دكتوراه بحثية مشتركة في جامعة Strasburg الفرنسية ومؤسسة Karlsruhe Institute of Technology الألمانية.
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موعد انتهاء التقديم: 30 أيلول 2017
للتقديم إرسال السيرة الذاتية إلى:
yves.mely@unistra.fr
veronique.orian-rousseau@kit.edu
للمزيد من التفاصيل إليكم نص الإعلان:
French/German PhD position at the University of Strasbourg and Karlsruhe
Institute of Technology
Laboratoire de Biophotonique et Pharmacologie
(LBP) UMR 7213 CNRS
Faculté de Pharmacie
74 route du Rhin
F - 67401 Illkirch
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Institute of Toxicology and Genetics
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
Postfach 3640
D-70621 Karlsruhe
هنا
Study of the organization and dynamics of CD44 / MET complexes at the plasma membrane
stimulated by endogenous (HGF) and bacterial ligands (Internalin B) by advanced microscopy
techniques
We are looking for a young scientist willing to work on an interdisciplinary project in cell biology
using advanced fluorescence microscopy techniques. The aim of this project is to characterize the
organization and dynamics of CD44 transmembrane glycoproteins that play an essential role in cell
migration and proliferation in physiological and pathological situations. The variety of CD44 functions
is related to their ability to associate with ligands such as MET (receptor tyrosine kinase (RTK)) and
HGF (human growth factor). Moreover, Listeria monocytogenes through its protein Internalin B (InlB)
uses also this MET pathway to infect host cells. As these processes take place at the plasma
membrane, the membrane organization plays a crucial role, in particular the lipid rafts, which are
small and dynamic membrane domains enriched with sphingolipids and cholesterol. The objective of
this PhD thesis will be to investigate the interplay between CD44v6, MET and the lipid domains on
HGF and InlB stimulation. The PhD student will first quantitatively characterize the interaction of
CD44v6 with MET promoted by HGF and InlB by FLIM-FRET in live HEK-293 cells. The amounts of
CD44v6/MET complexes and MET dimers will be determined in non-activated cells and compared to
those in the presence of HGF or InlB. Further information will be obtained by using downregulated
CD44v6 (siRNA and specific Crispr/cas constructs) and primary cells isolated from a Cd44v6 floxed
mouse. Quantitative data on MET dimerization in cells in which the expression of CD44v6 can be
manipulated will provide valuable insights into the role of CD44v6 in MET dimerization. In parallel,
deletion mutants of InlB will be used to analyze the contribution of the different InlB domains in the
recruitment of CD44v6. These investigations will be completed by solution measurements to
characterize the interaction of wild-type and mutant InlB with the purified CD44v6 ectodomain. The
comparison with HGF data will shed light on how L. monocytogenes takes advantage of the
MET/CD44v6 pair to interact with and then enter non phagocytic cells. In a second task, the phD
student will investigate by two-color super-resolution localization microscopy the role of lipid rafts in
the CD44v6/MET complex formation upon HGF and InlB activation. Localizations of membrane
proteins fused to photoactivable proteins or organic fluorescent dyes will be pinpointed and their
spatial distribution analyzed relative to those of lipid rafts. Treated cells with altered cell membrane
organization will also be measured. This will provide an extensive view of the distribution of CD44v6
or MET in and out of the raft domains. Complementary information in live cells will be obtained by
single particle tracking (sPT). This should help to further decipher the mechanism of CD44/MET
complex formation upon HGF- and InlB-activation. Taken together, these data will give a better
understanding of the interaction between CD44v6 and MET and its connection with the lipid
domains, as well as its stimulation by HGF and InlB. Comparison of HGF and InlB stimulations should
also give a clearer picture of how InlB hijacks the MET-related pathway to prompt bacterial invasion.
This project is funded for a 3 years PhD position by the French-German University and will be carried
out under the double supervision of Pr. Yves Mély (Strasbourg) and Pr. Veronique Orian-Rousseau
(Karlsruhe).
The student should have a background in biophysics with interest for biology or a background in
biology with interest for biophysical techniques. Excellent communication skills in spoken and
written English are expected.
Interested individuals should send a curriculum vitae, a motivation letter, and recommendation
letter(s) (or contact details of at least one referee) by e-mail to yves.mely@unistra.fr or
veronique.orian-rousseau@kit.edu.
Deadline for application : September 30, 2017
