PhD Student in Basic Malaria Research

University of Basel, Switzerland

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The Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH) is a world-leading institution dedicated to improv-ing global health through excellence in research, education and services. Swiss TPH is an associated institute of the University of Basel and employs about 850 staff and students from more than 80 nations.

The Department of Medical Parasitology and Infection Biology (MPI) of Swiss TPH conducts basic and trans-lational research in infection biology with a particular focus on poverty-related infectious diseases. Within the MPI Department the Malaria Host Interactions laboratory of Nicolas Brancucci studies how the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum manages to adapt to different environments.

The Malaria Host Interactions Lab is looking for a highly motivated, hard-working and enthusiastic

PhD Student in Basic Malaria Research

This PhD position is part of a research project on environmental sensing funded by the Swiss National Sci-ence Foundation. In this project, we want to elucidate the molecular mechanisms intra-erythrocytic parasites employ to sense environmental changes and how this information is translated into cellular responses using CRISPR/Cas9-based gene editing approaches.


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