Postdoctoral Position – Discovery of Plasmodium Secreted Effectors in Liver

Postdoctoral Position – Discovery of Plasmodium Secreted Effectors in Liver Stages The Kurup Lab at the University of Georgia’s Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases (CTEGD) is seeking a postdoctoral researcher. The primary training project will focus on identifying and characterizing secreted effector proteins that Plasmodium liver-stage parasites use to manipulate host cell function during infection. This project, performed in close collaboration with the Rosenberg Lab , will define how Plasmodium liver-stage parasites manipulate hepatocyte biology and evade cell-intrinsic immune defenses. We will investigate parasite effector proteins and the host pathways they target, with a particular focus on innate immune signaling, nutrient acquisition, organelle remodeling, and mechanisms of hepatocyte resistance to infection.