Postdoctoral fellowship position related to the efforts of the Task Force UNICAMP Against COVID-19 (http://www.ftcovid19.unicamp.br/index.html)

    • Application Deadline
      Deadline:
      08 August 2021
      (application date has expired)
    • Website
    • Contact Name
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      (Subject: Postdoctoral fellowship application at LaBE-EMRC)


    This project is
    meant to unveil The Risk Factors and Mechanisms Underlying the Higher Susceptibility of
    Elderly and Obese Individuals to Progress to the Severe Stage of COVID-19. OCRC is one of
    the Research, Innovation and Dissemination Centers (CEPIDs) supported by FAPESP (Sao Paulo
    Research Foundation) (https://www.ocrc.org.br/). The EMRC is a newly formed cluster of
    scientists at Unicamp with the goal of helping providing interdisciplinary solutions to human
    diseases (https://www.facebook.com/ExperimentalMedicine/). Aging and obesity are important predictors of mortality by COVID-19. We will recruit a
    postdoctoral fellow which will join an ongoing project aimed to: 1) understand why aging is a
    risk factor for COVID-19 and how drugs targeting senescence and age-related pathways act
    against SARS-CoV-2 infection, and 2) study how adipose tissue infection by SARS-CoV-2
    contributes to COVID-19 pathogenesis. Candidates must have completed their PhD; have experience in molecular biology, cell biology,
    virology and adipose tissue biology. Experience with SARS-CoV-2 will be considered an asset.
    Previous experience working in a BSL-3 facility (or at least BSL-2) is important. We also expect
    candidates to work in a multidisciplinary environment and be collaborative. The project will be led by Prof. Dr. Marcelo A. Mori under the FAPESP grant 2020/04919-2
    (https://bv.fapesp.br/en/auxilios/106212/determining-molecular-candidates-that-contribute-
    to-the-higher-risk-of-covid-19-in-aged-individuals/). The fellowship will be funded by FAPESP
    under the respective project budget and have a timetable of 8 months, scheduled to begin in
    September, 2021. For more information about FAPESP’s postdoctoral fellowship program,
    please see http://www.fapesp.br/en/postdoc. Applications are due on August 08, 2021 at [email protected] (Subject: Postdoctoral
    fellowship application at LaBE-EMRC). Applicants are requested to send the following
    documents:
    a) Statement of interest, describing the reasons for your interest in this position and the main
    lab techniques that you are skilled in;
    b) Two recommendation letters;
    c) Short summary of your PhD thesis;
    d) Short CV.
    NOTE: Additional Salary Information: R$ 7.373,10 Brazilian reais per month.


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