Researcher career profile (R1)
The successful candidate will join a young and dynamic scientific community and be supervised by two labs: the Gerard Muntané Lab, at the Institut d’Investigació Sanitària Pere Virgili (IISPV), Tarragona, and Gabriel Santpere lab, at the Research Programme on Biomedical Informatics (GRIB-IMIM/UPF), located at the Biomedical Research Park of Barcelona. Gerard Muntané is a researcher in the Genetics and Environment in Psychiatry (GAP) group, which is part of the Strategic Area of Neurosciences and Mental Health of the IISPV. Gabriel Santpere is the head of the recently formed Neurogenomics group at the GRIB-IMIM. His group is interested in the mechanisms that lead to brain specializations, including the human manifestations of multiple neuropsychiatric disorders.
We are looking for highly motivated and qualified candidates for a 3-year contract to perform the PhD in a project funded by La Marató de TV3 entitled: “INSCRIPTION: An integrative approach to schizophrenia risk prediction leveraging genetics, brain imaging and neuroepithelium’s transcriptome”. The project will focus on the genetic bases of mental health disorders, with special focus on schizophrenia, and how we can combine multimodal data extracted from patients recruited for this project, to improve our prediction of schizophrenia. The candidate will also co-lead the dissemination of results in papers and meetings.
Convocatòria de treball vinculada al projecte amb codi d’identificació 202230 30 31 32, que compta amb el suport de la Fundació La Marató de TV3 com a entitat financiadora.
Number of available positions:1
The selected candidate will perform the following tasks:
CANDIDATE PROFILE & REQUIREMENTS
IT WILL BE VALUED
Selection of CV’s. Suitable CV’s will be identified according to the requirements. Applicants who do not meet the requirements will not pass to the next phase.
Evaluation of the CV. Evaluation of the CVs up to a maximum score of 30 points.
Cover Letter. Attach to the resume a cover letter with a maximum length of 2500 characters with spaces. With a maximum score of 20 points.
To access the interview phase it is necessary to have obtained a minimum score of 40 points in the sum of scores of the evaluation of the curriculum and cover letter
Items | 50 |
Attitude | 10 |
Fit in the work place | 15 |
Experience, developed functions/skills | 10 |
Teamwork | 15 |
SELECTION COMMITTEE
SUBSTITUTES:
CANDIDATURES
For any questions or queries: recruitment@iispv.cat
DEADLINE FOR RECEIPT OF CV 10/04/2023
COMMUNICATIONS
The IISPV will inform the candidates if they have been admitted or excluded to access the interview.