One PhD student position (Doktorandenstelle) is available in the Laboratory of Cell Biology, Clinic of Dermatology, University Hospital of Berne, Switzerland
The project aims at the characterization of the molecular interactions between intermediate filament proteins and various members of the spectraplakin family of cytolinkers expressed in skin and in striated muscle cells, and of their role in maintenance of tissue integrity as well as in congenital epidermolysis bullosa and muscular dystrophies. Furthermore, the lab is implicated in understanding the pathophysiologic mechanisms of autoimmune blistering diseases with characterization of the autoantibody response to various antigens of the spectraplakin protein family.
The project is supported by the Swiss National Foundation for Scientific Research, the Swiss Foundation for Research on Muscle Diseases, and the VII European Framework program.
Prof. Luca Borradori
Clinic of Dermatology
University Hospital
Rue Micheli-du-Crest 24
1211 Genève 14
