Umeå Centre for Microbial Research (UCMR) is looking for a research coordinator. For more information and application please go to: https://www.umu.se/en/work-with-us/open-positions/research-coordinator_383570/ . Application deadline: April 13, 2021. To find out more about the institute, visit their website at https://www.ucmr.umu.se/ .
Read more: Postdoctoral opportunities in structural infection biology and genetics
Read more: Two-year post-doctoral position in Molecular Biology, Cava lab
Project: Many of the most significant pathogens have the capacity to invade human cells and to exploit the interior of their host cell as replicative niche. While human cells have powerful defense programs that can restrict the growth of such invaders, successful pathogens typically evolved to resist these attacks. In the Sixt Lab, we believe that a profound understanding of the molecular basis of this arms race could pave the way for innovative therapeutics that can fight pathogens by unleashing the host cell-intrinsic defenses. Specifically, we strive to explore cell-autonomous immunity and evasion mechanisms during infection with the obligate intracellular bacterial pathogen Chlamydia trachomatis, and we seek ways to manipulate the balance to the benefit of the host.
We are currently seeking a PostDoc and a PhD student for a project that will apply state-of-the-art tools in molecular genetics, microscopy, and high-throughput genetic screening to determine the role of the Chlamydia-containing vacuole in counteracting cell-autonomous immunity.
Credit for image: Barbara Sixt, MIMS, Umeå University. Human cell infected with Chlamydia trachomatis.
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Read more: PhD/PostDoc Opportunities - Molecular Infection Biology and Cell-Autonomous Immunity
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Emmanuelle has been awarded jointly with Jennifer Doudna the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for discovering the groundbreaking CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing technology. She is a former group leader at MIMS, honorary doctor at Umeå University and former visiting professor at UCMR.
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