About the Unit / Group

This multidisciplinary team is composed of more than 60 researchers, including neurologists, neuropsychologists, biologists, biochemists, engineers, and laboratory technicians.

This is a highly translational team that combines basic research with clinical research in humans to advance our understanding of these diseases. The group is highly productive in generating publications and securing competitive funding. The group regularly trains national and international residents, master’s students, and predoctoral and postdoctoral researchers. It offers an excellent environment for training young researchers in a unique translational setting.

MAIN RESEARCH LINES:

Identification and characterization of novel biomarkers for the diagnostic and prognostic evaluation of patients with neurodegenerative dementias: Alzheimer’s disease, Lewy body dementia, and frontotemporal dementia.
Understanding the genetic causes of neurodegenerative dementias and developing novel genetic biomarkers to support disease diagnosis and prognosis.
Characterization of the molecular mechanisms underlying neurodegenerative dementias.
Digital neuropathology applied to neurodegenerative diseases.
Clinical trials in neurodegenerative dementias.

Essential requirements

Minimum qualification required Higher Level Professional Studies (Higher Level Training Cycle / FPII) or equivalent
Oral and written knowledge of the two official languages of Catalonia or, failing that, the successful candidate will have to demonstrate, or promise to obtain, within a period not exceeding one year, a correct knowledge of the two official languages of Catalonia.
Intermediate knowledge of office tools (excel, word, power point, etc). Skills will be valued
Advanced English skills.
Programming knowledge.
Research experience, especially in lipoprotein handling and their biochemical and structural characterization.
Cell culture and lipid and molecular studies.

Functions

Creation and management of databases.
Assistance in neuroimaging data processing.
Support in progress reports.
Providing support in data requests. Offered
Temporary contract due to production-related circumstances
Annual working schedule of 1,085 hours (25 hours/week).
Salary according to collective agreement.
Research Group: Neurobiology of Dementias. Documentation and deadline for submission Interested parties should preferably deliver the documentation (1) in PDF, by e-mail to the Management of the Santa Creu i Sant Pau Hospital Research Institute Foundation, address ir_seleccio@santpau.cat , indicating the reference 2026/046: (1) Application letter and updated Curriculum Vitae and signed Data Processing Authorization** At the request of the Santa Creu i Sant Pau Hospital Research Institute Foundation, the candidates must present the documentation accrediting the merits mentioned in the curriculum vitae.

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Authorisation of personal data processing

AUTHORISATION FOR THE PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA

Dear candidate,

The Sant Pau Research Foundation (Fundació Institut de Recerca de l’Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau), with tax ID G-60136934 and registered office at C/Sant Quintí, 77-79, 08024 Barcelona, as data controller, informs you that it will process your data for the following purposes:

Receipt of applications.
Analysis of applications with the aim of recruiting the candidate to the team of the Sant Pau Research Foundation, for a current vacancy and for future selection processes matching your profile.
Conducting personnel selection processes, as well as formalising the hiring of the candidate, where applicable.
Complying with the required legal obligations.

The legal basis for the processing of the data is the legitimate interest in managing this job offer, in accordance with Article 6.1 b) of the General Data Protection Regulation, given that your data are necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is a party or for the application, at the data subject’s request, of pre-contractual measures.

Likewise, we inform you that your data (i) will only be processed by those departments or areas of the Institute that, according to their competences and functions, have an interest in personnel selection; (ii) may be disclosed to public authorities and bodies for the fulfilment of a legal obligation, as well as to service providers and third parties necessary for the management and execution of the relationships arising from the application; and (iii) will be retained for the periods foreseen for the prescription of legal liabilities.

Finally, we inform you that you have the right to access your personal data, to rectify them, to request their deletion, to object to their processing and to withdraw your consent to such processing. In certain circumstances you may request the limitation of the processing of your personal data, in which case we will only keep them for the exercise or defence of claims. In addition, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the relevant data protection authority. If you have any question about the processing of your data you can contact the entity’s Data Protection Officer by sending an email to dpo@santpau.cat.

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