Qualification requirements

Minimum requirements are:

• candidate needs to have a maximum 8 years after a doctoral degree (PhD), as required by the project Grant Agreement signed with the European Commission,
• at least one original publication in a peer-reviewed journal,
• a background in the relevant methods,
• a complete application package submitted through the AMBER portal (including CV and detailed research plan), and finally, 

• strict compliance with the MSCA mobility rule that the researcher must not have resided or carried out his/her main activity (work, studies, etc.) in the host organisation's

  country for more than twelve months in the three years immediately prior to the call deadline.

   

Each project will have additional specific requirements that candidates have to fulfill, be sure to check what these are before you apply.

Instructions on how to apply

For more information and documents/templates/europass link, please visit https://www.ambercofund.eu/for-applicants.

Incomplete applications will not be considered. Please make sure that you upload all the required documents specified below i-ix.

If you are interested in applying for more than one position (maximum 3) you must be prepared to make a full application for each individual position.

Applications shall be written in English and all documents shall be in pdf format.

i) A Curriculum Vitae (europass format). Your CV shall be exported to a PDF file that you use in your application.

ii) A detailed research plan including any foreseen secondments (candidates can suggest more than the mandated one, they can also suggest their own secondments), schools and conferences as well as a templated budget plan. The research plan should be as concise as possible, 3 pages, including one-third page of summary/abstract. 

Additional texts to include in the PDF are:

iii) Letter of Commitment from any additional secondment partners the candidate wishes to bring

onboard.

iv) Evidence of English proficiency (minimum CEFR B22, also checked at interview).

v) A draft Individual Career Development Plan (ICDP).

vi) Two reference letters.

vii) Any additional documents to support the application.

viii) Ethical questionnaire (HE ethics checklist + research ethics commitment) 

In addition, the application will require:

ix) Any candidate can apply for maximum of 3 positions. You must apply for each individual position. A list with order of preference of positions should be sent to the AMBER management. amber@linxs.se. The template can be downloaded from the "For applicants" page here: https://www.ambercofund.eu/for-applicants

x) A pre-recorded video presentation (questionnaire-guided, via online video tool, about 10 minutes). Upon successful completion of the rest of the application procedure eligible candidates will be sent a link.

Job offer

Please see below the links to the positions:

For more information about the projects: https://www.ambercofund.eu/

Please see below the links to the positions:

For more information about the projects: https://www.ambercofund.eu

Title:                 Developmental tendon mechanobiology: How does loading affect structure-function relationships?

PI:                      Hanna Isaksson

Partner:             Lund University

Application:      https://lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/jobID:833578/

Title:                 X-ray phase-contrast microscopy of biological tissue

PI:                      Martin Bech

Partner:             Lund University

Application:      Postdoctoral fellow in medical radiation physics: X-ray Fluorescence mapping of biological tissue Cofund AMBER

Title:                 Development of a universal cryo-Cage

PI:                      Sara Linse

Partner:             Lund U

Application:      https://lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/jobID:834512/

Title:                 Developing a nano-spectral imaging approach for biological and biomedical samples

PI:                      Karina Thånell

Partner:             Lund University

Application:      https://lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/jobID:830496/

Title:                 The structural biology of ion channels in health and disease

PI:                      Pontus Gourdon

Partner:             Lund University, Sweden

Application:       Postdoctoral Researcher in Structural Characterization of Ion Channels

Title:                  Altered metabolism in type 2 diabetes and its complications – metabolite profiling and metabolic imaging using correlative NMR, MS and HP-MR techniques

PI:                      Joao Duarte, Vladimir Denisov

Partner:             Lund University, Sweden

Application:      https://lu.varbi.com/what:job/jobID:842501/

Title:                 Molecular mechanisms of antiphage defense

PI:                      Vasili Hauryliuk

Partner:             Lund University

Application:      Postdoctoral researcher in phage-bacteria interactions

Title:                 Visualizing Microbial Injection Systems in Human Microbiomes

PI:                      Eva Maria Rebrova

Partner:             Lund University

Application:      https://lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/jobID:842507/
 

Title:                 Iron speciation, mobilization, and translocation during wood decay by brown rot fungi

PI:                      Dimitrios Floudas

Partner:             Lund University

Application:      https://lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/jobID:841735/

Title:                 Postdoctoral position on transthyretin amyloid formation using X-rays, neutrons and electron microscopy

PI:                      Trevor Forsyth

Partner:             Lund University

Application:    Postdoctoral position on transthyretin amyloid formation using X-rays, neutrons and electron microscopy

Title:                 Development of microfluidics on the COSAXS beamline

PI:                      Ann Terry

Partner:             Lund University

Application:      https://lu.varbi.com/what:job/jobID:841981/

Title:                 Lipid alterations in cancer – deuteration as contrast agent for imaging cell membrane properties at the molecular scale using neutron scattering

PI:                      Hanna Wacklin Knecht

Partner:             ESS 

Application:       https://europeanspallationsource.se/careers/vacancies?rmpage=job&rmjob=1768&rmlang=UK

Title:                 Neutron plus X-ray Tomography of Bio-structures

PI:                      Alessandro Tengattini

Partner:             ILL

Application:     www.ill-recruits.eu/generator.php?id=2008

Title:                 Visualization of hydrogen atoms in carbohydrate-binding proteins and their complexes

PI:                      Matthew Blakeley

Partner:             Institut Max von Laue - Paul Langevin (ILL), France

Application:      www.ill-recruits.eu/generator.php?id=2011

Title:                 Functional alterations of protein import into mitochondria

PI:                      Agnieszka Chacinska and Remigiusz Serwa

Partner:             International Institute of Molecular Mechanisms and Machines, (IMOL), Poland

Application:      https://imol.institute/career/

Title:                 Mechanisms of protein transport into mitochondria

PI:                      Agnieszka Chacinska

Partner:             International Institute of Molecular Mechanisms and Machines, (IMOL), Poland

Application:      https://imol.institute/career/

Title:                 Cross-scale imaging of the invasion and progression of Toxoplasma gondii in human cells

PI:                      Kristina Djinovic, Matthew Bowler

Partner:             European Molecular Biology Laboratory

Application:      https://embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/EMBL/details/AMBER-Postdoctoral-Fellowship--Cross-scale-imaging-of-the-invasion-  and-progression-of-Toxoplasma-gondii-in-human-cells_JR1832

Title:                 1 position, seven projects to choose between, see the application link for more information

PI:                      see the link

Partner:             Leicester Institute of Structural and Chemical Biology, United Kingdom

Application:      Link coming soon.

Title:                 Mastering microdynamics in milk multiphase systems 

PI:                      Milena Corrediq

Partner:             Aarhus University

Application:      https://international.au.dk/about/profile/vacant-positions/job/postdoc-position-food-structure-and-digestion