Postdoctoral Researcher (Cardiovascular diseases)
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Posted on:
27-10-2025
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
VHIR offers a position for a Postdoctoral Researcher within the Laboratory-JI/Cardiovascular Diseases Research Group.
Education and qualifications:
Required:
- Postdoctoral researcher with a BSc in Biology or Biotechnology (minimum grade 7.5)
- Masters degree and at least 3 years of laboratory-based experience
- Fluency in Catalan Spanish and English
Desired:
- Completed Masters degree in Translational Medicine
- Knowledge of statistics and experience with software such as GraphPad R
Experience and knowledge:
Required:
- Minimum of 3 years of experience in metabolism research
- Prior specialization in basic research projects in Cardiology. The following consolidated experience is required:
- Techniques for characterizing cardiac remodeling and heart failure in experimental models
- Maintenance and management of transgenic mouse colonies
- Metabolomic analysis using stable and radioactive isotopes
- Isolation of cardiomyocytes and fibroblasts from murine hearts
- Cell culture of established cell lines (HL-1 H9c2) and primary cultures of cardiomyocytes and fibroblasts
- Recruitment and collection of patient samples
- Studies of intracellular calcium dynamics using confocal microscopy
- Experience in scientific writing and publishing
Main responsibilities and duties:
- Maintain and manage existing transgenic mouse colonies.
- Analyze adverse cardiac remodeling including hypertrophy fibrosis and inflammation and assess cardiac function in mouse models of heart failure using:
- Molecular biology techniques (RNA/protein extraction RT-PCR Western blot immunofluorescence).
- Histology.
- Isolation and culture of cardiomyocytes and fibroblasts.
- Intracellular calcium imaging by confocal microscopy.
- Design and conduct metabolomic studies including uptake assays and stable isotope dynamics.
- Prepare abstracts for scientific conferences and manuscripts for publication.
Labour conditions:
- Full-time position: 40h/week
- Starting date: immediate
- Gross annual salary: 24.785 euros (Salary ranges are consistent with our Collective Agreement pay scale)
- Contract: Technical and scientific activities contract linked to the project activities
What can we offer
- Incorporation to Vall dHebron Research Institute (VHIR) a public sector institution that promotes and develops the biomedical research innovation and teaching at Vall dHebron University Hospital (HUVH) the biggest hospital of Barcelona and the largest of Catalan Institute of Health (ICS).
- A scientific environment of excellence highly dynamic where high-end biomedical projects are continuously developed.
- Continuous learning and a wide range of responsibilities within a stimulating work environment.
- Individual training opportunities.
- Flexible working hours.
- 23 days of holidays 9 personal days.
- Flexible Remuneration Program (including dining checks health insurance transportation and more)
- Corporate Benefits: platform through which you can obtain significant discounts on travel culture technology gastronomy sports... among many others.
- Healthy Offering: choose from a variety of wellbeing focused activities to be the healthiest you.
Deadline to apply:
VHIR embraces Equality and Diversity. As reflected in our values we work toward ensuring inclusion and equal opportunity in recruitment hiring training and management for all staff within the organization regardless of gender civil status family status sexual orientation gender identity and expression religion age functional diversity or ethnicity.
Key Skills
- Intelligence Community Experience
- Python
- Spss
- Microsoft Word
- R
- Regression Analysis
- Windows
- Stata
- Microsoft Powerpoint
- Research Experience
- Data Modeling
- Writing Skills
