Senior Scientist, Life Sciences

Job title:

Senior Scientist, Life Sciences

Company

Universität Wien

Job description

Startdate: 01.10.2024 | Working hours: 40 | Collective bargaining agreement: §48 VwGr. B1 lit. b (postdoc)
Limited until: permanent
Reference no.: 2754Do you have a strong interest in systems biology and disease-related research in the context of chronic pain? Do you want to benefit from working in an interdisciplinary, dynamic, and highly motivated research group embedded in the excellent and international environment of the University of Vienna? Then come join us at the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences as a Senior Scientist.Your personal sphere of play:Your future workplace is situated at the Faculty of Life Sciences at the Universitätszentrum Althanstraße (UZA II), where research groups work in the pharmaceutical sciences, nutritional sciences and biology. The Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences is internationally recognized for its outstanding pharmaceutical and disease-relevant research as well as education. We aim to identify and characterize new biologically active natural products and synthetic drugs, understand their interactions with human targets on a molecular level using in silico, in vitro, and in vivo models, and discover new disease-relevant targets for drug discovery. Research at The Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences covers a wide range of pathologies, e.g. cancer, aging, neurosciences, and chronic pain.The position holder will be the head of one of the animal facilities at the Universitätszentrum Althanstraße (UZA II) and will be directly responsible for managing the facility. Candidates need expert knowledge in (i) preclinical research on mice (i.e. designing, planning and conducting experiments with pre-clinical disease models in mice), and (ii) rodent handling and welfare. Given the importance of animal welfare, candidates having expertise on acute and chronic pain with several years of documented research experience will be given preference.Your future tasks:Active participation in research, teaching & administration, which means:

• Management and lead of one of the animal facility at the Universitätszentrum Althanstraße (UZA II).
• Leadership of the personel of the animal facility.
• Ensuring compliance with hygiene and animal welfare guidelines.
• Ensuring the availability of required consumables and funktionality of equipment.
• Identifying new requirements in animal husbandry, including equipment, procedures, animal handling.
• Interaction with all users of the animal facility, i.e. counselling on:
• animal husbandry, handling and rodent colony management,
• animal experiments (designs, statistics, and implementation),
• animal welfare (in particular in the case of disease-models),
• applications for animal experimental licenses, and
• writing research projects and manuscripts for preclinical and translational research.
• Teaching of new facility users and students.
• Close collabiration with the head of the other animal facility at UZA II and the animal facility at UBB
• (University of Vienna Biology Building).

This is part of your personality:

• Open, collaborative and curious personality.
• Pro-active approach and highly motivated attitude.
• High social and collaborative skills.
• Outstanding ability to lead a team and work in a team.
• Outstanding ability to work independently and in a self-driven manner.
• Prominent management skills.
• Advanced communication skills, proven ability to communicate with specialists from other fields.

Education and training

• Completed doctoral/PhD studies in medicine, biology, pharmacy or related fields.
• High competence and several years of documented experience in preclinical research. Candidates with a strong background in acute and chronic pain research in rodents will be given preference.
• Proven experience and track record in designing, planning, and conducting experiments with preclinical disease models in mice.
• Proven Experience in research management.
• Didactic skills and experience in coordinating Bachelor and Master students.
• IT skills, especially statistical software (e.g. R, Python) and proven experience with animal facility software (e.g. Pyrat).
• Fluent in English (in speech and writing). German language skills are desirable, but not a must for this position.

What we offer:Work-life balance: Our employees enjoy flexible working hours, remote/hybrid and/or part-time work (upon agreement).Inspiring working atmosphere: You are a part of an international academic team in a healthy and fair working environment.Good public transport connections: Your workplace in the center of beautiful Vienna is easily accessible by public transport.Internal further training & Coaching: Opportunity to deepen your skills on an ongoing basis. There are over 600 courses to choose from – free of charge.Fair salary: The basic salary of EUR 4,752.30 (14 times a year for senior scientists postdoctoral).Equal opportunities for everyone: We look forward to diverse personalities in the team!It is that easy to apply:

• With your scientific curriculum vitae, which highlights your exeptional fit to this position
• With your letter of intent, clearly outlining your motivation for this position
• With your summary of research interests (max. 1 p.)
• With list of publications

• Doctoral Degree
• Contact details of persons who could provide reference letters
• Via our job portal/ Apply now – button

If you have any content questions, please contact:Manuela SchmidtWe look forward to new personalities in our team! The University of Vienna has an anti-discriminatory employment policy and attaches great importance to equal opportunities, the and . We lay special emphasis on increasing the number of women in senior and in academic positions among the academic and general university staff and therefore expressly encourage qualified women to apply. Given equal qualifications, preference will be given to female candidates.University of Vienna. Space for personalities. Since 1365.Application deadline: 08/25/2024(Senior) Lecturer & ResearcherShare this jobSave jobClick to add the job to your shortlistYou need to or to save a job.Get job alertsCreate a job alert and receive personalised job recommendations straight to your inbox.© 2015 – 2024 THE World Universities Insights Limited. Powered by Madgex Job Board SoftwareCloseBefore you apply –
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Expected salary

€4752.3 per month

Location

Wien

Job date

Tue, 20 Aug 2024 23:34:36 GMT

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