<div dir="ltr"><p style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(43,43,43);font-size:14px;font-variant-ligatures:normal;margin-bottom:13px;font-family:Arial"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:11pt"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:16.8667px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Dear Colleagues,</span></span></span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(43,43,43);font-size:14px;font-variant-ligatures:normal;margin-bottom:13px;font-family:Arial"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:11pt"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:16.8667px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">One postdoctoral position is available in Dr. Stella Y. Sun's lab in the Department of Structural Biology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA (</span></span></span><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__cfopitt.taleo.net_careersection_pitt-5Ffaculty-5Fexternal-5Fpd_jobdetail.ftl-3Fjob-3D22000893-26tz-3DGMT-2D05-253A00-26tzname-3DAmerica-252FNew-5FYork&d=DwMFaQ&c=-35OiAkTchMrZOngvJPOeA&r=L7-zyQ-04fFCMRqzLIOnx7H0exGZHwIQe_wMPuY600I&m=BU_6Wochn5MBedpK553Q_HhxtSxGrHJ2qDMZTouWoDi8E_QFHcd26EXrezDWBNCl&s=TR73Ps_y1-E5kGXGUGL-ypgrq2aWvMorZa3lH-VHtds&e=" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(149,79,114)">https://cfopitt.taleo.net/careersection/pitt_faculty_external_pd/jobdetail.ftl?job=22000893&tz=GMT-05%3A00&tzname=America%2FNew_York</a><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">). </span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(43,43,43);font-size:14px;font-variant-ligatures:normal;margin-bottom:13px;font-family:Arial"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">We are seeking an enthusiastic postdoctoral fellow to visualize and study the cellular process in human parasites that lead to infectious diseases (including but not limited to malaria parasites) by using molecular and cell biology and the cutting-edge cryo-electron tomography (cryo-ET) with allied techniques such as cryo-FIB-SEM. Our laboratory is fully equipped for all aspects of molecular and cellular biology and has direct access to Titan Krios 3Gi, focused ion beam/scanning electron microscopy (cryo-FIB-SEM) Aquilos2 (</span><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.structbio.pitt.edu_index.php_facilities_cryoem&d=DwMFaQ&c=-35OiAkTchMrZOngvJPOeA&r=L7-zyQ-04fFCMRqzLIOnx7H0exGZHwIQe_wMPuY600I&m=BU_6Wochn5MBedpK553Q_HhxtSxGrHJ2qDMZTouWoDi8E_QFHcd26EXrezDWBNCl&s=yZUg0RoZh-tzN-ydLVfIAKuwrIefQOsegYp38Dx-c40&e=" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;box-sizing:border-box;color:blue">https://www.structbio.pitt.edu/index.php/facilities/cryoem</a><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">), and other instrumentation in core facilities (</span><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.researchimaging.pitt.edu_content_center-2Dbiologic-2Dimaging&d=DwMFaQ&c=-35OiAkTchMrZOngvJPOeA&r=L7-zyQ-04fFCMRqzLIOnx7H0exGZHwIQe_wMPuY600I&m=BU_6Wochn5MBedpK553Q_HhxtSxGrHJ2qDMZTouWoDi8E_QFHcd26EXrezDWBNCl&s=7oAPMO3xqSXijNcDVIFkY6GtPI8RuPQtZOiIFDqWrVs&e=" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;box-sizing:border-box;color:blue">http://www.researchimaging.pitt.edu/content/center-biologic-imaging</a><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">). </span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(43,43,43);font-size:14px;font-variant-ligatures:normal;margin-bottom:13px;font-family:Arial"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:11pt"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:16.8667px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The position will involve 1) important biological processes including but not limited to organelle biogenesis such as microtubule assembly, nuclear divisions, and flagellar biogenesis through cryo-ET 2) imaging method development of cryo-ET, cryo-FIB-SEM, and correlative light microscopy for their applications. We are particularly interested in new members with good experience in cell biology who are looking to develop expertise in cryo-ET, or structural biologists who are looking to develop expertise in cryo-ET, cryo-FIB-SEM.</span></span></span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(43,43,43);font-size:14px;font-variant-ligatures:normal;margin-bottom:13px;font-family:Arial"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:11pt"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:16.8667px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b style="box-sizing:border-box">Duties or Responsibilities</b></span></span></span></p><ul style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(43,43,43);font-family:OpenSans-Regular,helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-variant-ligatures:normal"><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-left:8px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:11pt"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:16.8667px"><span style="box-sizing:borde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eer Development and Progress Assessment Process (<a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.oacd.health.pitt.edu_postdocs_postdoctoral-2Dcareer-2Ddevelopment-2Dprogress-2Dassessment-2Dprocess&d=DwMFaQ&c=-35OiAkTchMrZOngvJPOeA&r=L7-zyQ-04fFCMRqzLIOnx7H0exGZHwIQe_wMPuY600I&m=BU_6Wochn5MBedpK553Q_HhxtSxGrHJ2qDMZTouWoDi8E_QFHcd26EXrezDWBNCl&s=H0Hdleu7ZRvbADVGROAMBQOHQ5oDii_gHnLIgX9sujM&e=" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:blue">https://www.oacd.health.pitt.edu/postdocs/postdoctoral-career-development-progress-assessment-process</a> )</span></span></span></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-left:8px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:11pt"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:16.8667px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Pittsburgh has great central locations, scenic views, and award-winning restaurants, offering a variety of events and things to do (<a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.visitpittsburgh.com_&d=DwMFaQ&c=-35OiAkTchMrZOngvJPOeA&r=L7-zyQ-04fFCMRqzLIOnx7H0exGZHwIQe_wMPuY600I&m=BU_6Wochn5MBedpK553Q_HhxtSxGrHJ2qDMZTouWoDi8E_QFHcd26EXrezDWBNCl&s=W-CyTBg-fHOqVzOohdzvcsd_3j7ZxPU1F4Bdb7RgPsU&e=" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:blue">https://www.visitpittsburgh.com/</a>)</span></span></span></li></ul><p style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(43,43,43);font-size:14px;font-variant-ligatures:normal;margin-bottom:13px;font-family:Arial"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:11pt"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:16.8667px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">University encourages applications from under-represented groups.</span></span></span></p></div>