PHD POSITION

PhD in cell therapy for hereditary eye diseases: A vision for the future

Deadline: 22 Nov 2026 · 10 days left

Institution: Amsterdam UMC
City: Amsterdam
Country: Netherlands
Field: Life sciences and medicine
Type: PhD position
Deadline: 22 Nov 2026 · 10 days left

About this position

Developing new treatments starts with models that accurately reflect the disease in the patient. In this four-year PhD project, you will develop and characterize new patient-based preclinical models, both in vitro and in vivo, for inherited retinal diseases, including gyrate atrophy and retinitis pigmentosa. Using these models, you will investigate disease mechanisms and evaluate the potential of cell therapy. You will work with patient-derived stem cells and develop and optimize differentiation protocols for relevant retinal cell types and tissue models. You will characterize how patients' ge

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Applications close on 22 Nov 2026 (10 days from today). Apply on the official page; PhD Atlas does not collect applications.

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Official call: https://www.academictransfer.com/en/jobs/365398/phd-in-cell-therapy-for-hereditary-eye-diseases-a-vision-for-the-future

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