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Vor 6 Tagen


Basel, Schweiz Universität Basel Vollzeit

The Department of Biomedicine is a joint venture of the University of Basel and the University Hospitals of Basel. It unites basic and clinical scientists to advance our understanding of health and disease and to develop pioneering therapies benefiting the lives of patients in areas of unmet need. The Department fosters curiosity-driven and interdisciplinary science, providing a stimulating environment to train the next generation of scientific leaders in all areas of biomedicine. With state-of-the-art facilities and a cutting-edge research environment it nurtures a spirit of innovation.

The Pinschewer lab is looking to recruit highly motivated PhD students and postdocs

**Your position**

Tuberculosis (TB) claims more than 4,000 human lifes each day and approximately one quarter of the global population is infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tb). You are tasked to decipher the contribution of M. tb-specific B cells and antibodies to the orchestration TB-specific immunity. Not only the site of initial activation of M. tb-specific B cells, their trafficking and differentiation but also the role of antibacterial antibodies in mycobacterial lung infections are ill-defined. In this EU-funded project you will rely on somatic gene therapy approaches and innovative gene-targeted mouse models to overcome the aforementioned hurdles. These studies should help exploiting humoral immunity for the global fight against TB.

**Your profile**

**We offer you**

The Department of Biomedicine provides a highly stimulating collaborative research environment with outstanding infrastructure including cutting-edge core facilities for flow cytometry, imaging, genomics, bioinformatics, biosafety level 2 and 3 work as well as for immunohistochemistry.
Basel is a medium-size city with a very international spirit bringing together people from 150 nations. It is located at the tri-national border of Switzerland, Germany and France and it commonly seen as Europe's most important life sciences hub. Basel stands out for its high quality of life, multilingual inhabitants and a rich cultural environment.
These positions offer an exciting opportunity for highly motivated and skilled individuals to contribute to a vibrant research community. Salary and benefits are according to University of Basel standards.

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