Academic employee within Ultrastructural Neuron Cell Biology

at  Aarhus Universitet

A newly established international collaborative research project in mechanisms in Parkinson’s disease (ERDYS, endoplasmic reticulum dysfunction in the pathophysiology of synucleopathies) will be initiated at the Department of Biomedicine & Dandrite. The Department of Biomedicine at Faculty of Health at Aarhus University we are inviting applications for a position as an academic and technical employee within the area of ultrastructural neuron cell biology as per 1 February 2025 or as soon as possible thereafter. The position is a full-time event-restricted position, for 4 years.
The event is defined by the ERDYS collaborative project focuses on the pathophysiology of alpha-synuclein aggregation in axons and nerve terminals and its role in neuronal dysfunctions and the progression of Parkinson’s disease in neuronal and in vivo models. Partners of the project are Professors Poul Henning Jensen and Fulvio Reggiori at Department of Biomedicine & Dandrite, and the the Associate Professor Marijn Kuijpers at the Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour at Radboud University, The Netherlands. The ultrastructural studies of ERDYS will be carried out in the laboratory of Associate Professor Muriel Mari. The technician will be embedded in the group of Associate Professor Muriel Mari. The project is expected to be finalized by April 2028.
The Department of Biomedicine prioritizes diversity and a good work environment, as this is a prerequisite for groundbreaking research. In a dynamic and international research environment, dedicated employees are looking to generate new knowledge within biomedical research areas such as infection and inflammation, membranes, neuroscience and personalized medicine. The Department of Biomedicine provides research-based teaching of the highest quality and is responsible for a large part of the medical degree program. Academic staff contribute to the teaching. English is the preferred language in the laboratory, at meetings and at seminars. The department employs approx. 500 people from all over the world, and they make use of the department’s modern laboratory-, core- and animal facilities. The Department of Biomedicine focuses on innovation, entrepreneurship and collaboration with business and industry, and numerous researchers from the department have established companies to develop new medicinal treatments founded in strong scientific basic research.

As an academic and technical emplyee, your primary task will be to carry out supervised research projects in the relation to the ERDYS collaborative project. You contribute to the maintenance of the laboratory organization and standard equipment. In your daily work, you have a close interaction with competent colleagues.

Your main tasks will also consist of:

• Mostly perform electron microscopy experiments from sample preparation to the complete sample analysis.
• Involved in the laboratory organization and in the maintenance standard equipment.
• Active participation, including presentations, to the group meetings as well as those of ERDYS.
• Work in close collaboration with the other participants to ERDYS.

You will report to the Associate Prof. Muriel Mari.