Post-Doctoral Researcher, Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience

Institution: University College Cork

Vacancy Category: Research

Salary From: €39 130.00

Salary To: €46 422.00

Contract Type: Temporary

Vacancy closing date: 15 Nov, 2021

Subject / Area: Health and Medical

Position summary

This is a three-year Post-Doctoral Researcher position to work on a project funded by the Cure Parkinson’s trust, to develop disease-modifying neurotrophic factor therapy for Parkinson’s disease. The main focus will be on examining the neuroprotective and neurorestorative effects of adeno-associated viral (AAV)-mediated delivery of the neurotrophic factor growth/differentiation factor 5 (GDF5) in the AAV-α-synuclein in vivo rat model of Parkinson’s.  The protective effects of AAV-hGDF5 against a-synuclein-induced degeneration of rat dopaminergic neurons in vitro will also be examined, using primary cultures and iPSCs.

Essential criteria: PhD in Neuroscience or related discipline; Experience of working with in vivo and in vitro models of Parkinson’s.

Desirable criteria:  Experience of working with viral alpha-synuclein in vivo models of Parkinson’s disease; experience working with primary neuronal cultures, experience working with iPSCs.

The successful applicant will be based in the laboratories of  Professor Gerard O’Keeffe and Professor Aideen Sullivan in the Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience at UCC ( https://www.ucc.ie/en/anatomy/ ).

Project Title: Determining the neuroprotective and neurorestorative efficacy of AAV-hGDF5 in the AAV-α-synuclein rat model of Parkinson’s

Post Duration: 3 years

Salary: €39,130 - €46,442 p.a. (IUA Salary Scale)

For an information package including further details of the post see https://ore.ucc.ie/.

Job ID: 050431.

Informal enquiries can be made in confidence to Professor Aideen Sullivan or Professor Gerard O’Keeffe, Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience, University College Cork, Cork Ireland.

Email: [email protected]  or [email protected].

Applications must be submitted online via the University College Cork vacancy portal (https://ore.ucc.ie/). Queries relating to the online application process should be referred to [email protected], quoting the job-title and project name.

Candidates should apply, in confidence, before 12 noon (Irish Local Time) on Monday, 15 November 2021.

No late applications will be accepted.

Please note that an appointment to posts advertised will be dependent on University approval, together with the terms of the employment control framework for the higher education sector

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