Cytotoxic CD8+ T Cells as Early Drivers of
Dopaminergic Neuronal Death in Parkinson’s Disease VHIR is seeking
an outstanding and highly motivated postdoctoral researcher to
apply for a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship and join
the Neurodegenerative Disorders Research Group. Marie
Skłodowska-Curie Actions – Postdoctoral Fellowships (MSCA-PF) The
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships (MSCA-PF) are part
of the Horizon Europe programme and support postdoctoral
researchers in developing an original research and innovation
project through international mobility. The programme aims to
strengthen researchers’ careers through excellent science,
international collaboration and interdisciplinary experience, while
fostering integration in both academic and non-academic
environments. The MSCA-PF call is highly competitive and represents
an excellent opportunity to attract international talent and
support researchers in consolidating their scientific careers
through an ambitious mobility-based fellowship. The 2026 call
closes on 09/09/2026 (17:00 Brussels time).



For candidates applying
to a European Postdoctoral Fellowship, the fellowship duration is
from 12 to 24 months . Full eligibility details: MSCA Postdoctoral
Fellowships 2026 Background Parkinson’s disease (PD) is
characterised by the selective degeneration of dopaminergic neurons
in the substantia nigra pars compacta (SNpc), yet the events that
initiate their death remain unresolved. The host laboratory has
generated post-mortem human evidence that places cytotoxic CD8+ T
cells at the very beginning of this process. In a systematic
analysis of SNpc tissue spanning the full neuropathological
spectrum of PD, CD8+ T cells were found to infiltrate the
substantia nigra before α-synuclein aggregation or neuronal loss is
detectable. At the earliest presymptomatic Braak stages, when
α-synuclein pathology is still confined to the olfactory bulb and
brainstem, the SNpc already shows robust infiltration of CD

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