2 Postdoctoral Fellows at Lund University

The multidisciplinary and well-funded Riesbeck Research Group in the Department of Translational Medicine, Faculty of Medicine at Lund University is recruiting two postdoctoral fellows with appropriate training and publication-documented expertise to work on infection biology of human airway, gastric and other mucosal pathogens (Haemophilus influenzae, Moraxella catarrhalis, and Helicobacter pylori etc.).

Research projects
The successful candidates will work on one of the following funded projects (two projects) according to their scientific research interest, knowledge and skills. The first project aims to elucidate molecular mechanisms behind the biogenesis of outer membrane vesicles (OMVs) and protein translocation from bacterial surface into OMVs (cargo sorting), that are currently poorly understood. The second research project will focus on the molecular biology, and gene expression and regulation involved in bacteria global physiological responses responsible for virulence homeostasis and interaction with host in the context of translational transcriptomic during infection.

Postdoctoral training
The collaborative projects will offer an excellent opportunity for training in a wide-range of advanced methods and technologies. This includes CRISPR-based genome editing, flow cytometry, various molecular techniques for gene cloning, and recombinant and native protein production and purification, host-pathogen interaction study by using animal and in vitro cell models (cell lines and primary cells), microscopy analysis (fluorescence, confocal), and up-to-date in silico analysis, and protein-protein interaction (kinetics) by Bio-Layer interferometry. In addition, candidates will also participate in high standard scientific communication/ meeting presenting their work, and in collaboration with prestigious scientists, academics partners, and clinical personnel. Riesbeck Research Group offers a collaborative multi-disciplinary environment and great educational platform for the study microbial membrane biology and infection physiology of human airway pathogens. Importantly, the successful candidate will work closely with the PI in a collaborative research setting to develop the project and support the candidates to achieve their career goals.

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2 Postdoctoral Fellows at Lund University