We are looking for an Assistant Professor who can strengthen our position in the field of Genome editing. Central to this discipline is the development of efficient genetic-based strategies to engineer cells. Recent advances in gene editing based on CRISPR/Cas systems have triggered a revolution in gene targeting and genome editing research, with the potential to radically reshape the treatment of genetic diseases by replacing or deleting defective genes. Developments within this discipline are fast and include, but are not limited to, the discovery and design of novel CRISPR/Cas systems with new or improved functions, enabling diverse medical and biotechnological applications. CRISPR/Cas associated technologies have shown immense promise for human gene and cell therapy, diagnosis, construction of animal- and cell-models for disease investigations, and many other applications including genome editing in plants and microbes.
The ultimate objective of the discipline is the development of effective genetic-based strategies to better combat human diseases. The development of procedures for efficient and safe delivery of CRISPR/Cas systems to target cells or tissues remains crucial for application in clinical gene therapy. The development of CRISPR/Cas-based systems as advanced tools to detect the presence of viral pathogens or treat viral disease is another possible research area.
As Assistant Professor you will:
At the stage of Assistant Professor 60% of your time is for research, 30% for teaching activities and 10% for organizational tasks.
Qualifications
We encourage you to apply if you have:
And you are:
Organisation
The University of Groningen is a research university with a global outlook, deeply rooted in Groningen, City of Talent. Quality has been our top priority for over four hundred years, and with success: the University is currently in or around the top 100 on several influential ranking lists.
The position we offer will be embedded in the Groningen Research Institute of Pharmacy (GRIP), and specifically in the research group Chemical and Pharmaceutical Biology. Although GRIP is positioned within the Faculty of Science and Engineering, it is physically located within the University Medical Centre Groningen (UMCG) of the Faculty of Medical Sciences - hence, in ideal proximity to benefit from collaborations between the two faculties. Together with Medical Sciences, GRIP participates in the joint UMCG-FSE Research Institute GUIDE (Groningen University Institute for Drug Exploration). Pharmaceutical research within GRIP is highly multidisciplinary. It bridges the clinical and biomedical sciences on the one hand, and chemistry, mathematics (statistics) and physics on the other. The interaction between the pharmaceutical sciences and these fundamental and clinical sciences offers excellent opportunities for ground-breaking research.
Conditions of employment
We offer you a full-time position as Assistant Professor in our faculty’s tenure track system Career Paths in Science and:
● a salary, depending on qualifications and work experience, from € 3,974 up to a maximum of € 6,181 gross per month (scale 11 or 12 CAO Dutch Universities, depending on your career stage) for a full-time position
● holiday allowance and end-of-year bonus of respectively 8% and 8.3% of your yearly salary;
● a pension scheme
● maternity and parental leave
● the possibility to work part-time (0,9 fte or 0,8 fte)
● a mentor program and a broad range of opportunities for personal development
● dual career support for partners of new faculty members moving to Groninge.
Consider our website for more information about the working conditions at the University of Groningen: https://www.rug.nl/(...)with-us/that-is-why/
As Assistant Professor you will enter a tenure track that, if followed successfully, will lead to a Full Professorship in approximately 10 years. In case of a full-time contract, you will initially be appointed for 7 years and your performance will be assessed after 5 years. This moment may be extended with at most one year in case of a life event (e.g. prolonged illness or maternity leave). If your assessment is positive, you will get a tenured appointment as an Associate Professor. After another 4 to 7 years you will be assessed for promotion to the position of Full Professor. Please consider Career Paths in Science for a complete description of our tenure track system as well as the criteria for promotion: https://www.rug.nl/(...)ce-edition-4?lang=en.
Application
We invite you to submit a complete application including:
● a cover letter in which you describe your motivation and qualifications for the position
● a curriculum vitae, including a list of your publications and a list with names of references
● a list of five self-selected ‘best papers’
● a statement of your teaching goals and experience
● a description of your scientific interest and plans.
You may apply for this position until 28 November 11:59pm / before 29 November 2022 Dutch local time (CET) by means of the application form (click on "Apply" below on the advertisement on the university website).
The selection interviews will take place on 15 December 2022.
The University of Groningen strives to be a university in which students and staff are respected and feel at home, regardless of differences in background, experiences, perspectives, and identities. We believe that working on our core values of inclusion and equality are a joint responsibility and we are constructively working on creating a socially safe environment. Diversity among students and staff members enriches academic debate and contributes to the quality of our teaching and research. We therefore invite applicants from underrepresented groups in particular to apply. For more information, see also our diversity policy webpage: https://www.rug.nl/(...)rsity-and-inclusion/
Our selection procedure follows the guidelines of the Recruitment code (NVP): https://www.nvp-hrnetwerk.nl/sollicitatiecode/ and European Commission's European Code of Conduct for recruitment of researchers: https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/charter/code
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Information
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