Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Molecular Microbiology and Structural Biology

24 Feb 2024
Job Information

Organisation/Company

FAPESP - São Paulo Research Foundation

Research Field

Chemistry

Researcher Profile

Established Researcher (R3)

Country

Brazil

Application Deadline

31 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

A post-doctoral position is available to explore the biotechnological applications of bactericidal type IV secretion systems in the laboratory of Professor Chuck Farah at the Institute of Chemistry of the University of São Paulo (IQ-USP), Brazil.

Bacteria use nanomachines to transport macromolecules (proteins or DNA) across the bacterial cell envelope. Many Xanthomonadales, Burkholderales, and Neisseriales species carry a type IV secretion system (X-T4SS) specialized in translocating effector proteins (X-Tfes) into other Gram-negative species, during bacterial interspecies warfare. Understanding the molecular details of how these secretion systems recognize substrates for translocation opens up interesting possibilities for their control as well as the design of new biotechnological tools for the delivery of engineered effectors against targeted pathogens.

Studies will be carried out within the scope of the Biology of Bacteria and Bacteriophages Research Center (CEPID B³), a Research, Innovation and Dissemination Center (CEPID in the Portuguese-language acronym) supported by the São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) and hosted by IQ-USP under leadership of Prof. Chuck Farah.

Candidates should hold a PhD degree in Chemistry, Biochemistry, Biology, Physics, Biotechnology, Protein Engineering or related areas. Previous experience in molecular biology, protein expression and purification, structural biology and/or fluorescence microscopy are desired.

Applications should be submitted until March 31, 2024, accompanied by:

- A short CV with a link to Google Scholar, ResearchID or ORCID profiles;
- A letter of motivation;
- Two letters of recommendation.

This opportunity is open to candidates of any nationality. The selected candidate will receive a FAPESP Post-Doctoral fellowship in the amount of R$ 9,047.40 monthly and a research contingency fund, equivalent to 10% of the annual value of the fellowship which should be spent on items directly related to the research activity. 
 
More information about the fellowship is at: fapesp.br/oportunidades/6808 .

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

Instituto de Química, Universidade de São Paulo (IQ-USP)

Country

Brazil

State/Province

São Paulo

City

São Paulo

Postal Code

05508-000

Street

Av Professor Lineu Prestes, 748

Geofield

Where to apply

Website

http://www.fapesp.br/oportunidades/6808

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