3 Postdoctoral positions at the St. Michael’s Hospital/University of Toronto in Canada

Three funded postdoctoral positions at the St. Michael’s Hospital/University of Toronto (Department of Biochemistry) are available in the lab of Dr. Greg Fairn.

Dr. Fairn is an Associate Professor and recipient of the 2017 Walter Shaw Young Investigator Award from ASBMB. His research group focuses on fundamental biological questions at the interface of cell biology, protein & lipid biochemistry, and innate immunity. The Fairn Lab is embedded within the Keenan Research Centre for Biomedical Science (KRCBS) at St. Michael’s Hospital an academic institution fully affiliated with the University of Toronto.

Three CIHR and NSERC funded positions are available starting in Sept. and will remain open until suitable candidates are in place. Specific projects will investigate novel aspects of:

Phagosome maturation and tissue homeostasis,
Lipid signalling and dynamics in the TGN and endosomal transport,
Post-translation modifications (palmitoylation) in response to bacterial infection.

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3 Postdoctoral positions at the St. Michael’s Hospital/University of Toronto in Canada