Join the PD-MitoQUANT team!
Title: Post-Doctoral Position Single Cell Imaging and Molecular Neurobiology of Parkinson’s disease (8 months)
Department: RCSI Centre for Systems Medicine and SFI Future-Neuro Research Centre, Dept of Physiology and Medical Physics
Location: Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland University of Medicine and Health Sciences
Term: 8-month specified purpose contract (with the possibility of extension pending EU approval)
Reporting to: Prof Jochen Prehn or nominee
Salary: Dependent on the level of experience and based on the most current IUA Researcher’s Salary Scales IUA Researcher’s Salary Scales
Project background:
PD-MitoQUANT – A quantitative approach towards the characterisation of mitochondrial dysfunction in Parkinson’s disease.
As part of the EU-funded Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI) project PD-MitoQUANT consortium, a Post-Doctoral position is now available in the Centre for Systems Medicine (CSM) and the Department of Physiology and Medical Physics, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, utilising molecular and cell imaging techniques to investigate the role of mitochondrial dysfunction in Parkinson’s disease, with a specific focus on alpha-synuclein toxicity models.
Objectives of post:
Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a progressive neurological condition affecting more than one million people in Europe. The main pathological hallmark of this disease is the presence of αSyn aggregation in the brain. Mitochondrial dysfunction has been implicated in PD, but a detailed understanding of the cause and effect of this dysfunction is lacking. PD-MitoQUANT will extensively investigate and characterise the role of mitochondrial dysfunction in PD, with a specific focus on αSyn toxicity.
Full details here and application procedure: https://bit.ly/3f4GsqT