The group Public Health and Society is part of the sub-department Sociology of Households and Consumption, of the Department of Social Sciences, Wageningen University and Research Centre. The group Health and Society is responsible for social science academic education and research in the field of health, health promotion and health protection. The new professor will be leading the group Health and Society.
The content of this professor position is defined as the sociological study of health, health promotion and health protection, in resource-poor as well as resource-rich context, especially in relation to:

The research will focus on elucidating the molecular genetic basis of a key traits in the major cucurbit crops cucumber, melon, watermelon and squash, thereby identifying and exploiting leads from relevant genome sequences, generated either in the public domain or in house. If relevant, the trait of interest will be introduced or enhanced by implementing one or several of the proprietary technologies recently developed at KeyGene.

Within the NWO-funded VIDI-project entitled ‘Cultural innovation in a globalising society: Egypt in the Roman world’ the Faculty of Archaeology, Leiden University, offers three positions. The positions are available as of April 1, 2010.

1. PhD (f/m) Archaeologist (archaeological research into the function of Aegyptiaca from Pompeii)
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38 hrs per week

a scientific expert in plant cell biology or plant molecular biology;
a PhD degree in plant cell biology or plant molecular biology;
at least 6 years of experience in plant research;
a track record of publications on the development of tissue culture and regeneration protocols for crop plants;
good communicator;
creative and customer oriented;
able to think critically in experimental design and interpretation;
able to work independently as well as in a team.

Applications are invited for postdoctoral positions to study beta cell neogenesis as a therapy for diabetes. A decreased beta cell mass or the incapability of the beta cell mass to compensate for increased insulin needs results in an absolute (type I) or relative (type II) deficiency of insulin defining type I and type II diabetes, respectively. Our research group aims for alternative beta cell sources to compensate the reduced beta cell mass in diabetes by beta cell transplantation or by in situ differentiation and expansion of beta- and pre-beta cells. We therefore investigate mechanisms to generate new, fully functional beta cells by (i) protection and proliferation of existing beta cells, (ii) differentiation of endogenous progenitor/stem cells and regeneration of the beta cell mass and (iii) reprogramming of pancreas non-beta to beta cells.

Senior/Junior Postdoctoral Positions in Beta cell neogenesis at the Hubrecht Institute, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Applications are invited for postdoctoral positions to study beta cell neogenesis as a therapy for diabetes. A decreased beta cell mass or the incapability of the beta cell mass to compensate for increased insulin needs results in an absolute (type I) or relative (type II) deficiency of insulin defining type I and type II diabetes, respectively. Our research group aims for alternative beta cell sources to compensate the reduced beta cell mass in diabetes by beta cell transplantation or by in situ differentiation and expansion of beta- and pre-beta cells. We therefore investigate mechanisms to generate new, fully functional beta cells by (i) protection and proliferation of existing beta cells, (ii) differentiation of endogenous progenitor/stem cells and regeneration of the beta cell mass and (iii) reprogramming of pancreas non-beta to beta cells.

Applicants should have a (nearly completed) doctorate degree (Ph.D.) in communication and media or related fields.
Applicants should have a broad knowledge and understanding of one or more of the followings fields: international communication, mass communication, intercultural, organizational, or political communication. They should have extensive research experience in at least one of the above fields.
Applicants should have prior teaching experience with a proven ability to inspire students from undergraduate to postgraduate levels.
Applicants should have a broad knowledge and understanding of common social scientific research methods in communication and media studies and they should be able to perform teaching and supervising tasks for the various methodological courses of the IBCoM programme.

The successful candidate considers it a challenge and a privilege to contribute to the development of the new International Bachelor's programme in Communication and Media at Erasmus University. She or he has:
a PhD in one of the social sciences, preferably in the field of communication, and ranks among the top 10-20% of his or her peer group;
ample experience with social-scientific research methods;
the ability and willingness to develop and conduct cross-national, comparative research;
expert knowledge in organizational and/or political communication and the international and intercultural dimensions thereof;

We offer a job in a very stimulating and social environment where people aim at high quality research. The salary for this position is determined in mutual consultation and based on education and experience (salary scale 10/11). This concerns a full time function for four years (PhD) or 1 year with the possibility for extention to 3 years (postdoc level)

A PhD degree in bioinformatics or comparable experience;
Broad experience with sequence assembly, mapping and various analyses for marker discovery and genotyping;
Good knowledge and preferably hands on experience with the available tools and methods in the field;
Ambition to work in a pioneering research field;
Keen on leveraging research results in a project centered environment;
Leading personality.