Ph.d. Student Virology

vor 2 Monaten


Bern, Schweiz Universität Bern Universität Bern Vollzeit

**Ph.D. student Virology**
**100 %**:
Institute for Infectious Diseases (IFIK), University of Bern
The position is available from 1. November 2023

The Institute for Infectious Diseases (IFIK) performs tasks in teaching and research as well as in diagnostic microbiology in the fields of virology, bacteriology, mycology, parasitology, and serological infection diagnostics. It is the only university institute in Switzerland that combines all microbiological specialties in the field of clinical microbiology under one roof.

Within the IFIK, the Experimental Virology research group works on characterizing viral zoonoses and host-pathogen interactions in the respiratory epithelium of humans and animals pertinent to (re-)emerging viruses. Within the SNSF project Deciphering the interferon system in bats, our research group offers an exciting, interdisciplinary position for one Ph.D. student.

Project

Project: Our current understanding of how bats control and tolerate viruses, and in particular our knowledge of how their natural defense system - the innate immune system - responds to virus infections, remains largely unknown. While much scientific progress has been made in recent years, few model systems and molecular tools are available that enable detailed studies of virus infections in bats. In this research project, we will create new bat-specific molecular tools and use our advanced in vitro cell culture models of the bat respiratory epithelium to characterize the natural defense system of bats during virus infections. Since these models are comparable to those available for humans and other animals, we can compare the natural defense system of bats to humans and other animals to help us understand why and how bats control and tolerate emerging viruses better than other mammals. Within the project, the Ph.D. student will help to create a bat-specific molecular toolbox to determine the biological role of type I and III IFNs in bats and other mammals.

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