We welcome senior group leaders who have run their own lab to apply, as well as junior group leaders who have some years of experience as post-doc after obtaining their PhD and are ready to start their own lab.

Research environment
The Hubrecht offers an international and highly dynamic scientific environment. For many years, the Hubrecht is an internationally recognized world-class research institute. The organization has a flat organizational structure with an informal and collaborative atmosphere. Scientific groups are supported by administrative and scientific facilities.

Research infrastructure and support
The Hubrecht offers group leaders plenty of support and space for setting up and carrying out research in a creative and innovative environment. Researchers get access to state-of-the-art facilities, including laboratory space, advanced microscopy and FACS, single-cell sequencing and animal facilities. The research infrastructure and support that is provided aims to facilitate full focus on scientific research at the highest level.

Function of the candidate group leader
You will lead a research group at the Hubrecht Institute. You will run your group with scientific independence. Your research group will contribute to and/or complement the overall goal of the Hubrecht Institute to strengthen its unique position nationally and internationally as a center of excellence in developmental biology and stem cell research.

Given the international background of the Hubrecht Institute, we are very interested in international candidates. As it is our ambition to be a diverse and inclusive institute, we especially invite female scientists to apply. We welcome scientists with a scientific background complementary to developmental biology and stem cell research (mathematics, physics, chemistry, computer science) to apply.

We offer

• A tenured position for senior group leaders, or
• A tenure track position for junior group leaders;
• Competitive salary and fringe benefits, eg. flexible working arrangements, relocation
• package, financial incentives;
• Career development;
• A modern scientific environment with excellent facilities and support

Hubrecht Institute

The Hubrecht Institute is a research institute focusing on developmental and stem cell biology. It encompasses 24 research groups that perform fundamental and multidisciplinary research, both in healthy systems and disease models. The Hubrecht Institute is a research institute of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW)., located on the Utrecht Science Park ‘De Uithof’. Since 2008, the institute has been affiliated with the University Medical Center Utrecht, advancing the translation of research into clinical practice. The Hubrecht Institute has a partnership with the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL).