Postdoctoral fellow at Lipid Metabolism Laboratory

Data: 02/03/2020

The Laboratory of Lipid Metabolism, member of the Research Center on Obesity and Comorbidities (OCRC) of the State University of Campinas (Unicamp), São Paulo, Brazil, offers a postdoctoral fellowship position in the following area: “Modulation of atherosclerosis by macrophage redox and inflammatory signaling”.

Candidates must have completed their PhD recently (maximum of two years) and have experience in: morphological analysis by light and confocal microscopy; extensive knowledge of cell and molecular biology techniques, immunodetection by flow cytometry, high resolution respirometry (seahorse), molecular biology (qRT-PCR, transfection-siRNA), mice manipulation (in vivo studies), immunohistochemistry and bone marrow transplantation.

We also expect capacity to work in a multidisciplinary environment.

The project will be conducted under the supervision of Helena C F Oliveira, PhD, and funded by the Brazilian research agency FAPESP. Applications are due on March 27, 2020 at [email protected] (Subject: Post-Doc LipLab).

Applicants are requested to send the following documents:

  1. Statement of interest, describing the reasons for your interest in this position and the main lab techniques that you are skilled in;
  2. Two recommendation letters;
  3. Short summary of your PhD thesis;
  4. Short CV.

NOTE: Salary Information: R$ 7.373,10 Brazilian reais per month.