Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, Köln, Germany

Added via NatureJobs. The Antebi Department investigates how diet and hormones impact animal life span, using the worm Caenorhabditis elegans as a model organism. The overarching goals are to reveal conserved mechanisms of longevity, and to understand how hormones and small molecule metabolites affect metabolism, signal transduction and ageing. The ultimate aim is to develop small molecule therapies that will improve health during ageing in humans. To this end, a highly motivated and talented scientist is sought to conduct research on metabolic profiling of longevity pathways in C. elegans, and to develop state of the art mass spectrometry technologies. These methods are combined in a multidisciplinary approach with genetics, genomics, cell and molecular biology, biochemistry and imaging.

The successful applicant will hold a PhD in a relevant research area such as biochemistry or chemistry. Prior experience with GC-MS–technologies and/or metabolomics is required. The applicant should have a strong interest in the biology of ageing, and excellent written and oral communication skills. The working language is English; knowledge of the German language is not required.

The deadline for applications is 6 August 2013. For more information please visit the job advert.