NeuroStemcell (European Consortium for Stem Celli Therapy in Neurodegenerative Diseases) is a 4-year FP7 European Union funded Project which has been awarded a total budget of 11.9 million €, led by Coordinator Prof. Elena Cattaneo - University of Milan and Deputy Coordinator Prof. Anders Björklund - Lund University.
NeuroStemcell, which comprises 13 academic partners and 3 SMEs from 6 European countries, is formed to create a world-leading consortium that can develop stem cell based therapies for Parkinson ́s disease and Huntington ́s disease toward clinical application, with the goal to develop safe and validated cells and clinical grade reagents to be used in clinical trials and eventually in drug discovery.
NeuroStemcell is focused on the identification and systematic comparison of progenitor cell lines with the most favourable characteristics for mesencephalic dopaminergic and striatal GABAergic neuronal differentiationi, generated either directly from human embryonic stem (ES) cells, from induced Pluripotent Stem (iPS) cellsi, or from neural stem cells derived from either ES cells, iPS cells or fetal brain, and perform rigorous and systematic testing of the most prominent candidate cells in appropriate animal models. NeuroStemcell encourages participation at meetings, summer schools, short-term exchange visits and interactions among laboratories through an attractive Outreach and Training programme. This will facilitate early-career exposure to different techniques, methods and scientific approaches. The Consortium also includes an ethics programme and the development of a road map to the clinic
Additional information is available at www.neurostemcell.org
Applicants should be highly motivated, communicative and inventive and have a relevant Ph.D. in stem cell biology, molecular biology, gene expression, developmental biology, neurobiology or other relevant area and be thoroughly computer literate. Applicants should submit Curriculum Vitae, including publications list and names and contact info of two reference persons, by e-mail (jobrecruit@neurostemcell.org) indicating research areas of interest and laboratories of choice.
Closing date: 31 March 2009
Positions available starting from April 2009
NeuroStemcell Principal Investigators and research laboratories:
Elena Cattaneo, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy
Anders Björklund, Lunds Universitet, Sweden
Olle Lindvall, Lunds Universitet, Sweden
Oliver Brustle, Universität Bonn, Germany
Ernest Arenas, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
Thomas Perlmann, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
Stephen Dunnett, Cardiff University, United Kingdom
Philippe Hantraye, CEA, France
Austin Smith, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
Roger Barker, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
Anselme Perrier, Inserm, France
Anne C. Bachoud-Levi, Inserm, France
Meng Li, Imperial College London, United Kingdom
Ida Biunno, Biorep, Italy
Lars Walhberg, NsGene A/S, Denmark
Tim Allsopp, StemCellSciences, United KingdomCo-Investigators:Malin Parmar, Lunds Universitet
Göran Hermerén, Lunds Universitet
Johan Ericson, Karolinska Institutet
Marc Peschanski, Inserm
Bengt Juliusson, NsGene A/S