About this role
PhD candidate - Merit Project max. € 4,077 36 uur overig bepaalde tijd Je hebt nog 26 dag(en) om te solliciteren Contribute to the MERIT project and investigate how viral infections affect lipid metabolism and virus-induced neurodegeneration. As a doctoral candidate MERIT Project at LUMC, you will work with advanced mass spectrometry techniques and focus on lipid biosynthetic pathways in neurons and glial cells. You will be part of an EU-funded MSCA training programme that brings together academic institutions and partners from across Europe. Planned secondments and network-wide training opportunities allow you to further develop your scientific and professional skills. Wat ga je doen? At the Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC), MERIT is looking for a doctoral candidate to work on Work Packages 1 and 2. As DC11, you will investigate how viral infections affect lipid biosynthetic pathways and explore the therapeutic targeting of lipid metabolism for controlling virus-induced neurodegeneration. Your objectives are: - Understand how viral infections modulate lipid biosynthetic pathways in neurons and glial cells. - Identify specific lipid classes, species and metabolites affected by viral infections. - Investigate the therapeutic targeting of lipid metabolism for controlling virus-induced neurodegeneration. You will be guided during your research project by dr. Elena Sanchez Lopez, dr. Nina Ogrinc and prof. dr. Martin Giera. Waar ga je werken? MERIT (MEtabolic Reprogramming in viral pathogenesis: from Infection to Therapeutic innovations) is an EU-funded MSCA training programme aimed at better understanding how viruses affect the human body. Coordinated by dr. Adithya Sridhar, Assistant Professor, and prof. dr. Dasja Pajkrt, Professor of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, from the OrganoVIR Labs at Amsterdam UMC (location AMC), this project brings together seven academic institutions and 12 associated partners from across E...