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The Sars Centre will be expanding significantly over the next few years. Future plans include an extension of research activities to marine invertebrates as well as to marine bioinformatics, and an increase in the number of research groups. As part of the EMBL contract, the Centre will establish an international PhD programme in collaboration with the UoB and EMBL.

Available Positions

Department Engineer - Application Deadline 29.May 2012

The Sars Centre has one position available as Department Engineer (8430) in the Suster Research Group. Work in this group focuses on the genetic dissection of vertebrate neural circuits and behavior using zebrafish - more info

Facility Technician (substitute position) - Application Deadline 29.May 2012

The Sars Centre has one substitute full-time position available as Facility Technician (8411) in the Centre’s Zebrafish facility. The position is available immediately and has an end date of 9 June 2013. Work in this group focuses on the genetic dissection of vertebrate neural circuits and behavior using zebrafish and is headed by Dr. Maximiliano Suster - more info

Postdoctoral Researcher - Application Deadline 22.June 2012

The Sars Centre is now offering a two-year postdoc position in a research group working on cell type and organ system evolution in invertebrates. The announced position focuses on the application of correlative and 3D electron microscopic techniques for integration of light microscopic gene expression and ultrastructural datasets - more info

Graduate Students

The Sars Centre now offers lab training for periods of up to 12 months (starting at any time of the year) to graduate students originating from any country, including Norway.