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                , Biomedical Sciences, Bioengineering, or related fields. Enthusiasm for fundamental science and attention to detail. Motivation to work with an international team of PhD students, postdocs and technicians 
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                A PhD position is available in the lab "Structure and Function of Membrane Proteins” at the VIB-VUB Center for Structural Biology in Brussels, Belgium. The project focuses on the structural 
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                candidates to join us starting autumn 2026! Our different research groups explore how the brain and nervous system develops, ages and functions in health and disease, in particular neurodegenerative and 
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                the most likely underlying neuropathological subtypes in FTD and AD patients. The project will make use of genetic information from the largest FTD and AD patient-control cohorts, including 
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                , including animal studies and analyses of human tissue samples. This full-stack methodology enables us to directly link molecular channel function with disease phenotypes. The PhD student will work under the 
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                initiative investigating how human-specific features of brain development shape early behavior and neural circuit function in autism spectrum disorders (ASD). This position is a joint effort between the 
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                prodromal cohorts and link them to clinical readouts and α-synuclein reactivity. Use cutting-edge single-cell and immune-profiling approaches, linked to clinical phenotyping, to discover early biomarkers and 
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                . The project investigates how food allergy affects gut-brain communication and function. Profile We are looking for a talented and curious individual with: A Master’s degree in immunology, neuroscience 
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                murine microenvironments and use high-resolution spatial omics techniques to prioritize molecular factors that may drive the immune cell states. These will then be validated through in vivo screening 
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                questions remain unanswered to grasp the full potential of circulating nucleic acids (cfDNA/cfRNA) in clinicopathologic applications. The new PhD student will work on a project that aims to obtain further