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POSTDOCTORAL POSITIONS IN THE DIVISION OF HEMATOLOGY-ONCOLOGY,
BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION, ACADEMY OF ATHENS

Positions available:
Two Postdoctoral positions, Full Time for 4 years, funded by the FP7-HEALTH-2012-INNOVATION-1 programme.

Position Objective:
Investigation of the molecular role of STAT5 transcription factor and of erythropoiesis/thalassemia mechanisms.

Essential Education, Experience, Skills:
Candidates should have:

• PhD degree in Molecular Biology, Molecular Medicine or other related Life Sciences degree and more than 5 years experience in Basic Research Laboratories.
• Experience in ChIP-seq/RNA-seq methodologies and bioinformatics analysis of ChIP-seq/RNA-seq data, in molecular biology techniques (including recombinant DNA techniques-cloning, RT-PCR, protein purification, Western blotting, immunoprecipitation, ChIP, cell culture, transfections, immunofluorescence) and in transgenic mice methodologies.
• Publications in high impact factor peer-reviewed international journals.

Candidates should also be able to:

• Independently initiate, direct and execute scientific research.
• Critically analyze data.
• Supervise students in their daily experiments.

To apply please send a full curriculum vitae until 31 August 2012 to ekatsantoni@bioacademy.gr (Dr. Eleni Katsantoni).

The General Director

Athanassios Tsouroplis