PhD SCHOLARSHIP

Applications are invited to apply for a PhD scholarship in the laboratories of Professors Dale Godfrey, University of Melbourne and Jamie Rossjohn, Monash University.

http://www.microbiol.unimelb.edu.au/research/immunology/godfrey.

html http://research.med.monash.edu.au/rossjohn/ .

The successful applicant will join a group of researchers with a proven international track record in the field of immunology and structural biology and will be jointly supervised. The project will focus on recognition of lipid antigens by innate-like T cells. The techniques will include cellular immunology, molecular biology, protein chemistry, and x-ray crystallography.

The scholarship is for 3 years, at a stipend equivalent to Australian Postgraduate Award rates. Applicants should have a science degree with first class honours (or H1 equivalent).

Please direct all enquires to Marcin Ciula

mciula@unimelb.edu.au

Some recent publications:

Wun KS et al, Godfrey, DI.*, Rossjohn, J.* * equal senior investigators. 2011. A molecular basis for the exquisite CD1d-restricted Ag-specificity and functional responses of NKT cells. Immunity 34, 327-339. IF=20.6.

Uldrich AP et al, Rossjohn, J.* Godfrey, D.I.* *equal senior investigators. 2011. A semi-invariant Va10+ T cell antigen receptor defines a population of Natural Killer T cells with distinct glycolipid antigen-recognition properties. Nature Immunol. 12. 616-623. IF = 27.6

Pellicci DG et al, Godfrey DI* Rossjohn J*. co-corresponding authors 2011. Recognition of β-linked self glycolipids by Natural Killer T cell antigen receptors. Nature Immunol. 12. 827-833. IF = 27.6 Patel O, et al, Godfrey DI*, Rossjohn J*, 2011. *equal last authors. NKT TCR Recognition of CD1d-{alpha}-C-Galactosylceramide, J Immunol, vol 187, issue 9, 4705-4713. IF = 5.7.

Patel, OG. et al, Rossjohn, J*, Godfrey, DI*, 2011, *equal last authors. Vbeta2 natural killer T cell antigen receptor-mediated recognition of CD1d-glycolipid antigen, PNAS 108, issue 47, 19007-19012. IF = 9.7

Godfrey DI, Stankovic S, Baxter AG. 2010. Raising the NKT cell family. Nature Immunology. 11. 197-206. IF = 27. Godfrey DI, Rossjohn J, McCluskey J. 2010. Fighting infection with your MAITS. Nature Immunology. 11. 693-695 IF= 27.6

Godfrey DI, Rossjohn J. 2011. New ways to turn on NKT cells. J. Exp. Med. 208. 1121-1125. IF= 14.2 Godfrey DI, Pellicci DG, Rossjohn J. 2011. Beta testing NKT cell self-reactivity. Nature Immunol. 12, 1135-1137, IF = 27.6

Godfrey DI, Rossjohn J, McCluskey J. 2010. Fighting infection with your MAITS. Nature Immunology. 11. 693-695 IF= 27.6

Godfrey DI, Rossjohn J. 2011. New ways to turn on NKT cells. J. Exp. Med. 208. 1121-1125. IF= 14.2