PhD student position in Blood Cancer Research
100% / upon negotiation
Our group at the University Children's Hospital (UKBB) & Department of Biomedicine (DBM), University of Basel studies genetic alterations involved in the development, maintenance and relapse of acute myeloid leukemia (AML). We use various models to dissect critical cellular and molecular mechanisms of AML initiation and maintenance (Stavropoulou et al. Cancer Cell, 2016; Lopez et al., Cancer Discovery, 2019, Forte et al., Cell Metabolism, 2020; Leonards et al., Nat Commun 2020, Piqué et al., Blood 2023).
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Our multi-disciplinary approach allows the student to learn and master a multitude of techniques ranging from various cell culture and animal models, histology and high-resolution imaging, viral gene transfer, multi-parameter flow cytometry, in vivo experiments, NGS-applications and bioinformatic data mining.
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PhD students are enrolled in a joint program in Biomedicine associated with Molecular and Cellular Biology PhD-program offered by the Biozentrum of the University of Basel. More information can be found at https://biomedizin.unibas.ch/en/education-careers/phd/. For further inquiries and submission of your application documents (motivation letter, CV with contact details of 2-3 referees, copies of master diploma or MD degree and summary of master thesis (one page)) please contact j.schwaller@unibas.ch.
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