16 PhD Positions, University Medical Center Groningen, Netherlands (2016)

Microbes in Health and Disease program at the University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG), the Netherlands offers 16 PhD positions within the project PRONKJEWAIL (EU Horizon 2020/MSCA COFUND). Research training builds on 4 Pillars: 1) Vaccines and primary prevention, 2) Personalized detection and infection prevention, 3) Iatrogenic influence on the microbiome, 4) Personalized therapy/stewardship.

Applicants should be highly motivated, enthusiastic, willing to work in a multinational and multidisciplinary team, be proficient in English and willing to learn Dutch.

Applicants must hold a master’s degree or equivalent, be in the first 4 years of their career and not yet have been awarded a doctoral degree. Applicants must not have been resident at the Netherlands for more than 12 months in the past 3 years.

Please email your application to pronkjewail@umcg.nl. The application must be a single pdf file including motivation letter, CV, copies of Master’s degree or equivalent, list of grades, English proficiency certificate (TOEFL > 6.5, IELTS > 92 or equivalent) and 2 letters of recommendation. In the subject of the email indicate the selected position. In the file name include YOUR_NAME_ESR_number.

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