Post-doctoral position in Molecular or Cell Biology at U. of Cyprus

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Originally From: Bernard Musyck <[email protected]>

A post-doctoral fellowship, funded by the EU for a period of 30 months, is available for a molecular or cell biologist to participate in an RTN project entitled "Cellular functions of kinesin-like proteins and their role in human diseases".

The network is a collaboration of molecular biologists, cell biologists, biochemists, structural biologists, human genome research scientists and a biotechnology company. The aim is to enhance present knowledge on the role played by kinesin-like motor proteins (KLPs) in cell division and axonal transport in neurons endeavouring to determine the role that these KLPs may play in cancer tumor formation and in neurodegenerative disease, namely motor neuron disease. Furthermore it aims to develop KLPs as targets of inhibitory compounds that may be useful candidates for functional assays and drug development.

The position is in the group of

Niovi Santama Assistant Professor of Biochemistry Laboratory of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Department of Natural Sciences University of Cyprus PO Box 20537 1678 Nicosia, Cyprus http://sakis.virtualave.net/

If interested, please contact Niovi Santama by email at [email protected] Fax no: +357 2 339060

The applicants cannot be Cypriot but should be nationals of EU Member States or Associated States (Israel, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland), up to 35 years of age.

*Greek nationals have a two year tax free status in Cyprus*

Starting date: Preferably within the year 2000

The participants of the network are: Isabelle Vernos (Coordinator), EMBL, Heidelberg, Germany DiverDrugs S.L., Biotech company, Madrid, Spain Spyros Georgatos, University of Crete School of Medicine, Greece Eckhard Mandelkow, Max-Planck at DESY synchrotron, Hamburg, Germany Francesca Navone, University of Milan, Italy Stefan Wiemann, DKFZ, Heidelberg, Germany Niovi Santama, University of Cyprus, Cyprus

http://sakis.virtualave.net/

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