PhD Candidate in Diabetes Research (m/f) 100%

Kinderspital Zürich

Infos sur l'emploi

Date de publication :31 mars 2025
Taux d'activité :100%
Type de contrat :Durée indéterminée
Lieu de travail :Zürich

Kinderspital Zürich as an employer

Kinderspital Zürich is the largest university children's hospital in Switzerland with about 2,500 employees, and is one of the leading centres for paediatric and youth medicine in Europe. Although the hospital may be big, it's the little ones that count: up to 100,000 patients are cared for each year across 47 faculties, where we do everything in our power to ensure their well being. 'Kispi' not only offers cutting-edge devices and the highest quality of care, but also a good sense of interpersonal issues. Alongside its comprehensive range of paediatric medicine and surgery facilities, the children's hospital also offers a unique rehabilitation centre and a research centre.

Your responsibilities

The incidence of obesity, particularly among children, is increasing worldwide. Our laboratory focuses on the development of obesity and its associated comorbidities, such as insulin resistance and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). This proposal aims to improve our understanding of the pathophysiology and the impact of obesity onset during childhood. To achieve this, we have developed a mouse model to explore these issues. The current project has the potential to identify novel therapeutic targets for the prevention and/or treatment of obesity and insulin resistance.

You conduct experiments and standard analyses (PCR, RT-PCR, Western Blot, immunohistochemistry, ELISA, etc.) with high precision.

The electronic documentation of analyses and experiments is part of your responsibilities.

You participate in the data discussions of the research group.

You contribute to writing publications.

Your profile

Strong fine motor skills are required to perform experiments on mice

Experience in animal handling is advantageous

A Master of Science in Human Biology, Biomedicine, or a related field is preferred

Prof. Dr. med. Dr. phil. Daniel Konrad
Chefarzt
+41 44 249 64 51

Kinderspital Zürich
Lenggstrasse 30
8008 Zürich

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