Studying organelle contact sites in physiology and pathology in high throughput settings

  • What it is

    Mobility experience with a research focus

  • Who it’s for

    Post Doc

Department

Department of Biology, University of Padova

 

Main research activities/topics/projects

The candidate will analyse how contact sites between different organelles vary in experimental cell models (e.g. adipocytes, melanocytes, keratinocytes) under different culture conditions or after over- or downregulation of proteins involved in melanosome and mitochondrial dynamics.

 

Working language

English

 

Special entry requirements

Proficiency in sterile cell culture, cell transfection and electroporation, biochemistry techniques (especially protein quantification and Western Blotting), in classical fluorescence microscopy (confocal and epifluorescence)

Duration in months (min-max)

Post Doc: 6-12

Contacts

Main Scientific Contact Person

Marta Giacomello,
PI, associate professor

marta.giacomello@unipd.it

0039 049 8276300

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