Job Description

Postdoctoral research fellow
- The Hebrew University Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel

Description: A postdoctoral research scientist position is available within the EU Marie Curie Research Training Network "Chromatin Plasticity".

Research Interest
We are interested in epigenetic regulation in animal cells. The current goals are to study the regulation of the pleuri-potency 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.

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.

Salary Details: Marie Curie rates apply. For more information, please visit the Chromatin Plasticity website (below).

Application Details: Contact name and information:

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

Closing Date: Check with institute