> Announcement 
 
The Laboratory of Biotechnology at the Universidade Estadual do Norte 
Fluminense (UENF), Campos, RJ, Brazil, has inmediate openings for two (2) 
positions at the Associate Research level although more senior candidates 
will be considered. Our research interest focus on the development and 
production of immunoprophylactics and immunotherapics in transgenic 
plants, animals and microbes. Specific areas of research include but are 
not limited to: expression of protozoan antigens in plants for use as 
edible vaccines against parasitic tropical diseases, production of 
transgenic plants resistant to nematode-induced disease, or to 
environmental stress. 
 
The Laboratory of Biotechnology is a Division of the Center of Bioscience 
and Biotechnology where faculty use an array of state-of-the-art cellular 
and molecular approaches including: a full range of techniques in protein 
chemistry and sequencing, immunology, transmission, scanning and confocal 
microscopy, citometry and routine molecular biology.
 
Posts are for two (2) years, and renewable upon internal avaliation. 
Stipends will range from US$ 2600 to US$ 3100 (payed in Brazilian 
currency)depending on experience. Funding is institutional. We foster 
diversity at the workplace. The Laboratory of Biotechnology has a faculty 
of eleven (11) scientists from four (4) nationalities, providing a 
multilingual environment. The UENF was founded in 1993 by State decret and 
it is maintained by FENORTE, a State Foundation.

Candidates holding a Ph.D. degree or equivalent and with strong 
background in recombinant DNA techniques in either one of the areas 
outlined above, should contact Prof. Dr. Enrique Medina-Acosta by e-mail 
(quique@uenf.br) for further information and for an invitation to 
submit a CV.