Graduate Student Positions in the Valvano Lab

 

The Valvano lab has openings for individuals interested in pursuing a PhD degree. The candidates will join a vibrant, world-class team engaged in interdisciplinary studies on microbial pathogenesis using molecular biology, structural, biochemistry, and cell biology approaches. Examples of areas of interest in the lab are:

(a) elucidation of the structure and function of membrane proteins that are predicted to form a "translocation" complex for lipid-linked O antigen export across the plasma membrane of Gram-negative bacteria using Escherichia coli, Salmonella sp., Shigella sp., and Burkholderia as model systems.

(b) elucidation of the mechanisms underlying host-bacteria interactions in macrophages and epithelial cells using the Burkholderia cepacia complex as a model system for an opportunistic pathogen.

Our research programs provide an excellent environment for learning and discovery in cutting edge research areas (membrane biochemistry and structure/function, membrane lipids, outer membrane proteins, bacterial glycobiology, and cell biology) and technology (advanced protein biochemistry, structural and molecular biology, confocal microscopy, genomics, proteomics).

We are particularly interested in building and maintaining a multidisciplinary research team. Therefore, these positions should be particularly attractive to prospective graduate students with Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Cellular Biology undergraduate experience who are interested in learning microbiology and bacterial genetics.

Recent publications representative of our work can be found here.

To know what to expect in my lab read this prior to contacting me.

The applicants should be recent graduates from Canadian or international programs and should have demonstrated superior academic achievement. Those applicants who are not familiar with London should be aware that the city of London is very affordable and a nice place to live, especially near the UWO campus (Click here for more information).

If interested, please send a curriculum vitae, copy of transcripts, and the names of three references (including telephone and email) to:

Miguel A. Valvano, M.D.
Canada Research Chair in Infectious Diseases and Microbial Pathogenesis
The University of Western Ontario
Dental Sciences Building 3014
London, Ontario, N6A 5C1
Canada

Phone: (519) 661-3427
FAX: (519) 663-3443
http://publish.uwo.ca/~mvalvano

 

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