<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 12pt;font-size:medium;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 12pt 0in 0in;font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Dear Colleagues,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 12pt 0in 0in;font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Postdoctoral positions are available in Dr. Stella Y. Sun's lab in the Department of Structural Biology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA (<a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://sunlab.structbio.pitt.edu/__;!!Mih3wA!FncfN2HxduYW3boyYysfhaB3DcAAX5bJjd35rSXznPgEI363GGgmeFMUysHikjfK082Lsd9_FTvxXKvR00A7h2k$">https://sunlab.structbio.pitt.edu/</a>).<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 12pt 0in 0in;font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 12pt 0in 0in;font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">We are seeking an enthusiastic postdoctoral fellow to study the cytoskeleton-driven cell motility process, nucleus complex biogenesis in human parasites that lead to infectious diseases (including but not limited to malaria parasites and<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Trypanosoma brucei</i>) by using molecular and cell biology and the cutting-edge cryo-electron tomography (cryo-ET) with allied techniques such as cryo-FIB-SEM. Our laboratory is fully equipped for all aspects of molecular and cellular biology and has direct access to Titan Krios 3Gi, focused ion beam/scanning electron microscopy (cryo-FIB-SEM) Aquilos2 (<a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.structbio.pitt.edu/index.php/facilities/cryoem__;!!Mih3wA!FncfN2HxduYW3boyYysfhaB3DcAAX5bJjd35rSXznPgEI363GGgmeFMUysHikjfK082Lsd9_FTvxXKvRGeO1A-E$">https://www.structbio.pitt.edu/index.php/facilities/cryoem</a>), and other instrumentation in core facilities (<a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.researchimaging.pitt.edu/content/center-biologic-imaging__;!!Mih3wA!FncfN2HxduYW3boyYysfhaB3DcAAX5bJjd35rSXznPgEI363GGgmeFMUysHikjfK082Lsd9_FTvxXKvREfUKWy0$">http://www.researchimaging.pitt.edu/content/center-biologic-imaging</a>).<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 12pt 0in 0in;font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 12pt 0in 0in;font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The position will involve 1) important biological processes including but not limited to organelle biogenesis through cryo-ET 2) imaging method development of cryo-ET, cryo-FIB-SEM for their applications. We are also interested in cell biologist who are looking to develop expertise in cryo-ET, or structural biologists who are looking to develop expertise in cryo-ET, cryo-FIB-SEM or cell biology.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 12pt 0in 0in;font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 12pt 0in 0in;font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 12pt 0in 0in;font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Expectations or Standards</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 12pt 0in 0in;font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 12pt 0in 0in;font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Ph.D. or equivalent in either cell biology, biochemistry, microbiology, structural biology, biophysics fields. This position is subject to the University's background check policy.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 12pt 0in 0in;font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Interested applicants should send your application package (a full CV and a cover letter of your research interest, and the contact information of 2 or 3 referees) to Dr. Stella Y. Sun, <a href="mailto:stellasun@pitt.edu">stellasun@pitt.edu</a> with subject <Postdoc Application – Your Name>.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 12pt 0in 0in;font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNorma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