Fundación de Investigación Sanitaria de las Islas Baleares Ramon Llull
Palma de Mallorca
Description
Infectious diseases represent a major threat to the public health. The incidence of infectious diseases and the risk of pandemic spread are rising in part because of ever increasing human mobility, climate change that supports invasion of pathogens into new niches, and by continuous transfer of pathogens from diverse organisms into humans. Moreover, the increasing number of multidrug resistant (MDR) pathogens associated to a poor antibiotic pipeline and a growing immunosuppressed population favor the risk of severe infectious disease development. INBIONET, acronym standing for “INfection BIOlogy Training NETwork” (http://www.inbionet.eu/), at the interface between microbiology, immunology and cellular biology, aims to explore some of the most novel themes that are beginning to emerge in the mechanisms by which pathogens manipulate host defence responses. INBIONET will provide training for 11 PhD students, termed “Early Stage Researchers” (ESRs), and 4 Post-doctoral fellows, termed “Experienced Researchers” (ERs) in all areas of infection biology research. The INBIONET Network is coordinated by the Fundación Investigación Sanitaria Illes Balears in Spain, and comprises six other academic partners in the UK (Scotland)(U. of St. Andrews), Ireland (Trinity College Dublin), France (Institut Pasteur), Germany (Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology), Austria (University of Vienna), Switzerland (Ecole polytechnique Federale de Lausanne); and two industrial partners Sanofi (in France) and PreclinBiosystems (in Switzerland). The leading aims of INBIONET programme are:
• To define common and specific cellular responses triggered by clinically relevant human pathogens.
• To define common and specific cellular responses triggered by clinically relevant human pathogens.
• To determine common strategies shared by different pathogens to overcome host defence responses.
• To develop scientific collaboration and transfer of knowledge between academic and industrial partners to find holistic solutions to complex common research interests.
• To strengthen cooperation between academic and industrial partners in the field of infection biology.
Requirements
• ESRs must, at the time of recruitment by the host organisation, be in the first four years (full-time equivalent research experience) of their research careers and have not yet been awarded a doctoral degree.
• ERs must, at the time of recruitment by the host organisation, be in possession of a doctoral degree, independently of the time taken to acquire it, or has at least four years of full time equivalent research experience.
More information and applications
Please see INBIONET web page http://www.inbionet.eu for further details on the project. Please see individual adverts for specific job details.
Contact inbionetitn@gmail.com for further information.
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