Opening for Postdoc on Epigenetics / Cancer (Brussels)
Date Posted Thursday, 20 September 2012
Location Brussels
Institute Information Free University of Brussels, Laboratory of Cancer Epigenetics
Route de Lennik 808
Brussels, 1070
Website: http://www.ulb.ac.be/medecine/fukslab
Job Description A position is available for a successful candidate to join our lab located in Brussels (Belgium). Our group is interested to study epigenetics and epigenomics (DNA methylation, hydroxymethylation and histone modifications) associated with gene expression in normal and cancer cells. Genetic, biochemical and cell biological as well as genome-wide approaches (e.g. transcriptomics: RNASeq; epigenomics: ChIPSeq, Infinium Methylation) will be applied.

The position is funded for 2 years, with possible extension.


Selected publications:
- Brenner et al. EMBO J. 2005 24:336-46.
- Viré et al. Nature 2006 439:871-4.
- Brenner & Fuks Dev. Cell 2007 12:843-4
- Villa et al. Cancer Cell 2007 11:513-25
- Feldman et al. Nature SMB. 2008 15:1176-83
- Fuks F. Nature. 2010 Jul 22;466(7305):417.
- Ndlovu et al. Trends Biochem Sci. 2011 Jul; 36(7):381-7.
- Denis et al. EMBO Rep. 2011 Jul 1;12(7):647-56.
- Dedeurwaerder et al. EMBO Molecular Medicine. 2011 Dec;3(12):726-41.
- Volkmar et al. EMBO J. 2012 31:1405-26.
Qualification Candidates should hold a PhD degree in Biochemistry/Molecular Biology
and have a broad experience in molecular and cellular biology techniques.
How to Apply Informal enquiries, CV and names of two referees should be send to:
Dr. François Fuks (ffuks@ulb.ac.be)
Faculty of Medicine, Free University of Brussels, 808 route de Lennik, Brussels, Belgium. Tel.: 32-2-555 62 45. Fax: 32-2-555 62 57.
Application deadline Screening of applications begins immediately and continues until an outstanding candidate is selecte
Supervisor/ Principal Investigator François Fuks
Contact Info François Fuks
Contact Phone: 32 2 555 62 45
Contact Email: ffuks@ulb.ac.be
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