Postdoctoral Researcher

Biomedical Primate Research Centre - About BPRC Legislation and ethics - Dutch Experiments on Animals Act Biomedical Primate Research Centre - About BPRC - Dutch Experiments on Animals Act Postdoctoral researcher - molecular imaging of malaria hypnozoites Parasitology • 40 • Rijswijk • PhD in biomedical sciences, molecular imaging, parasitology, infectious diseases, radiochemistry, ve At the Biomedical Primate Research Centre (BPRC), we work on solutions for serious diseases, with the goal of achieving a longer and healthier life for everyone. Do you enjoy working on diseases that pose a threat to the global population? And would you like to contribute to solutions for human health through high-quality biomedical research? Help unravel one of malaria's greatest mysteries The Biomedical Primate Research Centre (BPRC) is looking for an ambitious and highly motivated Postdoctoral Researcher to join the ERC Synergy-funded project Host4Hypnozoites, focused on the development of advanced imaging technologies to study dormant malaria parasites in vivo. This project combines: - molecular imaging - PET-CT - parasitology - tracer development - image-guided biopsies - spatial biology - translational infectious disease research The postdoctoral researcher will play a central role in developing and applying innovative imaging approaches to visualize, quantify, and isolate liver-stage malaria parasites (hypnozoites) in vivo for the first time. Background Malaria caused by Plasmodium vivax remains a major global health burden. A key challenge in eliminating this parasite is the presence of dormant liver-stage parasites-hypnozoites-that can reactivate weeks to months after infection and cause relapse infections. Despite their importance, hypnozoites remain poorly understood because they are rare, inaccessible, and difficult to study in vivo. Within the ERC project Host4Hypnozoites, in collaboration with two other Dutch research institu...