Postdoctoral Scientist in Genetics at Texas Biomedical Reserach Institute, United States. Searching for an enthusiastic postdoctoral researcher to work on the biology of the malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum.
General information: Searching for an enthusiastic postdoctoral researcher to work on the biology of the malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum. Plasmodium parasites are of huge medical importance, causing ~700,000 deaths per year and millions of infections. P. falciparum parasites are a highly tractable organism which can be reared in the laboratory and placed under strong selection.
This project will use a combination of flow cytometry, genome/transcriptome sequencing and experimental evolution to identify the genetic underpinnings of disease related traits of the parasite, including drug resistance, host-cell invasion and growth rate. A large component of this project will be based at new flow sorting facilities at Texas Biomedical Research Institute located in San Antonio, TX. The postdoctoral scientist will report to Dr. Ian Cheeseman.
The successful applicant will join a new lab in a vigorous infectious disease program at Texas Biomed (including work on malaria, schistosomiasis, ebola, HIV, and hepatitis C). The Genetics department at Texas Biomed provides a stimulating environment with work on statistical and quantitative genetics, metabolomics, and proteomics and has outstanding computational, sequencing and wet lab facilities. San Antonio is a vibrant, rapidly growing city with an interactive research community.
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Research Fields : Biological sciences
Career Stage
Early stage researcher or 0-4 yrs (Post graduate)
Experienced researcher or 4-10 yrs (Post-Doc)
More Experienced researcher or >10 yrs (Senior)
Application deadline: 16 Dec 2015
For more information: http://www.txbiomed.org/about/employment