Introduction

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BaSyC (Building a Synthetic Cell) is a research programme aimed at creating an autonomous, self-reproducing synthetic cell with a bottom-up approach, that is, through integration of molecular building blocks.
Started in September 2017, the project is a joint effort of 17 team-leaders with backgrounds in physics, chemistry and biology. They work for 6 Dutch research institutions: Delft University of Technology, Groningen University, Radboud University Nijmegen, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Wageningen University and the AMOLF Institute.
BaSyC is financed by a “Gravitation” grant from the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, in cooperation with the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO), and by the participating research institutions.
With the Gravitation grant, the government aims at stimulating excellent research in the Netherlands. It is intended for scientific consortia that have the potential to belong to the world top in their field.

Organisation

Consortium Assembly

The consortium assembly comprises all PIs in BaSyC. The consortium assembly convenes in plenary sessions at least once a year to discuss the status and future strategy of all activities. For a list of BaSyC PI’s see here

International Advisory Board

The international advisory board offers advice and feedback to the Steering Committee on future scientific directions, new initiatives and opportunities, as well as on valorisation and outreach.

Members:

Prof. Jef Boeke, New York University (US)
Prof. Roel Bovenberg, DSM (NL)
Prof. Drew Endy, Stanford University (US)
Prof. Erwin Frey, LMU, München (DE)
Dr Eugene Koonin, NIH, NCBI (US)
Prof. Marina Rodnina, Max-Planck Gesellschaft (DE)
Prof. Uwe Sauer, ETH Zürich (CH)
Dr Markus Schmidt, Biofaction (AT)
Prof. Petra Schwille, MPI Martinsried (DE)
Prof. Jack Szostak, Harvard, Boston (US)

Positions available at BaSyC

BE PART OF A SCIENTIFIC GRAND CHALLENGE!

BaSyC (Building a Synthetic Cell) is a research programme aimed at creating an autonomous, self-reproducing synthetic cell with a bottom-up approach, that is, through integration of molecular building blocks.

Started in September 2017, the project is a joint effort of 17 team-leaders with backgrounds in physics, chemistry and biology. They work for 6 Dutch research institutions: Delft University of Technology, Groningen University, Radboud University Nijmegen, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdan, Wageningen University and the AMOLF Institute.

BaSyC is financed by a “Gravitation” grant from the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, in cooperation with the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO), and by the participating research institutions.

With the Gravitation grant, the government aims at stimulating excellent research in the Netherlands. The grant is intended for scientific consortia that have the potential to belong to the world top in their field.

For different Work Packages we are looking for Phd’s and Postdocs.

You will work in an interdisciplinary environment, with physicists, chemists, biologists. The programme is characterized by strong collaboration among the groups, located at the different institutes. Therefore, working at different locations and labs is more the rule than the exception.

You will be employed at all effects at one of the partner institutions. At the same time you will be part of the BaSyC community, and as such be involved in the BaSyC activities: progress meetings and trainings, summer schools, and the biennial international symposium on Building a Synthetic Cell.

Interested?

No jobs available for the specific part of the programme you are interested in? Please feel free to send an open application to the corresponding PI directly – the PI’s contact details can be found at the people page.

For general questions you can contact the BaSyC programme manager Dr S.Usai at info@basyc.nl