PhD Fellowship at THE UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA

A 4-year PhD fellowship (FPI program) funded by the Ministerio de Ciencia eInnovación from Spain is available. This fellowship is linked to a MICINN funded project (AGL2009-07006/ACU) entitled “Physiological consequences ofexercise in trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss): effects on muscle growth, immunesystem and reproduction (SWIMMING TROUT)”. The student will conductstudies that aim at describing the molecular and cellular effects of swimmingexercise on skeletal muscle growth, the immune response and reproduction in therainbow trout. The candidate will join the Molecular Physiology Group at theSchool of Biology, University of Barcelona, Spain, a dynamic research group ledby Dr. Josep V. Planas that is currently composed of two postdoctoral researchersand three PhD students. In order to see the production and research orientation ofDr. Planas’s laboratory, please search PubMed/Web of Science using “planas jv”as querry.

The candidate should send a copy of his(her) CV and names and contact information of a minimum of two references by email (jplanas@ub.edu) by

February 1, 2010. The candidate should have (1) a Master’s degree or be in the last year of a Master’s program and (2) demonstrable experience in molecular and cell biology. If selected, the candidate will be able to start in September-October, 2010.

For further information please contact:

Dr. Josep V. Planas

Associate Professor

Departament de Fisiologia

Facultat de Biologia

Institut de Biomedicina (IBUB)

Universitat de Barcelona

Av. Diagonal 645

08028 Barcelona, Spain

E-mail: jplanas@ub.edu

Tel.: +34-934039384

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