Job Description
SAPHIR is a project funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 which aims to develop vaccine strategies effective against endemic pathogens responsible for high economic losses in livestock in order to strengthen the profitability of food animal systems, improve animal welfare and reduce xenobiotic usage in farming with a One Health perspective.
The recruited scientist will participate in developing of a sub-unit vaccine for the control bacterial respiratory infections in cattle using a reverse vaccinology strategy. More specifically, he/she will have to identify candidate antigens by proteomic approaches, to study the interaction of these antigens with the host immune system and to evaluate their potential in generating a protective response.
The position is offered for a period of 18 months. There is flexibility over starting dates, but the successful applicant is welcome to start September 1, 2015. To submit your application, please send a CV and motivation letter by email at the following contact address: e.baranowski@envt.fr (Eric Baranowski). Only applications received before June 30, 2015, will be considered.
Skills and Experience
Applications are welcome from early career scientists with an outstanding track record in the field of subunit vaccines for bacterial infections. Candidates for the postdoctoral position are expected to have several years of research experience and a certain degree of specialization in the following disciplines: immunology, vaccinology, microbiology, molecular biology and protein purification.
About the Employer
The Joint Research Unit (JRU) 1225 is a multidisciplinary structure located at the National Veterinary School of Toulouse. JRU 1225 objectives are to serve the field of veterinary sciences and agriculture by contributing to the control of infectious diseases of livestock animals, and in turn to human health and food safety. More specifically, the JRU research activities focus towards the acquisition and diffusion of new, basic knowledge regarding: (i) the biology of known or emerging, zoonotic or enzootic pathogens responsible for infectious diseases in livestock animals; in particular on the determinants and processes involved in their genetic and phenotypic diversity, evolution, virulence factors and host-adaptation and (ii) the host-response and pathologic processes, with a particular focus on the immune response, the role of the host genetic background the development of animal models for clinical investigations and comparative pathology.