Within PERICO, two PhD positions are available in the laboratory of Prof Ida van der Klei (Molecular Cell Biology group, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute).
The project titles are:
ESR1: Peroxisome vacuole contact sites in yeast
ESR2: Yeast peroxisomal transporters and pore forming proteins.

The most talented and motivated students will be selected for a 3-year advanced multidisciplinary research training, starting at April 2019. For more information on the 15 individual research projects, please visit www.itn-perico.eu/vacancies

• exceptional academic performance, including qualifications, prizes
• subject specific skills and expertise (see project descriptions)
• communication, presentation skills and team working abilities
• competence in written and spoken English
• candidates have to be in their first four years of their research career and not yet be awarded with a doctoral degree at the time of recruitment
• open for all nationalities. In compliance with the EU mobility rule, at the time of recruitment, you must not have lived or worked for more than 12 months in the country of your future host organization in the 3 years immediately prior to the start of the PhD project
• only applications that are complete, in English and submitted before the deadline will be considered eligible.

Fixed-term contract: 48 months.

The University of Groningen offers a salary of € 2,266 gross per month in the first year up to a maximum of € 2,897 gross per month in the fourth and final year, based on a full-time position, excluding a 8% holiday allowance and a 8.3% end-of-the-year bonus. The position is limited to a period of 4 years. The first year constitutes a probationary period, with an evaluation of the candidate’s performance after 9 months. The objective of this evaluation is to establish whether the candidate will be able to finish a PhD thesis in the remaining three years. If the performance evaluation is positive, the candidate’s contract will be extended by another 3 years, for a total of 4 years.

How to apply?
You may apply for this position until 28 October 23:59h / before 29 October 2018 Dutch local time. You should direct your application to the website of perico: www.itn-perico.eu/vacancies.

Your application should include the following documents:
• a cover letter, stating your motivation to join the network, and mentioning the first two choices of projects you would prefer to apply for
• your CV: a one- to two page synopsis of yourself, your scientific interests, and of your current research work
• if available: two letters of recommendation from former advisors/professors.

After 1 November 2018, we will select candidates who will be invited to attend the recruitment day, Friday 14 December 2018 in Groningen.

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Sklodowska Curie grant agreement No. 812968.

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Faculty of Science and Engineering

The University of Groningen provides an excellent environment for top-notch research in the field of biomolecular sciences. This year the EU-funded Innovative Training Network “PERoxisome Interactions and COmmunication” (PERICO) will start that will encompass fifteen PhD projects and which will be coordinated by the University of Groningen. PERICO fosters education of Early Stage Researchers (ESRs) in a project to uncover how a central metabolic organelle, the peroxisome, participates in controlling cellular metabolism.

For more information on the 15 individual research projects, please visit www.itn-perico.eu