Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Immunogenetics

The production of monoclonal antibodies (mAb) that encompass different epitopes from different influenza A virus (VIA) strains is a gap to be filled in the literature. The development of human mAbs by V(D)J sequencing of circulating B cells isolated from people who were exposed to the antigen of interest has been studied by Prof. Esper Kallas's group since 2014.

In this proposal, the post-doctoral fellow will be responsible for conducting the discovery trials of neutralizing mAbs against VIA derived from human memory B cells specific to different strains of these viruses that can bind to multiple targets. Research will be carried out under the aegis of the Center of Research and Development in Immunobiologicals (CeRDI) – one of the Science for Development Centers (CCD) supported by the São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) in São Paulo state (Brazil), CeRDI is hosted by Butantan Institute and has ties with several partner institution, the University of São Paulo's Medical School (FM-USP) among them.

Requirements and Skills: Bachelor of Science (Biology, Biomedicine, Pharmacy, Biotechnology or Medicine); experience in flow cytometry, cell culture, cloning, basic knowledge in statistics (data analysis) and scientific writing; show initiative, independence, and motivation in scientific research.

Candidates should send an e-mail under the heading “post-doctoral application” to terrassani@gmail.com with the following documents: letter of interest; two reference letters; and curricular summary (formatted according to FAPESP requirements).

Candidates will be evaluated through the documentation and by an interview (videoconference) if needed.

This opportunity is open to candidates of any nationality. The selected candidate will receive a FAPESP Post-Doctoral fellowship 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/6698.