Medewerker Stagebureau Farmacie

Als Medewerker Stagebureau Farmacie zorg jij ervoor dat farmaciestudenten hun masteropleiding kunnen combineren met waardevolle praktijkervaring. Deze praktijkervaring doen zij op in apotheken, ziekenhuizen en andere instellingen waar apothekers een belangrijke rol spelen.

Jij bent het eerste aanspreekpunt voor studenten en apothekers. Je verzorgt de plaatsing van studenten op een geschikte stage- of coschapplek, je inventariseert en houdt overzicht over beschikbare opleidingsadressen en bewaakt de voortgang. Dagelijks sta je in contact (met name via mail) met studenten en hun begeleiders om alles in goede banen te leiden

Je werkt in een klein, hecht team van drie directe collega’s binnen het stagebureau van Farmacie, wat onderdeel is van UPPER. Samen zorgen jullie ervoor dat stages en coschappen soepel verlopen zodat studenten zich optimaal kunnen voorbereiden op hun rol als apotheker of onderzoeker.

Onze mooie locatie op het Utrecht Science Park is jouw vaste werkplek, met de optie om in overleg af en toe thuis te werken. Liever je uren flexibel indelen? We kijken graag wat past.

PhD in Social Entrepreneurship

This is a full-time PhD position dedicated to research linked to the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM). Over a period of four years, you will conduct doctoral research and contribute to advancing the field of entrepreneurship, with a particular focus on social entrepreneurship. You will have the opportunity to develop research skills, collaborate with expert academics and societal partners, and pursue a PhD degree in a dynamic academic environment. Time will also be reserved for academic training and development, including participation in PhD courses, conferences, and workshops. Within the period of four years, the progress of your research will be evaluated at predetermined moments. You will also contribute to our teaching (of USE’s Entrepreneurship section) for 10% of your appointment.

The focus of your research will be on understanding institutional determinants of (social) entrepreneurship, in a project enabled by the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs. In doing so,

• you are a driving force of the Utrecht University team collecting Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) data for the Netherlands, supervised by Niels Bosma;
• you make use of the rich GEM dataset to publish academic articles that will feed into your PhD dissertation, supported by experienced GEM researchers;
• you design and apply innovative computational methods such as machine learning, to extract meaningful insights from GEM and complementary datasets;
• you engage with Dutch stakeholders via research-based policy briefs and stakeholder sessions;
• you potentially engage in a new international ‘pulse survey’ towards relevant entrepreneurial ecosystem actors.

Data Steward Cell Biology, Metabolism & Cancer

Je gaat met verschillende onderzoeksteams binnen de afdeling aan de slag om in kaart te brengen welke knelpunten aangepakt moet worden. Vervolgens voer je de aanpassingen door, samen met het team. Je belangrijkste taken zijn:

• het opstellen en/of actualiseren van standard operating procedures (SOPs) voor data management van lopende en geplande onderzoeksprojecten;
• zorgen dat de procedures goed gevolgd worden, door wetenschappers te instrueren aan de hand van deze SOPs, zodat data goed beheerd wordt van proef tot publicatie;
• het herinrichten/opzetten Electronic Lab Notebooks, inclusief heldere instructies voor (nieuwe) werknemers;
• opschonen/opzetten digitale databases van biologische samples;
• biosafety documenten registreren en actualiseren.

Postdoc Position on Unravelling Enterovirus Life Cycle

Enteroviruses (e.g. poliovirus, coxsackievirus, EV-A71, EV-D68) are important human pathogens. Recently, a novel imaging technology, VIRIM, was developed which allowed us for the first time to visualise translation of single (entero)viral RNAs in living cells (Boersma et al, 2020, Cell). The goal of this ERC project is to visualise and dissect the spatial and temporal localisation of viral RNA, viral proteins and host factors during viral RNA translation, replication and virus assembly in real-time at the single-cell level using advanced fluorescence microscopy techniques.

