巴西圣保罗大学寄生虫方向国外博后职位招聘

Postdoctoral Fellow - Parasitology - at the University of Sao Paulo : Sao Carlos, Brazil

A postdoctoral position is available at the University of Sao Paulo (USP), Center for Research and Innovation in Biodiversity and Drug Discovery (CIBFar), one of the “Research, Innovation and Dissemination Centers” (CEPIDs) supported by FAPESP (The São Paulo Research Foundation), to join a multidisciplinary project focused on discovery and optimization of new chemical entities for the treatment of Leishmaniasis and Chagas disease. The registration period ends on August 25, 2017.

The researcher will join the team of investigators in Medicinal Chemistry and Drug Design at CIBFar, and will be responsible for (1) the conduction of primary parasitology assays (initial in vitro phenotypic screening cascade versus Trypanosoma and Leishmania), and (2) implementation and in house validation of secondary parasitology assays (e.g. strains panel, different parasite stages, modes of action, antiparasitic activity kinetics, assays comparability, and others). The activities will comprise a key portion of a multidisciplinary consortium focused on the identification and development of drug candidates via collaborative medicinal chemistry strategy.

Compounds will be obtained regularly via national and international partnerships, in particular with the Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi), within the Lead Optimization Latin America Consortium (LOLA). Founded in 2003, DNDi is a patient-needs driven, not-for-profit research and development (R&D) organization that develops safe, effective, and affordable treatments for the millions of people across the world affected by neglected diseases, notably human African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness), leishmaniasis, Chagas disease, filariasis, paediatric HIV, mycetoma, and hepatitis C