A Post-Doctoral Scholarship is available to work in a research team involved in the project "Studying the control of gene expression in Leishmania: post-translational modification, non-coding RNAs, cis-elements and gene amplification". Angela Cruz is a Faculty member of the Dept of Cell and Molecular Biology, Ribeirão Preto School of Medicine, University of São Paulo (FMRP/USP) and welcomes fellows from any nationality or gender.
Leishmania is an ancestral eukaryote and a human parasite of medical relevance. As a model organism, it exhibits several odd molecular processes. Our objectives are to decipher molecular mechanisms to stand different modes of post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression in Leishmania. The post-doctoral research project aims to identify and study the repertoire of non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs) involved in the control of gene expression, and that may be critical for the parasite adaptation to the hosts. The work will include high throughput RNA sequencing and analysis, identification of trans-regulators, networking of proteins and RNAs and functional studies by reverse genetics.
Requirements: Applicants must have a Ph.D. in Parasitology, Biochemistry, Genetics, Molecular Biology or related fields. Preference will be given to individuals with a proven experience on molecular parasitology. Candidates must have experience in molecular biology, and preferentially with RNA work, genomics and related computational skills. Candidates should be creative, personally motivated, have excellent oral and written communication skills and a sense of teamwork. It is also highly desirable that applicants are fluent in English and if not fluent in Portuguese must be willing to learn it in a short period (to acquire minimal communication skills). The selected candidate will receive an FAPESP Post-Doctoral Fellowship already available (fully explicit details are at
www.fapesp.br/en/5427)
How to apply: Interested individuals should contact Angela K. Cruz by email (
[email protected]. Use “PostDoc_ncRNA” as the subject of the email). Documents requested: a letter of intent and a short version of Curriculum Vitae with a list of publications and previous professional experiences. Also, two letters of recommendation from mentors/supervisors should be sent to the same email address. Candidates attending to the requirements will be contacted and interviewed (in-person meeting or Skype).
