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Työnimike: Senior Researcher, Neuroscience, brain diseases

Työnkuvaus:
The University of Eastern Finland, UEF, is one of the largest multidisciplinary universities in Finland. We offer education in nearly one hundred major subjects, and are home to approximately 15,500 students and 2,500 members of staff. We operate in Joensuu and Kuopio. In international rankings, we are ranked among the leading universities in the world.

The Faculty of Health Sciences operates at the Kuopio Campus of the University of Eastern Finland. The Faculty offers education in medicine, dentistry, nutrition and pharmacy, as well as in some other central fields of the health care sector. The Faculty is research-intensive, and its internationally recognised research activities are closely linked to the strategic research areas of the University. There are approximately 2 500 degree students and about 450 PhD students in the Faculty. The faculty has 680 staff members. http://www.uef.fi/en/ttdk/etusivu

We are now inviting applications for
a Senior Researcher (Neuroscience) position in In vivo modeling of human brain diseases", A.I.Virtanen Institute, Kuopio Campus

The Senior Researcher position will be located in the A.I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences hosting about 200 researchers. Research in Neurosciences at the Institute focuses on understanding the molecular mechanisms of brain diseases, with a focus on Alzheimer's disease, epilepsy, traumatic brain injury, stroke, and spinal cord injury. The Institute hosts several cutting-edge infrastructures relevant to the position, including behavioural phenotyping, video-EEG monitoring and small animal MRI/PET imaging facilities. The A.I. Virtanen Institute has a strong history in doctoral and postdoctoral training programmes. The Senior Researcher will be strongly involved with the Institute's research and training activities, and his or her work will involve close co-operation with the AGEING, LIFESTYLES AND HEALTH research profile area.

The work consists primarily of independent research and development in the area of in vivo modelling of brain diseases.

Primary responsibilities:
- Research in the field of neurosciences, using animal models to investigate the mechanisms of brain diseases, applicable in biomarker discovery and therapy development.
- Focus on interdisciplinary approaches, integrative multimodal (e.g., molecular, behavioural, electrophysiology, imaging) technologies and data analysis.
- Developing approaches to achieve greater reproducibility and translatability in preclinical modelling of neurological disorders.
- Management of pre-clinical data and related infrastructures.
- Working together with neuroscientists from different research groups, providing translational expertise on preclinical modelling, data analysis and data management.
- Preparation of scientific publications and presentations of research results.
- Supervision of M.Sc. and Ph.D. students and co-publishing with them in high quality research journals.
- Contributing to grant-writing of funding proposals on the topic.
- A light teaching load.

Qualifications:
- PhD in neurosciences.
- Strong theoretical and practical background in translational neuroscience.
- Hands-on experience in working with preclinical neuroscience projects.
- Experience in the application of various infrastructures in preclinical research, for example, electrophysiology and imaging.
- Experience in management of pre-clinical data collection.
- Expertise in analysing and integrating various types of preclinical structural, electrophysiological and behavioural data.
- Strong collaborative skills and experience in collaborating with multi-disciplinary and multi-national academic research groups.
- Previous experience in multi-disciplinary and multi-national projects will be an advantage but it is not a requirement.
- A solid track record in publishing.

A person to be appointed as a senior researcher shall hold a suitable doctoral degree and have good teaching skills. Positions of senior researchers may be filled permanently or for a fixed term (UEF University Regulations, Section 31).

English may be used as the language of instruction and supervision in this position.

The position is filled for a fixed term from January 1 2019 to August 31 2022. The position is filled for a fixed term due to it being a fixed-term position in the four-stage research career model.

The salary of the position is determined in accordance with the salary system of Finnish universities and is based on levels 6 - 7 of the job requirement level chart for teaching and research staff (€3 374,18 - 3 889,84/month). In addition to the job requirement component, the salary includes a personal performance component, which may be a maximum of 46.3% of the job requirement component.

For further information on the position, please contact: Professor Asla Pitkänen, +358 29 4454088. asla.pitkanen (at) uef.fi, For further information on the application procedure, please contact executive head of faculty administration Riikka Pellinen, +358 29 4454 123, riikka.pellinen (at) uef.fi.

A probationary period is applied to all new members of the staff.

The electronic application should contain the following appendices:
- a résumé or CV (http://www.tenk.fi/en/template-researchers-curriculum-vitae)
- a list of publications (http://www.aka.fi/en/funding/how-to-apply/application-guidelines/guidelines-for-list-of-publications/)
- a portfolio of teaching merits (can be included in CV)
- research proposal (max. 5 pages)
- copies of the applicant's academic degree certificates/ diplomas, and copies of certificates / diplomas relating to the applicant's language proficiency, if not indicated in the academic degree certificates/diplomas

The application needs to be submitted no later than 31.10.2018 (by 24.00 hours Finnish time) by using the electronic application form.

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