PhD POSITION IN CANCER BIOLOGY

What we offer:

• 4 year PhD position in cancer research under the umbrella of The Ph.D. program Animal Physiology, Immunology and Developmental Biology
• Funded studentship combined with part time grant position
• Independently funded applications also welcomed
• Superb admin and tech support

Research Area:

• Cancer Cell Plasticity and its Dynamics
• Circulating Tumor Cells
• Novel drug candidates

Who are we looking for:

• An independent, self-motivated and patient person with an interest in cell and tumour biology

The applicants should send Curriculum Vitae and a short motivation letter, including scientific interest and future plan, diploma thesis (or its annotation) and contacts of the current supervisor and co-supervisor to Karel Souček (ksoucek@ibp.cz) by March 31, 2023. Selected candidates will be invited for an interview in the first week of April, 2023.

Looking forward to it! Send us your application!

Selected publications:

• Kvokackova, B., et al, K. Single-cell protein profiling defines cell populations associated with triple-negative breast cancer aggressiveness. Molecular Oncology 2022.
• Muresan XM, et al. Toll-like receptor 3 (TLR3) overexpression induces invasion of prostate cancer cells, whereas its activation triggers apoptosis. Am J Pathol 2022.
• Drapela S, et al. The CHK1 inhibitor MU380 significantly increases sensitivity of human docetaxel-resistant prostate cancer cells to gemcitabine by induction of mitotic catastrophe. Mol Oncol 2020.
• Remsik J, et al. Plasticity and intratumoural heterogeneity of cell surface antigen expression in breast cancer. Br  J  Cancer 2018.

Our alumni:

https://ueb.sci.muni.cz/aktualne/nas-absolvent-v-zebricku-forbes-30-pod-30

https://www.sci.muni.cz/ofiz/absolvent-ofiz-jan-remsik-v-prestiznim-zebricku-forbes-30-pod-30/