PhD FELLOWSHIP AT THE UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA

A 4-year PhD fellowship (FPI program) funded by the Ministerio de Ciencia e

Innovación from Spain is available. This fellowship is linked to a MICINN

funded project (AGL2009-07006/ACU) entitled “Physiological consequences of

exercise in trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss): effects on muscle growth, immune

system and reproduction (SWIMMING TROUT)”. The student will conduct

studies that aim at describing the molecular and cellular effects of swimming

exercise on skeletal muscle growth, the immune response and reproduction in the

rainbow trout. The candidate will join the Molecular Physiology Group at the

School of Biology, University of Barcelona, Spain, a dynamic research group led

by Dr. Josep V. Planas that is currently composed of two postdoctoral researchers

and three PhD students. In order to see the production and research orientation of

Dr. Planas’s laboratory, please search PubMed/Web of Science using “planas jv”

as querry.

The candidate should send a copy of his(her) CV and names and contact

information of a minimum of two references by email (jplanas@ub.edu) by

February 1, 2010. The candidate should have (1) a Master’s degree or be in the

last year of a Master’s program and (2) demonstrable experience in molecular and

cell biology. If selected, the candidate will be able to start in September-October,

2010.

For further information please contact:

Dr. Josep V. Planas

Associate Professor

Departament de Fisiologia

Facultat de Biologia

Institut de Biomedicina (IBUB)

Universitat de Barcelona

Av. Diagonal 645

08028 Barcelona, Spain

E-mail: jplanas@ub.edu

Tel.: +34-934039384