Our Zenith student Tahnee Mackensen is recruiting an intern to work in the field of zebrafish neuroscience!
Project Title: Understanding the link between splicing and sleep/wake behaviour in zebrafish.
A trainee position is offered in the lab of Manuel Irimia at the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) in Barcelona, Spain. It’s a non-funded, full-time position for 3-8 months, to work in the field of zebrafish neuroscience with a Zenith PhD student.
The work uses a variety of approaches to investigate zebrafish behavioural states in a splicing mutants including pharmacological assay, video-tracking and widely used molecular techniques such as PCRs and Western Blotting. The ideal candidate should have:
- Basic background in life sciences, preferably biomedicine, biology, neurobiology
- One full year of undergraduate (2 semesters) completed by the time the internship starts
- High level of English
- Ideally previous lab experience (not a requirement)
- Ability to work independently following a period of elaborative training
- Ability to generate reliable data with the potential for publication
- Collaborative spirit and friendly attitude, eager to learn in a fast paced environment
The ideal time to start the internship is flexible but preferably around September 2023 or January 2024.
Applications should be addressed to tahnee.mackensen@crg.eu and include CV, motivational letter, one contact for a reference letter (if needed) and university transcript.