In this position you will be responsible for maintaining a functional laboratory in accordance with university regulations and carrying out basic and applied research that is of relevance to pharmacology and personalised medicine. The current Horizon 2020 project REPO-TRIAL involves: You will work together with the principal investigators of the project, Prof. Dr. Harald HHW Schmidt and Dr. A Casas, in an international team to carry out and co-publish experiments both independently and in a team for which you will be guided by the group leaders and become increasingly independent. The stem cell research is part of the expertise group Stem Cells within the research division Translational Neuroscience of MHeNs headed by Prof. Dr. J Prickaerts.

We are looking for a technician with training and experience and a proven track record in antibody technology, diagnostic assay development, optimisation and validation on different platforms (Western, ELISA, PCR, multiplex), cell culture and enzyme assays.

Fixed-term contract: one year contract with a possibility of permanent position after positive review.

The terms of employment of Maastricht University are set out in the Collective Labour Agreement of Dutch Universities (CAO). Furthermore, local UM provisions also apply. For more information look at the website http://www.maastrichtuniversity.nl > Support > UM employees.

The appointment will be on a parttime (max 32 hours/week) basis. Your salary will be according to the scale of function group 7, minimum € 2,261,- and maximum € 3,052,- gross per month on a full time basis, depending on your relevant experience.

Maastricht University

Maastricht University is renowned for its unique, innovative, problem-based learning system, which is characterized by a small-scale and student-oriented approach. Research at UM is characterized by a multidisciplinary and thematic approach, and is concentrated in research institutes and schools. Maastricht University has around 18,000 students and 4,300 employees. Reflecting the university's strong international profile, a fair amount of both students and staff are from abroad. The university hosts 6 faculties: Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Faculty of Law, School of Business and Economics, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience.

The Department of Pharmacology and Personalised Medicine (PPM) part of the School for Mental Health and Neuroscience (MHeNs)

The Department of Pharmacology and Personalised Medicine (PPM) applies big data, systems medicine and network pharmacology approaches for mechanism-based re-definition of diseases, molecular diagnosis and curative therapy by rapid clinical repurposing of registered drugs for new applications of unmet medical need. Techniques involve antibody-based biomarker discovery, application and validation, ex vivo, in vivo and clinical drug tests as well as applied bioinformatics (mostly in collaboration). In parallel, stem cell validation experiments are included. PPM and its highly international, English-speaking team is part of the School Mental Health and Neuroscience (MHeNs) and mainly funded by competitive European research grants. We have ambitious objectives and tight planning of key results in collaboration with many teams throughout Europe and internationally. If you want to be part of the next revolution in medicine, contact us.