BEMÆRK: Ansøgningsfristen er overskredet
The Department of Biomedicine at Faculty of Health at Aarhus University invites applications for a position as an academic technical administrator in Experimental Neuroscience as per 1 May 2024 or as soon as possible thereafter. The position is a permanent position.
The department of Biomedicine prioritizes diversity and a good work environment, as this is a prerequisite for groundbreaking research. In a diverse and international research environment, dedicated employees are looking to generate new knowledge within biomedical research areas such as infection and inflammation, membranes, neuroscience and personalized medicine. The Department of Biomedicine provides research-based teaching of the highest quality and is responsible for a large part of the medical degree programme. Academic staff contribute to the teaching. English is the preferred language in the laboratory, at meetings and at seminars. The department employs approx. 500 people from all over the world, and they make use of the department's modern laboratory-, core- and animal facilities. The Department of Biomedicine focuses on innovation, entrepreneurship and collaboration with business and industry, and numerous researchers from the department have established companies to develop new medicinal treatments founded in professional scientific basic research. You can read more about the department here and about the faculty here.
Your job responsibilities
As academic technical administrator, your primary tasks are organizational and administrative work to support scientists in their research, aimed at elucidating novel genes causing Alzheimer disease. In your job, you will perform highly qualified tasks that require relevant training and extensive experience. You will have independent responsibility for organization of your assignments as well as for quality assurance and reporting.
Your main tasks will consist of:
• oversight of large breeding colony of transgenic mouse models (including supervision of animal caretakers, provision of animal for experimentation, control of genotypes, monitoring of animal health, filing of breeding records)
• supervision of export, import and revitalization of moused strains as part of several international collaborations
• filing of applications for new animal experimentation protocols to the regulatory authorities
• yearly reporting of animals used in experimentation to the authorities
• supervision and guidance of students and postdocs carrying out animal experimentation
• maintenance of high-end technical equipment, and training of new lab members in the use thereof, required for animal experimentation, including cryostat, confocal microscope, and multiplex ELISA setup
You will report to Prof. Thomas Willnow.
Your competences
You have an academic background biomedicine with an emphasis on neuroscience (MSc). You can document profound expertise in experimental neuroscience research using molecular, biochemical, and cell biological approaches. Importantly, you have extensively worked with transgenic rodent models for neuroscience research purpose and you are competent in instructing und supervising laboratory technologists and researchers in such methods. You are knowledgeable in the use and maintenance of high-end technical equipment (e.g., multiplex ELISA, Taqman, confocal microscopes), and you have managerial skills in organizing laboratory work flow processes. Preferably, you also have some hands-on expertise in human and mouse stem cell-derived models in experimental neuroscience, such as iPSC-derived brain cell types and cerebral organoids.
As a person, you have good interpersonal skills, are inclusive and team-oriented and able to contribute to a good work environment.
We expect you to be fluent in oral and written English.
Questions about the position
If you have any questions about the position, please contact Prof. Thomas Willnow, tew@biomed.au.dk, tel.: (+49) (0) 160 97705304.
Your place of work will be the Department of Biomedicine, Høegh-Guldbergs Gade 10, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark.
We expect to conduct interviews in January 2024.
Terms of employment
Terms of employment and pay are regulated by the collective agreement between the Ministry of Taxation and AC collective agreement
Application
Your application must include the following:
- Motivated application
- Curriculum Vitae
- Indication of education (a copy of the diplomas should be uploaded)
- References/recommendations can be uploaded separately in the recruitment system
Aarhus University’s ambition is to be an attractive and inspiring workplace for all and to foster a culture in which each individual has opportunities to thrive, achieve and develop. We view equality and diversity as assets, and we welcome all applicants.
The application must be submitted via Aarhus University’s recruitment system, which can be accessed under the job advertisement on Aarhus University's website.
Aarhus University
Aarhus University is an academically diverse and research-intensive university with a strong commitment to high-quality research and education and the development of society nationally and globally. The university offers an inspiring research and teaching environment to its 38,000 students (FTEs) and 8,300 employees, and has an annual revenues of EUR 935 million. Learn more at www.international.au.dk/
INFORMATIONER OM STILLINGEN:
- Arbejdspladsen ligger i:
Aarhus Kommune
-Virksomheden tilbyder:
-Arbejdsgiver:
Aarhus Universitet, Høegh-Guldbergs Gade 10, 8000 Aarhus C
-Ansøgning:
Ansøgningsfrist: 20-11-2023; - ansøgningsfristen er overskredet
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