Post-Doctoral Researcher at Koç University Transplant Immunology Research Centre of Excellence in Türkiye

Koç University Transplant Immunology Research Centre of Excellence is offering a position as a post-doctoral researcher in the “Experimental Studies Group”.

Duties of the position

The appointee will be expected to establish and maintain primary cell cultures, immortalized cell lines, pluripotent cell lines, co-cultures, organospheres, etc.; do molecular manipulation (gene silencing, overexpression, mutagenesis, etc.) of cells, and animals when needed; design and conduct experiments to test hypotheses developed by TIREX members on appropriate cell culture and animal models; design projects and write grants to contribute to the financial sustainability of TIREX; periodically monitor cultures for contamination; organize and conduct regular cleaning procedures of the equipment to minimize contamination risk and transfer experimental skills to other members of TIREX and (under)graduate students.

Required selection criteria

Applicants should possess a PhD degree in molecular biology, cell biology, or a related field in biological & life sciences; demonstrable extensive experience with various cell & tissue culture models and fluency in English. Experience with immune cells, stem cells, animal experiments and international research is desirable.
Benefits

The selected candidate will be offered a contract for two years with a competitive salary that is commensurate with experience of the applicant.

Organisation/Company – Koç University

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Country – Türkiye

Application Deadline – 15 June 2024