Job Information
- Organisation/Company: Biobizkaia Health Research Institute
- Research Field: Other
- Researcher Profile: Other Profession
- Positions: Master Positions
- Application Deadline: 14 Nov 2026 - 00:00 (Europe/Madrid)
- Country: Spain
- Type of Contract: Temporary
- Job Status: Full-time
- Offer Starting Date: 26 Oct 2026
- Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?: Not funded by a EU programme
- Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?: No
Offer Description
A pre-doctoral research fellow is required for the Congenital Metabolic Disorders group at Biobizkaia HRI.
Where to Apply
https://gestiononline.bioef.eus/ConvocatoriasPropiasBiobizkaia/es/Convocatorias/VerConvocatoria/3342
Requirements
Research Field: Other
Education Level: Master Degree or equivalent
Skills/Qualifications
Doctoral thesis (Supervisor: Teresa Cardoso Delgado), in which the following tasks will be carried out:
- Support and coordination in project management
- Support for the Principal Investigator: Collaborating with the Principal Investigator in the management and monitoring of R&D&I projects awarded to the group in the field of liver diseases.
- Technical organisation: Management of resources, maintenance of stocks of reagents and specific materials for experiments, and adherence to timetables in preclinical and cellular studies.
- Reports: Preparation of progress reports on the results obtained in in vitro and in vivo models.
- Scientific writing, presentation and dissemination.
- Scientific output: Writing and contributing to the preparation of scientific articles for high-impact, indexed journals based on the group’s liver research findings.
- Conferences: Presenting papers (posters or oral presentations) at national and international scientific conferences specialising in hepatology, cellular or molecular biology.
- Dissemination: Participation in scientific outreach activities to raise awareness amongst the academic community and the general public of the relevance of models for studying liver diseases.
- Experimental work and data analysis (Core Unit).
- Liver cell cultures: Establishment, maintenance and experimentation with cell lines and/or primary cultures of hepatic origin (such as hepatocytes or stellate cells).
- Animal models: Conducting in vivo studies using animal models of liver disease (induction of pathologies, monitoring, handling and collection of biological samples).
- Cellular and molecular biology: Routine application of nucleic acid extraction techniques, PCR/qPCR, Western blot and other molecular methodologies for the characterisation of pathogenic mechanisms.
- Histology and immunohistochemistry: Processing of liver tissue samples (embedding, sectioning by microtome/cryostat) and immunohistochemical staining/analysis to assess lesions, fibrosis or the expression of therapeutic targets.
- Data processing: Statistical and bioinformatic analysis of experimental data obtained from both cell-based assays and animal models.
- Supervision and training.
- Support for practical teaching: Collaboration in the tutoring, supervision and technical training of undergraduate and postgraduate students, or technical staff on work placements, who carry out their work in the laboratory (culture techniques, sample handling, etc.).
- Quality and procedures
- SOPs and biosafety: Development, updating and strict adherence to Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) specific to the handling of cell cultures, biosafety in the animal facility and laboratory techniques.
- Quality management: Maintenance of quality standards, traceability of biological samples and the proper functioning of laboratory equipment.
- Funding and Fundraising
- Support for funding applications: Collaboration in compiling background information, literature reviews and preliminary data (derived from cellular and histological experiments) required for applications for new grants and competitive research projects.
Specific Requirements
Degree in Biological Sciences, Biomedical Sciences or a related subject
Master’s degree in Biological Sciences, Biomedical Sciences or a related subject
Internal Application form(s) needed
PERFIL COMPLETO.pdf (English, 668.48 KB - PDF)
Additional Information
Benefits
Contract: Temporary Predoctoral
• Working hours: 100 %
• Base salary for the category: 21.328,20 € gross per year
• Place of work: Biobizkaia Health Research Institute
• Unit or service: congenital metabolic disorders Group
• Expected start date: Immediate
The employee must comply with the center's operating rules in terms of dedication, duties, working hours, and vacations. Candidates for this position will be included in a Job Pool that may be considered for future project requirements.
Eligibility criteria
The assessment process will evaluate:
- The candidate’s academic and/or scientific and technical track record (up to 50 points). The following will be taken into account:
- 1.a): Scientific and technical contributions. The candidate’s academic record and other curricular merits will be assessed, as well as how well these align with the tasks to be carried out, based on their training and professional experience. (0-45)
- 1.b): Mobility and internationalisation. The relevance and impact on the candidate’s research career of their stays at national and international institutions will be assessed. (0–5)
- The candidate’s suitability for the research activities to be carried out (up to 50 points). The candidate’s suitability for the programme, project or research activities to be carried out will be assessed on the basis of their prior training and experience. To this end, consideration will be given to the added value that carrying out the project will bring to their research career, as well as the value contributed to the host centre and team.
- Period of training in a biochemistry research laboratory (0–5).
- Qualification in animal experimentation (0–5).
- Previous experience in studies using cell cultures and animal models of liver diseases (0–15)
- 1 year’s experience in research projects (0–15).
- Certificate of disability (minimum 33 per cent) (0–5)
- Language proficiency certification (English and Basque) (0–5)
Selection process
Applications must be submitted via the IIS Biobizkaia Employment website: https://www.bio-bizkaia.eus/web/iis/servicios/trabaja-con-nosotros
No paper documentation will be accepted. All documentation must be submitted electronically via this website. It is imperative to attach a personal CV, a letter explaining how you meet the “required” and “valued” sections of the call for applications, and all supporting documentation for the information provided in the CV (other qualifications, language level, etc.) in PDF format. Failure to provide a CV and letter will result in the application not being evaluated. We recommend using Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox to submit your application.
Website for additional job details: https://gestiononline.bioef.eus/ConvocatoriasPropiasBiobizkaia/es/Convocatorias/VerConvocatoria/3342
Work Location(s)
- Number of offers available: 1
- Company/Institute: Biobizkaia Health Research Institute
- Country: Spain
- State/Province: Bizkaia
- City: Barakaldo
- Postal Code: 48903
- Street: Edif. Biobizkaia Plaza de Cruces
Contact
- State/Province: Bizkaia
- City: Barakaldo
- Website: https://www.biocrucesbizkaia.org/es/iis
- Street: Edif. Biobizkaia Plaza de Cruces
- Postal Code: 48903
- E-Mail: [contact details available in the full listing]
