University of Konstanz' expression of interest - MSCA PF 2024
The European Commission has released its Call for Proposals for Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowships, with deadline of 11 September, 2024 (more details here: MSCA PF 2024). To advance EUniWell's research agenda, we want to increase our cross-alliance collaborations in the 2024 MSCA-PF call with the aim to:
- Create an additional strategy to find partners (Supervisor-Researcher) and enhance EUniWell-wide research and collaboration. It will allow the partner institutions to apply for MSCA-PF 2024.
- Increase the number of collective call applications within the EUniWell Thematic Arenas.
The schedule for this match-making process between potential hosts and potential applicants comprises four steps:
Action 1. Expression of Interest (EoI) by potential MSCA-PF Supervisors at University of Konstanz (until 27 May).
Action 2. Matching interest with prospective MSCA-PF applicants within EUniWell (27 May - 9 June).
Action 3. Selection Process by Supervisors (10 June - Each supervisor's own deadline).
Action 4. Supervisors and Researchers write the MSCA-PF Proposal with the support of the Research Support Office (until 11 September).
Hosting Offers at the University of Konstanz
Biology: Olga Mayans - Laboratory of Biophysics & Structural Biology
Mechanical stress triggers multiple cell responses including proliferation, apoptosis, resorption, and remodelling by hypertrophy or atrophy. Such changes enable tissues to alter their physiological properties and performance in response to variations in mechanical load. The cytoskeleton plays a central role in force transmission in the cell and in the integration of mechanical and physiological stress signals in cell adaptative processes. For force to act as a regulatory stimulus, it must be sensed and interpreted by the contractile cytoskeletal network. In this, cytoskeleton-associated kinases are prime mechanoreceptor candidates. They are thought to be elastic proteins that undergo activation by stretch. Currently, little is known of how molecular changes effected by force in these sensory proteins regulate their catalysis and protein interactions, translating into a biochemical functional outcome in the cell. Using the muscle sarcomere as model system, our laboratory studies the mechanistic sensory principles and functional readouts of force-regulated signalling nodes of the eukaryotic cell. To this effect, we apply structural biology approaches, primarily protein X-ray crystallography, that we combine with protein engineering and biophysical methods on recombinant protein samples in vitro.
- Department: Biology
- EUniWell Arena: Arena 1 - Health and Well-Being
- Application Documents required: Motivation Letter, CV, Publication List, Transcripts of Academic Degrees displaying marks obtained, Naming of 2 Referees
Please send your complete application to euniwell@uni-konstanz.de.
Sport Science: Markus Gruber - Human Performance Research Centre
The focus is on fundamental research to evaluate the basic interactions between physical performance and biological factors of the human body. Using inactivity models and studies on healthy active subjects, the aim is to better understand how different types of exercise affect physical performance from the behavioral to the molecular level. This knowledge is used to develop and test exercise prescriptions against inactivity and age-related deteriorations and diseases of the human body.
- Department: History, Sociology, Sport Science and Empirical Educational Research
- EUniWell Arena: Arena 1 - Health and Well-Being
- Application Documents required: Motivation letter, CV, research proposal (3 pages), three most important publications on that topic
Please send your complete application to euniwell@uni-konstanz.de.