Summary

CAPES Doctoral Program for International Research Mobility (PDSE). PDSE is a program supported by the CAPES Foundation, an agency under the Ministry of Education of Brazil, in which second/third-year PhD students carry part of their research in a collaborating laboratory outside of Brazil. Intern/aide will receive research training pertinent to addressing the main hypotheses of the  research proposal. This includes training in experimental design, protocol execution, data interpretation, and manuscript preparation. Intern/aide will also receive instruction in public presentation  of the scientific findings in the form of poster presentations and oral talks to scientific audiences.

Job Duties

• Designs well-formulated hypotheses pertinent to the proposed studies.
• Learns key research protocols that includes mouse handling/husbandry, mouse allergen challenge via the airway.
• Collects mouse organs that includes bronchoalveolar lavage and whole lung, cell isolation from mouse tissues, tissue culture, conventional and confocal microscopy, and many others.
• Learns how to analyze graph and otherwise present scientific data suitable for publication data.
• Plans and conducts bench experiments.
• Analyzes, writes and presents experimental results focusing on the role of eosinophils in killing fungi linked to allergic  diseases.

Minimum Qualifications

• Must be enrolled in high school or be a high school graduate (or equivalent secondary education) or enrolled in an institution of higher education. 

Preferred Qualifications

• BA or BS degree.
• Current enrollment in a microbiology or immunology or related PhD program with 1-2 years of experience.
• Limited (< 1 year) experience with experimental design and technical writing.
• Has fluency in English.