Job Information
- Organisation/Company
- Università di Trento
- Research Field
- Biological sciences
- Researcher Profile
- Recognised Researcher (R2)Leading Researcher (R4)First Stage Researcher (R1)Established Researcher (R3)
- Country
- Italy
- Application Deadline
- 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
We are studying retinal diseases such as Retinitis pigmentosa, for which there is still no definitive cure. RP is characterized by a high genetic heterogeneity with many causative genes and many known mutations. We have recently generated a zebrafish model of RP caused by mutations in the Impg2 gene and we have preliminary results showing that the loss of Impg2 faithfully mimics the human disease characteristics. The aim of the project is to characterise the molecular mechanisms leading to photoreceptor degeneration in the Impg2 mutant fish line, and to develop novel therapeutic approaches based on high throughput screening of small molecules.
Requirements
Additional Information
Eligible destination country/ies for fellows:
- Italy
Eligibility of fellows: country/ies of residence:
- AFRICA
- EUROPE
- OCEANIA
- NORTH AMERICA
- SOUTH AMERICA
- ASIA
- OTHER
- E.U.
- CHINA (MAINLAND)
- CHINA (HONG KONG)
Eligibility of fellows: nationality/ies:
- AFRICA
- EUROPE
- OCEANIA
- NORTH AMERICA
- SOUTH AMERICA
- ASIA
- OTHER
- E.U.
- CHINA (MAINLAND)
- CHINA (HONG KONG)
- Website for additional job details
Work Location(s)
- Number of offers available
- 1
- Company/Institute
- Università di Trento
- Country
- Italy
Where to apply
- Website