Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Virology

Organisation/Company

FAPESP – São Paulo Research Foundation

Research Field

Medical sciences

Researcher Profile

Established Researcher (R3)

Country

Brazil

Application Deadline

15 Apr 2024 – 23:59 (UTC)

Type of Contract

To be defined

Job Status

Not Applicable

Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?

Not funded by an EU programme

Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?

No

Offer Description

The project aims to strengthen and accelerate technological innovation platforms at the Butantan Institute in São Paulo city, Brazil. We expect to build competitive technologies for the development of immunobiological and immunodiagnostic products that would allow for rapid responses to emerging viral diseases using SARS-CoV-2 as model. In addition, we intend that these platforms could allow for the implementation of in vitro and in vivo robust models, and their validation, to carry out challenge assays. Moreover, these platforms should allow us not only to better understand the disease’s pathogenes, but also to identify new targets for the development of new therapeutic agents. In this context, the implementation of a biobank and the development of a computer system to control storage, identification and reporting of virus samples is extremely important.

Candidates must have experience in virology techniques (virus isolation in cell culture, neutralization tests, immunoenzymatic assays and microscopy), as well as molecular and cellular biology techniques (qPCR, western blot and cytometry). The position requires experience in security laboratory (BSL-2, BSL-3), as well as knowledge of Python programming language, Java script, and applications related to the analysis of genomic data and the development of laboratory processing pipelines.

This opportunity is open to candidates of any nationality. The selected candidate will receive a Post-Doctoral fellowship from the São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) in the amount of R$ 9,047.40 monthly and a research contingency fund, equivalent to 10% of the annual value of the fellowship which should be spent on items directly related to the research activity. 
 
More information about the fellowship is at: fapesp.br/oportunidades/6853 .

Requirements
Additional Information
Eligibility criteria

Eligible destination country/ies for fellows:

• Brazil

Eligibility of fellows: country/ies of residence:

• All

Eligibility of fellows: nationality/ies:

• All

Work Location(s)

Number of offers available

1

Company/Institute

Instituto Butantan

Country

Brazil

State/Province

São Paulo

City

São Paulo

Postal Code

05503-900

Street

Avenida Vital Brasil, 1500 (Laboratório de Virologia)

Where to apply

Website

http://www.fapesp.br/oportunidades/6853

Contact

State/Province

São Paulo

City

São Paulo

Website

http://www.fapesp.br/oportunidades/

Street

R. Pio XI, 1500 – Alto da Lapa

Postal Code

05468-901

STATUS: EXPIRED