New or recent doctoral recipients are encouraged to submit applications
prior to October 15, 2019.
Awards related to the following areas are anticipated:Applied Ocean Physics
& Engineering; Biology;Geology & Geophysics;Marine Chemistry &
Geochemistry;Physical Oceanography; a jointUSGS/WHOI award; an
Ocean Bottom Seismograph Instrument Center award; and anOcean
Twilight Zone award. Interdepartmental research is also encouraged.
Awards are competitive, with primary emphasis on research promise. Scholarships
are 18-months with an annual stipend of $61,200, a health and welfare allowance
and a research budget. Recipients are encouraged to pursue their own research
interest in association with resident staff. Communication with potential WHOI
advisors prior to submitting an application is encouraged. Recipients of awards
can begin any time after January 1and before December 1, 2020.
Further information may be obtained at:
http://www.whoi.edu/postdoctoral
An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action EmployerFellowships
for Postdoctoral
Scholars
TheDepartmentof Pharmacology is
seekingoutstandingrecentgraduatesforopen
postdoctoralpositionswithexperienceincellular
electrophysiologyinthefollowingresearchareas;
(1)Themechanismsofepilepticencephalopathy
withSUDEPlinkedtohumanvariantsinion
channelgenesinDr.LoriIsom’slab;( 2 )The
roleofionchannelsandfuelmetabolisminthe
production ofoscillationsinintracellularcalciumandinsulinsecretion
from pancreaticisletsanddiabetes;andModulation ofexcitatory
synaptictransmissionbymechanicaltraumainculturedcorticalneurons
inDr.LesSatin’slab;( 3 )Studiesoftheneurobiologyofdrugaddiction
andobesityinDr.CarrieFerrario’slab,detailshere:https://sites.
google.com/a/umich.edu/ferrariolab/job-postings;( 4 )Therearealso
opportunitiesfor postdocswithavarietyofexpertisetoworkwith
facultyontheNIDA-fundedBiologyofDrugAbuseTraininggrant,
PI,Dr.JohnTraynor:https://sites.google.com/umich.edu/bda/home.
CandidatesshouldbehighlymotivatedwithaPh.D.,orM.D.degree
inarelevantdiscipline,experienceinpatchclamping,intracellular
recording,cellculture,intravenousdrugself-administration,and
immunohistochemistryand/orwesternblotting.Publication recordin
theEnglishlanguage,peer-reviewedjournalsandstrongverbaland
writtencommunicationskillsareessential.Pleasesendapplication
materials:coverletter(includingastatementofpastaccomplishments
andresearchinterests),CVandcontactinformationfor 3 references
electronicallyto:IngridShriner-Ward,[email protected].
MichiganMedicineconductsbackgroundscreeningandpre-
employmentdrugtestingon jobcandidatesuponacceptanceofa
contingentjobofferandmayuseathird-partyadministratortoconduct
backgroundscreenings. Backgroundscreeningsareperformedin
compliancewiththeFairCreditReportAct.Pre-employmentdrug
testingappliestoallselectedcandidates,includingneworadditional
facultyandstaffappointments,aswellastransfersfrom otherU-M
campuses.TheUniversityofMichiganisanEqualOpportunity/
Affrmative Action Employer.online @sciencecareers.org
postdoctoral opportunities
Postdoctoralposition
Apostdoctoralpositionisavailable
in a joined research team at
Emory Universityand Atlanta
VAMedicalCenter toperform
basic andtranslationalresearch
onprotective andregenerative
therapiesforneurodegenerative
disorders. Cellular/molecular,
optogenetics/optochemogenetics,
electrophysiologicalmethodsand
animalbehavioraltestswillbeapplied.
Thefellowwillworkindependently
todevelophis/herresearchcareer
withfullsupport.ShouldhavePhD
orMDdegreewithexperiencein
neuroscienceormolecularbiologyor
biochemistryresearch.Mustbeself-
motivatedforresearchandteamwork.
Salary and fringe benefts will be paid
accordingtoNIHstandard.Send
[email protected].Thereisanopportunityfor
post-doctoralresearch
inthelaboratoryofDr.
GrantChallen(Washington
University,St.Louis,USA),
which studies how genetic mutations infuence the
functionofblood-formingstemcellsinthebone
marrow(hematopoieticstemcells=‘”HSCs”)and
contributetothedevelopmentofbloodcancers.
TheChallenlabusingcutting-edgetechniques
suchasnext-generationsequencing,CRISPR/
Cas 9 andhigh-throughputflowcytometryin
modelsystemsincorporatingcancercell lines,
transgenicmousemodels,andprimarycellsfrom
humanpatients.
Thesuccessfulcandidatewill havetheopportunity
toworkonanynumberofprojectsinvestigating
how epigenetic modifcations infuence HSC fate
decisions,andhowgeneticmutationsinepigenetic
regulatorscontributetoclonalexpansionofmutant
HSCsinclonalhematopoiesisandpredisposefor
transformationtohematopoieticmalignancies.
Thepost-doctoralscholarwillberesponsible
formanagingtheirownprojects(underthe
mentorshipofDr.Challen)aswellascontributing
toongoingprojectswithothertrainees.Musthave
troubleshootingskills,independentanalytical
thinkingandresearchplanningskillsaswell
asdemonstratedabilitytoworkindependently
andcommunicatewiththelaboratorystaffand
investigators. Experience in .ow cytometry and
smallanimalhandlingisdesirable.Formore
informationaboutourlabresearchpleasevisitour
website(www.challenlab.com)andfollowuson
Twitter (@challenlab). Qualifed candidates can
contactDr.GrantChallen(grantchallen@wustl.
edu)withCVandresearchstatementattached.
WashingtonUniversityisan
EqualOpportunityEmployer.WittigPostdoctoralFellowshipin
FeministBiology
TheWittigPostdoctoralFellowshipinFeminist
Biologyofferstheopportunitytocombineresearch
inaFellow’sareaofinterestwithteachingatthe
UniversityofWisconsin-Madison.Weseeka
highlymotivatednewor recentPhDin oneof
thebiologicalsciencesor publichealthorMD,
whowantstodevelop researchskillsinanarea
ofbiologyrelatedtogenderandteachingskills
infeministapproachestobiology. Research
canbeconductedinanyhostingfacultylabat
theUniversity;pleasespecifytheagreement
tohostintheresearchproposal. Duringthe
two-yearfellowship,theFellowwillteach
oneundergraduatecoursepersemesterforthe
DepartmentofGender&Women’sStudiessuch
asGWS 530 ,BiologyandGender. GWSwill
providementorshipinteachingandinfeminist
theoryandmethods.
Toapply,pleasesubmitcoverletter,CV,5-page
researchproposal,signedagreementfrom
hostinglab,andcontactinformationforthree
references(oneofwhomisheadofthehosting
lab)to:ElizabethMorris,[email protected],
with“Postdoctoralapplication-yourname”inthe
subjectline.Thedeadlinefor 2020 - 22 applications
isFebruary 12 , 2020 .TheWittigpostdocis
administeredthroughtheCenterforResearchon
Gender&Women.For moreinformation,contact
theCRGWAdministrator,ElizabethMorris,
[email protected],ortheCRGWDirector,Prof.
JanetHyde,[email protected]:
https://jobs.wisc.edu/research#gws