PhD candidate 'Structural Glycoproteomics'

• Nijmegen
• On-site

Job Description

Job description

Are you passionate about mass spectrometry informatics and glycobiology We are looking for a motivated and ambitious PhD student in our glycoproteomics team to push high-end mass spectrometry hardware and software technologies beyond current limits by developing structural glycoproteomics. For development and translational research we make use of patient samples and models with defined genetic and/or biochemical defects that require structural glycoproteomics for better diagnosis disease monitoring and understanding of glycobiology underlying disease.

This PhD position is part of BioBeyondNL a project within the NWO National roadmap for Large Scale Research Infrastructures. Within BioBeyondNL you will collaborate with academic and industrial partners to establish a national infrastructure to unravel biological information beyond the genetic code. You will work closely together with mass spectrometrists glycobiologists and computational experts as part of an established R&D team that will train and support you in your project.

Place of work

At Radboudumc you will work in a highly collaborative interdisciplinary and international environment. We are a leading European center for genomic medicine and rare disease research with strong connections to clinicians patients and the academic industrial analytical chemistry field. What sets us apart is our unique position at the interface of fundamental research on glycoproteomics and translational research on genetic disease applications involving clinicians and patients. This ensures that your work will have clinical relevance and impact.

You will join a group that performs (pre-)clinical research on genetic glycosylation disorders aiming to improve diagnostics understand disease mechanisms and develop treatments. Our team consists of senior scientists technicians PhD students and post-docs with multidisciplinary expertise of glycoproteomics glycobiology analytical chemistry and informatics.

The position is based at Radboudumc in Nijmegen the Netherlands. Radboudumc is internationally renowned for its research and diagnostics on a variety of genetic disorders and the impact of personalized medicine. The position is primarily housed in the department of Human Genetics with a strong collaboration with Bruker Daltonics. Our department offers an exciting working environment with enthusiastic people from many parts of the world providing ample critical mass and a stimulating collaborative atmosphere for high quality research.

At the department of Human Genetics you work on the diagnosis and treatment of hereditary disorders in patients and their families. You work in the outpatient clinic or in the laboratory for diagnostic testing where genetic metabolic and neurochemical analyses are addition you contribute to research exploring the relationship between genes and disease.

As a leading multidisciplinary department you provide high quality genetic healthcare and contribute to scientific progress.