Biology and Disease Mechanisms of Drosophila Axonal Endoplasmic Reticulum
Posted by cahirokane, on 9 October 2018
Closing Date: 15 March 2021
We have a vacancy for a postdoctoral research associate, funded by a BBSRC grant, to work on the roles of spastic paraplegia gene products in formation of axonal ER, and identification of new genes and cellular processes involved in this. For some background on the project, see: https://elifesciences.org/articles/23882.
Applicants should have a PhD in a biological science, interests in neuronal cell biology, and experience in as many as possible of the following: model organism genetics, genetic screens, neuronal cell biology, light or electron microscopy, live imaging, molecular biology, and bioinformatics.
Informal enquiries to Dr. Cahir O’Kane, c.okane@gen.cam.ac.uk, Twitter @OKaneCahir, http://www.gen.cam.ac.uk/research-groups/okane
Closing date 30th October; funding for 3 years in the first instance. For more details, and to apply, see: http://www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/19044/