Research appointment (pre-doc)

05/BIOS-08 - Molecular Biology

Uni. Pavia
Posted on: 29/07/2026 Deadline: 31/08/2026

2026-IdrDip-05-dbb - WICKED – Wolbachia Infection: Corrupted Killers Effects of Drosophila suzukii

The candidate will carry out laboratory activities regarding the production of bacterial recombinant proteins from an obligate endosymbiont (Wolbachia) of the spotted-wing drosophila (D. suzukii) in order to structurally characterize them and study their interaction. Annexed to this main part of the activity, there will be quantitative analyses of nucleic acids and comparative analyses of omics and cuticular components

Selection process

The application for admission to the selection procedure (dated and signed),the documents and publications considered useful for the evaluation must be submitted, under penalty of exclusion, electronically, by visiting the following web page: https://pica.cineca.it/unipv/tipologia/idr selecting the Competition Notice you have chosen. In order to register with the system, you must have an email address. Following the guidelines published in the procedure, the applicant must enter all the information required for the application, enclosing all documents in electronic .PDF format. The selection of candidates is carried out on the basis of qualifications and possible interview (with test of knowledge of the foreign language) (see Art. 1 par. 1 Call for applications). The public call with detailed attendance and selection rules (Art 4 and 6) can be found at: https://pica.cineca.it/unipv/tipologia/idrThe selections are open to candidates, Italian or foreigner, in possession, on the date of the deadline for submitting applications for the admission to the selection, of a master's degree or single-cycle, degree obtained no more than six years previously are eligible to participate in the selection process. These degrees must be relevant to the subject of the research activity. Further specific assessable qualifications (see Art. 1 par. 1 Call for applications)Title: preferably PhDExperience: studying insects of agricultural and medical interest through molecular toolsSkills: recombinant protein production e purification and structural analysis, insects dissection, DNA and RNA extraction, PCR, qPCR, dPCR, RT-PCR, qRT-PCR, in-situ hybridization, TEM, GS/MS and data analysis, omics comparative analysis: transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics, population genetics
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