent communicator.
- You are organized, passionate about scientific research and you can work independently.
How to apply
Apply before 19/06/2022
Send your CV + motivation letter to Prof Linos Vandekerckhove (linos.vandekerckhove@ugent.be) + copy to Dr. Sofie Rutsaert: (Sofie.rutsaert@ugent.be)