Research Assistant at Department of Animal and Veterinary Sciences

The Department of Animal and Veterinary Sciences calls for applications for a position as a
research assistant from 1 May 2025 or as soon as possible thereafter.
The position as research assistant is a fixed-term scientific position of 6 months.

Are you interested in the health and welfare of livestock? If you have robust hands-on experience with immunological laboratory techniques and experience with troubleshooting, optimization of laboratory protocols and generation of data, we can offer a challenging job in a dynamic research environment.

The successful applicant will be placed in the research unit Gut and Host Health.


Tasks

• Transcriptome analysis of relevant immunological genes in samples from existing biobank
• Molecular genotyping and determination of tissue type in blood samples
• Functional immunological assays and cell culturing
• Analysis of “systems immunology” datasets (flow cytometry)
• Contribute to carrying out animal experiments
• Contribute to publications and other relevant communication

Qualifications

• Relevant university master's degree
• Good theoretical background in immunology
• Robust experience with immunological laboratory techniques and data analysis (qPCR/PCR, ELISA, flow cytometry etc.)
• Robust experience in scientific publication
• Skills and interest in teamwork and interdisciplinary collaboration
• Skills and interest in research with continuation in a possible PhD degree programme

Place of employment and place of work

The place of work is the Department of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, AU Viborg,
Blichers Allé 20, DK-8830 Tjele, and the area of employment is Aarhus University (AU)
with related departments.


Contact

Further information on the position may be obtained from Professor Heidi L. Enemark, email: [email protected] or Associate Professor Tina S. Dalgaard, email: [email protected]



Application procedure

Short-listing is used. This means that after the deadline for applications – and with the assistance from the assessment committee chairman, and the assessment committee if necessary, – the head of department selects the candidates to be evaluated. The selection is made on the basis of an assessment of who of the candidates are most relevant considering the requirements of the advertisement. All applicants will be notified within 6 weeks whether or not their applications have been sent to an expert assessment committee for evaluation. The selected applicants will be informed about the composition of the committee and will receive his/her assessment. Once the recruitment process is completed a final letter of rejection is sent to the deselected applicants.


Letter of reference

If you want a referee to upload a letter of reference on your behalf, please state the referee’s contact information when you submit your application. We strongly recommend that you make an agreement with the person in question before you enter the referee’s contact information, and that you ensure that the referee has enough time to write the letter of reference before the application deadline.
Unfortunately, it is not possible to ensure that letters of reference received after the application deadline will be taken into consideration.

If you wish to add a referee after you have submitted your application, you must send this person’s details (name, job title, place of work, and email address) as well as the name of the position you have applied for to: [email protected]


Formalities and salary range

Natural Sciences refers to the Ministerial Order on the Appointment of Academic Staff at Danish Universities under the Danish Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation.

The application must be in English and include a curriculum vitae, degree certificate, a complete list of publications, a statement of future research plans and information about research activities, teaching portfolio and verified information on previous teaching experience (if any). Guidelines for applicants can be found here.

Appointment shall be in accordance with the collective labour agreement between the Danish Ministry of Taxation and the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations. Further information on qualification requirements and job content may be found in the Memorandum on Job Structure for Academic Staff at Danish Universities.

Salary depends on seniority as agreed between the Danish Ministry of Taxation and the Confederation of Professional Associations.

Aarhus University’s ambition is to be an attractive and inspiring workplace for all and to foster a culture in which each individual has opportunities to thrive, achieve and develop. We view equality and diversity as assets, and we welcome all applicants.

The application must be submitted via Aarhus University’s recruitment system, which can be accessed under the job advertisement on Aarhus University's website.
 


Aarhus University

Aarhus University is an academically diverse and research-intensive university with a strong commitment to high-quality research and education and the development of society nationally and globally. The university offers an inspiring research and teaching environment to its 38,000 students (FTEs) and 8,300 employees, and has an annual revenues of EUR 935 million. Learn more at www.international.au.dk/