To qualify for this position you cannot have resided or carried out your main activity (work, studies, etc.) in the Netherlands for more than 12 months in the 36 months preceding the recruitment date.

For this function you should have:

• a Master's degree (or equivalent) in Biology, if you are within a few months of completing your MSc degree, we also welcome you to apply! Please indicate in your application letter when you are likely to graduate;
• a strong background in at least one but preferentially two of the following areas: Developmental Biology, Cell Biology, or Molecular Biology;
• a strong interest in performing in vivo studies in elegans;
• proficiency in academic English.

• a full time PhD position for 4 years (the first three years are funded by the Marie Curie Doctoral Networks programme of the European Commission, the fourth year by Utrecht University);
• the opportunity to participate in the education programme of the Graduate School of Life Sciences  and in the Marie Curie PhD training network (SurfEx)
• a full-time gross salary starting at  €2,770 in the first year and increasing to €3,539 in the fourth year (scale P Collective Labour Agreement Dutch Universities (cao));
• 8% holiday bonus and 8.3% end-of-year bonus;
• a pension scheme, partially paid parental leave, and flexible employment conditions based on the Collective Labour Agreement Dutch Universities.

In addition to the employment conditions from the CAO for Dutch Universities, Utrecht University has a number of its own arrangements. These include agreements on professional development, leave arrangements, sports and cultural schemes and you get discounts on software and other IT products. We also give you the opportunity to expand your terms of employment through the Employment Conditions Selection Model. This is how we encourage you to grow.

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You will work in the group of Professor Mike Boxem in the Developmental Biology division (Department of Biology). The Boxem group works closely together with the groups of Professor Sander van den Heuvel, Dr Suzan Ruijtenberg, and Dr Martin Harterink, who also primarily use C. elegans as a model system. You will therefore be part of an interdisciplinary and dynamic team of researchers that share many common interests and approaches.

If you have any questions that you’d like us to answer, please contact Mike Boxem at m.boxem@uu.nl.

Do you have a question about the application procedure? Please send an email to science.recruitment@uu.nl.