R2a- PostDoctoral position at the UNIVERSITAT INTERNACIONAL DE CATALUNYA (UIC). Group IRON METABOLISM: REGULATION AND DISEASES. Topic Genetics, RNA Biology and Iron Metabolism- Reference 2024-MS03. One position.

About UIC Barcelona:

The Universitat Internacional de Catalunya (UIC Barcelona) founded in 1997, is a private foundation and has its own legal status. As a non-profit institution, our university aims to provide a service to society by undertaking teaching and research activities aimed at professional capacitation and the scientific, cultural and human education of students, as well as undertaking activities to promote culture. 

Today, the university encompasses eight faculties in addition to the Doctorate School.  The academic programs offered by UIC Barcelona include a total of 15 Bachelor´s Degrees and a wide range of official and professional masters and postgraduate courses. In all of them, UIC offers a highly personalized education with a strong vocational element. The international character of the university is a basic feature and a necessary one for students. In this respect, 25% of our students are from overseas. UIC offers a variety of e international exchange programmes for scholars and staff.  

UIC Barcelona has two campuses. The Barcelona Campus houses the Humanities, Communication Sciences, Law, Economics and Social Sciences, and Education faculties, as well as the School of Architecture. This campus is also home to the Research Institute for Evaluation and Public Policies, the Institute for Advanced Family Studies, the Institute for Multilingualism and the Doctorate School.

The Sant Cugat Campus is home to the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences and the Faculty of Dentistry. Situated inside the grounds of the Hospital General de Catalunya. Practical experience, particularly on this campus, forms the basis of successful learning. This campus is also home to the University Institute for Patient Care and the Bioengineering Institute of Technology.

In October 2016, the Universitat Internacional de Catalunya signed the "European Charter for Researchers" and the "Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers" with the aim of encouraging and improving the recruitment of researchers and demonstrating its commitment to this European Commission initiative. In May 2018, the Universitat Internacional de Catalunya was recognised by EURAXESS with the HR Excellence in Research Award.

Clic on the following link to find out more about UIC Barcelona: https://www.uic.es/en/philosophy-and-values

Group Webpage: https://researchgroups.uic.es/ironmetabolism/

What we are looking for:

Object

The purpose of this call is to hire one senior postdoctoral researcher to promote the internationalisation of research at UIC Barcelona.

The Research Group in Iron Metabolism: Regulation and Diseases is a senior interdisciplinary group with extensive experience in translational medicine in the field of iron metabolism and in the study of other hereditary haematological diseases. The purpose of the group is to increase knowledge of iron metabolism, its regulation and associated diseases, and to promote the diagnosis of hereditary haematological diseases. To this end, the spin-off BLOODGENETICS SL (www.bloodgenetics.com) was created in November 2016.