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Available immediately for highly motivated recent Ph.Ds in molecular and cell biology, bioengineering, systems/chemical biology, and bioinformatics to participate in the following projects: (a) to investigate the links between the immune system and CNS to the microbiome. (b) To understand brain injury and virus-associated neurocognitive disorders employing human stem cell-derived organoid models of the brain. Other projects in the laboratory include antiviral drug development and investigating the role of non-coding RNAs and RNP assemblies in cancer, innate immunity, host-pathogen interactions, and in pluripotency mechanisms (see Nat Rev Drug Discov. 2014, 622-38, Molecular Cell. 2014, 1005-19; Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2014,1002-7; Cell Stem Cell. 2014, 523-34; Cell Reports. 2014, 327-37; Genome Biol. 2013, R149, Nature Commun. 2012, 1085, EMBO J. 2011, 823-34, Nature Biotechnology, 2008, 1187-92, and http://biomedsci.ucsd.edu/faculty/faculty_descrip.aspx?id=249).

Successful Candidate will be part of a stimulating and collaborative scientific environment with cutting-edge instrumentation and facilities, see a recent press release https://health.ucsd.edu/news/releases/Pages/2015-10-29-UC-San-Diego-Unveils-Microbiome-and-Microbial-Sciences-Initiative.aspx.

Applicants should send CV and names and addresses of three references to: Prof. Tariq Rana, Department of Pediatrics and Institute for Genomic Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA (trana@ucsd.edu).