Smita Saxena' Lab (Bern, Switzerland) 

The PhD Student will be hired on a EU consortia funding and he/she will need to start by June-July latest (ERC rules). He/she should be preferably from outside of Switzerland.

The project will be understanding the cross-talk between mitophagy and autophagy in C9orf72 ALS. The techniques will involve both mouse and cell culture (Primary and iPSC) cells and will involve also a secondary two months lab stay in Holland.

Any interested candidate should send his/her CV and motivation letter to Prof. Smita Saxena (smita.saxena@dbmr.unibe.ch).