Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

10 Feb 2024
Job Information

Organisation/Company

FAPESP - São Paulo Research Foundation

Research Field

Chemistry

Researcher Profile

Established Researcher (R3)

Country

Brazil

Application Deadline

15 Mar 2024 - 23:59 (UTC)

Type of Contract

To be defined

Job Status

Not Applicable

Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?

Not funded by an EU programme

Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?

No

Offer Description

The Centre of Excellence in New Target Discovery (CENTD) is a multidisciplinary center that studies molecular targets of inflammatory diseases, hosted by the Butantan Institute in São Paulo (Brazil) and funded by the São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) through its Engineering Research Centers (ERCs) program in partnership with GSK. CENTD is offering one post-doctoral position (24 months) to develop a research project with the aim of studying the binding of target proteins with anti-inflammatory peptides; deploying structures of bispecific, multivalent antibodies or fragments; expressing these structures; and performing functional assays. Registration closes on March 15, 2024.

The candidate must have obtained a doctorate less than seven years ago, solid experience in molecular biology, biochemistry and antibody immunology. Experience with cell culture and bioinformatics is desirable.

Interested parties should send an email to [email protected] and [email protected] , with the following documents (attached in PDF): 1) Letter of interest; 2) Curriculum Vitae; 3) Copy of the doctoral degree certificate; and 4) Two recommendation letters.

The opportunity is open to candidates of any nationality and the selected person will receive a FAPESP Post-Doctoral Scholarship in the amount of R$ 9,047.40 per month and a Technical Reserve equivalent to 10% of the annual value of the scholarship to cover unforeseen expenses and directly related to research activity.

If the scholarship holder lives outside the city of São Paulo and needs to move, he or she will be entitled to Installation Assistance. More information is available at fapesp.br/en/postdoc .

More information about the fellowship is at: fapesp.br/oportunidades/6759 .

Requirements
Additional Information
Eligibility criteria

Eligible destination country/ies for fellows:

• Brazil

Eligibility of fellows: country/ies of residence:

• All

Eligibility of fellows: nationality/ies:

• All

Work Location(s)

Number of offers available

1

Company/Institute

CENTD / Instituto Butantan

Country

Brazil

State/Province

São Paulo

City

São Paulo

Postal Code

05503-900

Street

Av. Vital Brazil, 1500

Geofield

Where to apply

Website

http://www.fapesp.br/oportunidades/6759

Contact

State/Province

São Paulo

City

São Paulo

Website

http://www.fapesp.br/oportunidades/

Street

R. Pio XI, 1500 - Alto da Lapa

Postal Code

05468-901

STATUS: EXPIRED