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I am posting this ad on behalf of my mentor. Please contact Raimund Ober
([log in to unmask]) for further enquires. 

 

 

Post-doc and Ph.D. positions are available to work on the development of
methodology for fluorescence

microscopy related projects. The projects aim to develop novel imaging
modalities, image processing and data

analysis methods for superresolution single molecule approaches. Different
projects are available and they

include continued development of multifocal plane microscopy,
superresolution approaches, QD tracking,

point spread function modeling.

 

The positions will provide the opportunity to not only work on projects of
significant technical interest but

also to become familiar with the fundamental biological questions that are
being addressed in the laboratory.

Specifically the laboratory investigates the trafficking of antibodies in
live cell environment. A main emphasis

of the research is the investigation of the effects of the engineering of
the antibody binding to Fc receptors on

the cellular trafficking behavior and in vivo properties. These studies have
direct relevance to the rapidly

expanding use of antibodies in the biopharma industry as therapeutics in
autoimmunity, infectious diseases

and cancer. Funding is provided by the NIH and biopharma companies.

 

For more information on the research carried out in the laboratory see
www4.utsouthwestern.edu/wardlab, or

publications such as Optics Express, 17, 6881-6898, 2009; Biophys J., 95,
6025-6043, 2008; Proc. Natl. Acad.

Sci. USA, 104, 5889-5894, 2007; Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 103, 4457-4462,
2006; Nature Biotechnol., 23,

1283-1288, 2005; Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 101, 11076-11081, 2004; IEEE
Transactions Nanobioscience,

3, 237-242, 2004; J. Immunol., 172, 2021-2029, 2004; Biophys. J., 86,
1185-1200, 2004.

 

Highly motivated individuals with a background in any biological area,
(bio)engineering, biotechnology, chemistry, physics, 

mathematics or any other physical science will be considered. Direct
experience is not 

necessary. These positions provide the opportunity for the successful
candidate to gain experience in

advanced microscopic techniques applied to important problems in
biotechnology.

 

Please send inquiries (resume, names of referees etc.) to

Prof. Raimund J. Ober

University of Texas at Dallas

email: [log in to unmask]