Looking for a postdoctoral candidate for Junta de Andalucia Application

We are seeking a highly motivated postdoctoral candidate interested in applying for a competitive fellowship to join our lab at Department of Genetics, University of Seville. This opportunity involves preparing a joint application for Junta de Andalucia postdoctoral fellowships.

Our recent stablished group focuses on the post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression in stem cells and cancer biology. We use the germline stem cells of Drosophila melanogaster as an experimental model and classical genetics, cellular biology, biochemistry, high throughput sequencing and bioinformatics. 

The selected candidate will work on a project focused on the functional role of metabolic RNA-binding enzymes in the regulation of gene expression at the mRNA level in stem cells and cancer biology. We aim to explore novel regulatory mechanisms linking metabolism and gene expression. This project is supported by funding from the EMERGIA Program of the Junta de Andalucía and National Research Proyect from the Agencia Estatal de Investigación of Spain.

Requirements:

Candidates should hold a PhD degree and have a maximum of five years of research experience from the date the PhD degree was awarded. In addition, they must have at least one year of postdoctoral research experience at an instituttion and in a country different from where the PhD was obtained.

Application: 

If you are interested, please send i) a letter of motivation and ii) your CV including contact details for previous mentors to:

projas@us.es 

Deadline of the call: 

End of January 2026

Selected publications:

• Claro-Linares F, Rojas-Ríos P. PIWI Proteins and piRNAs: Key Regulators of Stem Cell Biology. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 2025. 
• Sánchez-Gómez H, Garrido-Maraver J, Rojas-Ríos P. Extended live imaging of female Drosophila melanogaster Germline Stem Cell niches. JOVE, 2024. 
• Rojas-Ríos P, Chartier A, Enjolras C, Cremaschi J, Garret C, Boughlita A, Ramat A, Simonelig M. piRNAs are regulators of metabolic reprogramming in stem cells. Nature Communications, 2024.

Rojas-Ríos P, Chartier A, Pierson S, Simonelig M. Aubergine and piRNAs promote germline stem cell self-renewal by repressing the proto-oncogene Cbl. EMBO Journal, 2017.