Job ID: 120611

Postdoctoral fellow in skeletal and cardiac electrophysiology (M/W)

Position: Post-doctoral Position

Deadline: 15 November 2024

Employment Start Date: 1 January 2025

Contract Length: 3 years

City: Innsbruck

Country: Austria

Institution: Medical University of Innsbruck

Department: Physiology

Description:

A three-years based postdoctoral position is available in the group led by Marta Campiglio at the Institute of Physiology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Austria. The position will be available starting from January 2025.

The fellow will develop a project on the functional roles of STAC proteins in skeletal muscle excitation-contraction coupling and in cardiac automaticity, using genetically modified skeletal muscle cells and mouse-derived cardiomyocytes. The project is part of FWF grant awarded to Marta Campiglio (Medical University of Innsbruck) and Jocelyn LaPorte/Johann Bohm (IGBMC, Illkirch, France) and in close collaboration with Matteo Mangoni (IGF, Montpellier, France). The fellow will be integrated in the CaVX community and will benefit of internal scientific exchanges and collaborative program in a scientific environment of excellence.

– Candidates must hold a PhD degree. Previous experience in electrophysiology, calcium imaging and basic molecular biology would be an advantage.

– Further information about the research environment can be found at this weblink (https://cavx.at/).

– Salary is according to FWF rates.

– Candidates must submit the application including a short letter of motivation, your CV and, if available, a reference letter to marta.campiglio@i-med.ac.at; Medical University of Innsbruck, Institute of Physiology.