以色列希伯来大学医学院染色体研究博士后岗位

Institution

The Hebrew University Medical School (http://cancer-research.huji.a...)

Position

Postdoctoral Researcher - EU Marie Curie RTN "Chromatin Plasticity"

Location

Jerusalem, Israel

Date Posted

Oct 16th 2007

Description

A postdoctoral research scientist position is available within the EU Marie Curie Research Training Network “Chromatin Plasticity.”

We are interested in epigenetic regulation in animal cells. The current goals are to study the regulation of the pleuripotency determining gene Oct-3/4, and to decipher the epigenetic mechanisms that underlie immunoglobulin allelic exclusion, a process critical to the functioning of the immune system.

Selected publications:

1) Goldmit, M., Ji, Y., Skok, J., Roldan, E., Jung, S., Cedar, H. and Bergman, Y. (2005) Epigenetic ontogeny of the k locus during B cell development. Nature Immunology 6:198-203.
2) Feldman, N., Gerson, A., Fang, J., Li, E., Zhang, Y., Shinkai, Y., Cedar, H. and Bergman, Y. (2006) G9a-mediated irreversible epigenetic inactivation of Oct-3/4 during early embryogenesis. Nature Cell Biology 8:188-194.

Qualifications:

A good understanding of developmental and molecular biology, especially epigenetic regulation and gene expression, would be desirable.

Visit www.chromatin-plasticity.org for more information on the Chromatin Plasticity network. Please note that the position is funded by the EU and can in principle only be awarded to a non-Israeli national who has not lived in Israel for longer than 12 months in the last 3 years.

Contact

Yehudit Bergman, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Experimental Medicine and Cancer Research
The Hebrew University Medical School
Jerusalem, 91120, Israel
Tel: 972-2-6758362
Fax: 972-2-6414583
E-mail: yberg@md.huji.ac.il