Postdoc in Parkinson’s disease at University of Dundee -Cell Biology, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology-Apply

Description & Details:  Postdoctoral position to study signalling pathways linked to Parkinson’s disease in the laboratory of Dr Miratul Muqit at the MRC Protein Phosphorylation and Ubiquitylation Unit at the University of Dundee.

The Muqit laboratory has a major interest in understanding how mutations in a mitochondrial protein kinase PINK1 lead to Parkinson’s disease. Recently the Muqit lab has identified a family of Rab GTPases as novel substrates of PINK1 (EMBO Journal, 2015). Applications are invited for one postdoctoral position funded by the Michael J Fox Foundation to investigate the downstream signalling pathways involving the regulation of Rabs by PINK1. These studies have the potential to transform our understanding of the molecular basis of Parkinson’s disease-linked neurodegeneration.

The successful applicant will have access to state-of-the-art technologies in biochemistry, proteomics, genome editing, cell biology, and transgenic mouse models to uncover new fundamental knowledge on these key molecules. The MRC unit also collaborates with six major pharmaceutical companies that support the Division of Signal Transduction Therapy that provides opportunities to exploit the therapeutic potential of new discoveries made in the lab.

This position is available for 2 years in the first instance.

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