Investigator in practice for the Cardiac tissue engineering and regenerative therapies

The Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares Carlos III (F.S.P.) CNIC has been conceived to develop research of excellence, competitive and of international relevance in relation to cardiovascular diseases. The CNIC has a research centre of 24,000 m2, located in Madrid, with more than 6,000 m2 for laboratories equipped with a state-of-the-art infrastructure and equipment.

A one-year “Investigador en prácticas” (Research in practice) position is available to join the “Cardiac tissue engineering and regenerative therapies” laboratory led by Dr. Florian Weinberger. More information of the group at:

https://www.cnic.es/en/investigacion/cardiac-tissue-engineering-and-regenerative-therapies-0

Functions:

The selected candidate will get training in engineering and regenerative therapies focused on the use of tissue-engineered human cardiac tissue to identify pro-proliferative drugs as well as on the study of the relationship between sarcomere and cell cycle activity. Work will involve the culture of iPS cells, tissue engineering techniques and microscopy techniques as well as data analysis.

Mandatory Requirements

1. Graduate in biomedical or life science areas.
2. Master´s degree in in the field of biomedical or life sciences sciences (by the time of signing the contract).
3. No more than three years must have elapsed since obtaining the master degree at the date of signing the contract (in the case of having a recognized degree of disability, the period is extended to 5 years).
4. Candidates must not have had an employment relationship with the CNIC for more than three months at the date of signing the contract. May not be hired in the same or a different company for a longer period than the established maximums or in training in the same company for the same job for a longer period than the maximums established, even if it is for a different degree or different certificate.

Valuable Requirements:

C1. Knowledge in cell culture including stem cell culture.

C2. Knowledge in cardiac differentiation from pluripotent stem cells and cardiac tissue engineering.

C3. Knowledge in cardiac tissue engineering.

C4. Knowledge in microscopy techniques.

C5. Knowledge in data analysis.

C6. Mobility and internationalization.

C7. Interview.

We offer:

• Joining a modern Research Center of international relevance in the scientific field.
• Integration into young teams in an environment of scientific excellence.
• Access to a modern infrastructure with the most advanced technology
• Training in the latest advances, both technical and scientific.
• “Contrato formativo para la obtención de la práctica profesional adecuada al nivel de estudios, of 1 year duration, according to Real Decreto-ley 32/2021, de 28 de diciembre”, as long as the selected candidate complies with the legal requirements for the formalization of the contract in accordance with the Spanish labor law.
• Immediate incorporation

Recruiment Plan:

The RESOLUTION OF THE SECRETARIAT OF STATE FOR PUBLIC FUNCTION APPROVING THE COMMON ACTION CRITERIA FOR THE RECRUITMENT PROCESSES IN THE STATE PUBLIC SECTOR ENTITIES of April 11, 2022, sets forth in point 6.1 that “Unless a specific regulation establishes a merit-bases recruitment system (“concurso”), the competition (“concurso-oposición”) must be the recruitment system”.

In CNIC, the specific regulations approved by the Foundation's board of trustees establish a merit-based recruitment system (“concurso”) including a personal interview.

At least the 3 candidates with the highest score (as long as they reach the minimum of 60 points as a sum of criteria C1‐C6) will be interviewed. The candidate with the highest score will be hired given the total score (C1-C7) is 80 points or higher.

Recruitment Commission:

• Head of the Group: “Cardiac tissue engineering and regenerative therapies”
• Research Office Manager
• Research Office Manager
• Research Office, Assistant
• HR member

The CNIC guarantees, in its field of action, the principle of equality in access to employment, and cannot establish any discrimination, direct or indirect, based on reasons of origin, including racial or ethnic, sex, age, marital status, religion or convictions, political opinion, sexual orientation and identity, gender expression, sexual characteristics, union affiliation, social condition, language within the State and disability, provided that the workers are in conditions of aptitude to carry out the work or employment for which try they are assigned.

By participating in the selection process, the participant agrees that their data appear in the public resolutions of the selection process. Such resolutions (provisional list of admitted and excluded, definitive list of admitted and excluded and resolution of the process) are published on the CNIC website.