A 3-year Medical Research Council UK funded position is available for a highly-motivated, ambitious candidate with strong interest in host-pathogen interaction to join the Microbial Pathogenesis research team of Dr. Gunnar Schroeder at the Centre for Experimental Medicine (CEM).
The successful candidate will drive an exciting research programme and use microbiological, cell biological and biochemical methods combined with cutting-edge imaging and proteomics analysis to elucidate new molecular mechanisms of host (macrophages/protozoa) subversion by the facultative intracellular human pathogen Legionella pneumophila, the causative agent of Legionnaires' disease.
The Schroeder Team is based in the brand-new Wellcome-Wolfson Building providing state-of-the-art labs and research facilities. The successful candidate will be part of a dynamic and collaborative team, a vibrant, international postdoc community and have access to personal development opportunities.
The post is a senior role in the team and as such, successful applicants will have responsibilities in independent research, supervision, planning, day-to-day lab management, collaborations and outreach. The post is suited to an organised, productive and communicative individual, preferably with previous postdoctoral experience in studying the molecular mechanisms of host-pathogen interactions.
The successful candidate must have:
1. Cell infections
2. Transfections and/or transductions
3. Gene knock down/out by siRNA, shRNA and/or CRISPR-Cas
4. Molecular biology (construction of plasmids etc.)
5. Flow cytometry
6. Epifluorescence/confocal and/or super-resolution microscopy
7. Proteomics sample preparation and data analysis
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