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Background
Your research activities are situated in the research group Zoology: Biodiversity and Toxicology (Department of Biology) and the Center for Environmental Sciences (CMK). The CMK is a multidisciplinary research institute of Hasselt University. The institute opts for a balanced balance between fundamental and applied research in the field of environmental sciences.
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Job content
A key aim of regenerative medicine is to elicit regeneration in tissues with little or no regenerative capacities. For this, it is crucial to understand the functional biology of pluripotent stem cells and their communication strategies. In vertebrates, the restoration of damaged body parts is limited, but animals such as planarians can undergo complete tissue regeneration. We use this attractive feature to address one of the most challenging tasks in regenerative biology: to understand the initial signals of regeneration. In previous research, we demonstrated that redox molecules and the associated signaling events are essential elements in modulating and launching regenerative processes.
The current position proceeds on these findings and aims to answer existing research gaps concerning the nature of the Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) invoked, their site of production, concentration and spreading; and the downstream cellular signaling events involved in stem cell functioning. As a model organism, the planarian S. mediterranea will be used.
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Offer
You will be appointed and paid as PhD student.
2x2 years after positive evaluation
Selection procedure
You can only apply online up to and including 10 February 2021.
The selection procedure consists of a preselection based on application file and an interview.
Further information
Prof. dr. Karen SMEETS, +32-11-268319, karen.smeets@uhasselt.be
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