<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Dear All<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">A colleague at UCLA asked me to advertise this post-doc position. Please distribute widely. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Best,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Karine</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal;" class="">Postdoctoral Positions available to study Trichomonas vaginalis at UCLA</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal;" class="">The laboratory of Patricia Johnson at University of California Los Angeles</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(5, 99, 194);" class=""><span style="color: #000000" class="">(</span><a href="https://www.mimg.ucla.edu/people/patricia-johnson-ph-d/" class="">https://www.mimg.ucla.edu/people/patricia-johnson-ph-d/</a><span style="color: #000000" class="">, </span>https://researchfeatures.com/wpcontent/</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="color: #0563c2" class="">uploads/2018/05/Patricia-Johnson.pdf</span>) is hiring postdoctoral fellows to study pathogenic mechanisms</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal;" class="">that allow the sexually-transmitted parasite Trichomonas vaginalis to establish and maintain an infection.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal;" class="">Positions are available for two projects. The goal of the first is to determine how parasite-secreted, extracellular</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal;" class="">vesicles (EVs) interact with the host and modulate infection (<span style="color: #0563c2" class=""><a href="https://www.pnas.org/content/116/43/21354.short" class="">https://www.pnas.org/content/116/43/21354.short</a></span>,</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(5, 99, 194);" class=""><a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32822680/" class="">https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32822680/</a><span style="color: #000000" class="">, </span>https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23853596/<span style="color: #000000" class="">).</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal;" class="">The second project aims to identify both parasite and host cells factors critical for neutrophil killing of parasites</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(5, 99, 194);" class=""><span style="color: #000000" class="">using trogocytosis (</span><a href="https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.2003885" class="">https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.2003885</a><span style="color: #000000" class="">,</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="color: #0563c2" class=""><a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30056833/" class="">https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30056833/</a></span>) and to determine why some T. vaginalis clinical isolates are killed</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal;" class="">by trogocytosis while others are resistant to killing.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal;" class="">Qualifications: Both projects require an ability to design and execute experiments, interpret data, and co-author</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal;" class="">peer-reviewed research papers. Candidates should have experience with basic molecular & cellular biological</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal;" class="">techniques, as well as cell culture, microscopy, and biochemical analyses. A Ph.D. or D.Sc. degree is required</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal;" class="">at the time of hire. Preference will be given to early-stage postdoctoral applicants with demonstrated interests</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal;" class="">in parasitology or host:pathogen interactions.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" class="">To apply please send a CV and the names and contact information of 3 referees to: <span style="color: #0563c2" class=""><a href="mailto:johnsonp@ucla.edu" class="">johnsonp@ucla.edu</a></span></div></div><div class=""><br class=""><div class=""><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div class=""></div></div></body></html>