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Fully Funded PhD Positions to Study Brain Tumor Biology in the Department of Pathology, University of Manitoba, Canada
PhD position
Application deadline: 20 Aug 2024
Institute: University of Manitoba
Country: Canada
More information: https://umanitoba.ca/medicine/faculty-staff/tanveer-sharif
Are you interested in becoming part of a highly motivated and enthusiastic team of researchers focused on identifying novel treatment strategies for highly aggressive adult and childhood brain tumors?
The Sharif lab, located on the Bannatyne Campus at the University of Manitoba in the heart of Winnipeg, Canada, is home to a cutting-edge research program that investigates novel metabolism-based precision medicine therapies for treating the most common types of malignant brain cancers in children and adults, medulloblastoma (MB) and glioblastoma (GBM). Check out our latest research published in Nature Communications https://www-nature-com.uml.idm.oclc.org/articles/s41467-023-38049-9.
Team members will have access and gain training to use state-of-the-art and gold standard research tools and techniques such as a new in-house GeoMx Digital Spatial Profiler and Nanostring nCounter platform, optimal sectioning fluorescent and laser dissection microscopes, metabolic plate-reader assays, stem-cell tissue culture facilities, and in vivo pre-clinical brain tumor transplantation mouse models.
Candidates applying for direct entry to Ph.D. should hold a thesis-based MSc degree in a relevant field (e.g., Biology, Biochemistry, Genetics, Microbiology, Pathology, etc.) or an undergraduate degree with extensive research experience. Students applying for an MSc leading to a Ph.D. should be completing their undergraduate degree in a relevant program with a minimum GPA of 3.5.
We are seeking candidates who are dedicated, goal-oriented, and innovative to join our dynamic team. Students with background knowledge in cancer biology and prior research experience (e.g., MSc thesis, Honors thesis, undergraduate research studentships, and co-op work terms) are preferred. Strong scientific writing skills and presentation skills are considered an asset.
Interested applicants should send a curriculum vitae and transcripts to tanveer.sharif@umanitoba.ca. Candidates short-listed will be contacted for in-person or virtual interviews. Interested applicants should apply no later than August 20, 2024, with an anticipated start date of January 2025.
