Spain

3.5 years Senior Postdoct Position-Nutraceuticals-IUOPA-University of Oviedo

CALL FOR A SENIOR POSTDOCTORAL POSITION AT THE CANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE PRINCIPALITY OF ASTURIAS (IUOPA)
Application deadline: 1st May 2025
Lab location: Area of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oviedo, 33006 Oviedo, Principality of Asturias, Spain

Description
-A Senior Postdoctoral position is available at IUOPA, with an initial duration of 3.5 years and a gross monthly salary of 2,525 €. This employment contract would be extendable for another 4 years, based on research productivity.
-The candidate is expected to get during these years a research and teaching CV with enough merits to get to a position able to apply for a staff position (Assistant Professor or other alternatives) at the University of Oviedo (Area of Microbiology).
-The candidate will join the BIONUC research group (Biotechnology of Nutraceuticals and Bioactive Compounds) at IUOPA cancer research institute, under the supervision of Prof. Felipe Lombó and Prof. Ángel Manteca, from the Area of Microbiology.
-The research will focus on the production and production optimization of antitumor agents (flavonoids and other bioactive compounds) from microorganisms (actinomycetes: genus Streptomyces).

Profile
-PhD in Biomedicine.
-Candidates must have at least two years of postdoctoral experience in a country other than Spain*.
-Strong publications record and demonstrated ability to work in collaborative, interdisciplinary environments.
-Experience in some of these fields, such as: protein engineering (substrate selection and optimization, etc.), bioinformatics, metabolomics, cancer (antitumors, antitumor activity assays, etc.), molecular biology, microbiology (fermentation technologies, etc.), chromatography (extraction, purification, and identification of bioactive compounds).

Applications
-Motivated candidates should send their letter of interest and CV to Prof. Felipe Lombó and Prof. Ángel Manteca (lombofelipe@uniovi.es; mantecaangel@uniovi.es), before 1st May 2025.
-The IUOPA application is expected to be officially announced by the University of Oviedo around May 2025.

* Applicants with at least four years of postdoctoral experience in Spain would also be considered if no eligible candidates with international experience would be available.

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