In this role you:

• design and conduct the experimental work for this research project;
• work together with PhD candidates and/or postdocs and technicians to obtain results;
• write high quality research publications;
• co-supervise PhD candidates and supervise research projects of MSc and BSc students.

Your research will be embedded in the Department of Biomolecular Health Sciences within the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine. You will be supervised and coached in your development by Prof. dr. Frank van Kuppeveld.

You will join our large team of about 30 researchers that focuses on the molecular aspects of infection of corona-, influenza- and picornaviruses. We offer a challenging position in a dynamic and professional environment with plenty of room for initiative. This position offers a lot of opportunities to develop yourself and your talents. You will be given the option to follow trainings from the UU Development programme.

Postdoc: Legal Empowerment for Biosphere Defenders in Latin America

This postdoctoral position is part of the NWO-funded project 'DEFEND-BIO: Biosphere defenders leveraging legal and governance tools for just sustainability transformations'. DEFEND-BIO focuses on the role of biosphere defenders in catalysing biodiversity protection using existing everyday practices and knowledges that facilitate their responses for legal safeguarding their territories. Its objective is to generate novel understanding of how indigenous and peasant biosphere defenders trigger integrated responses to biodiversity stewardship and human well-being.

DEFEND-BIO provides evidence to illuminate the contemporary debate on law for biodiversity stewardship. It reveals how biosphere defenders’ citizen data collection and monitoring as well as local practices can mobilize multiple knowledge systems and unleash values of responsibility and solidarity towards conserving, restoring and sustainably using biodiversity. The project will support indigenous and peasant biosphere defenders in LAC to use international and regional law and citizen-generated data as leverage in stakeholder engagement for protection of their territories. It develops interdisciplinary knowledge with policy implications to support the development of legal empowerment tools and mechanisms to implement the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment (R2HE) and rights to protect biosphere defenders.

The project answers the following questions:

1. How do biosphere defenders in Colombia and Ecuador use laws and policies in everyday life to exercise the R2HE?
2. How do they leverage local values and traditional knowledges to position themselves as political agents to protect, restore and sustainably use ecosystems and biodiversity?
3. How does gender define the role of biosphere defenders in everyday forms of resistances against drivers of ecosystem degradation in Colombia and Ecuador?
4. How can citizen data generation using international and regional human rights law empower biosphere defenders in Ecuador and Colombia?

You will be based at Utrecht University but will conduct in-depth fieldwork in Ecuador and Colombia. You will work collaboratively with indigenous and peasant organisations in these countries as well as a team of Latin American researchers working on empowerment tools for protection of biosphere defenders and biodiversity conservation.

The position comprises the following activities:

• Analyse the use/leverage of national and global mechanisms (law and policies) for territorial defence and ecosystem protection at the local level and through living law in Colombia and Ecuador. Particularly in what concerns: (a) their use of national laws in the context of NBS and R2HE (b) their different urban/rural values and knowledges and the way they leverage them to protect, restore and sustainably use ecosystems and biodiversity (c) uses of transnational networks and narratives.
• Work with indigenous and peasant organisations to critically explore local values and knowledges used in the protection of biodiversity and the defense of their territories.
• Apply the knowledge dialogues method, by bringing biosphere defenders in dialogue with lawyers, experts and activist that have mobilized the law through litigation at national and regional level.
• Explore gender roles and practices that leverage action in the safeguard of biosphere defenders and the protection of their territories.

In addition, you will collaborate with a larger team and help organise the overall work and strategy of the project, including:

• support the organisation of round-table discussions, and participatory workshops with organisations from Colombia and Ecuador to exchange experiences about biosphere defenders’ knowledges and actions;
• gather and analyse data, participate in conferences, and (co-)author publications;
• lead the production of a policy brief on plural epistemologies to inform global debates on alternative uses and meanings of biodiversity and the production of a documentary video;
• being an active member of the Environmental Governance Group (participating in group activities, meetings, and seminars).