美国匹斯堡大学博士后职位—分子生物学、神经科学

美国匹斯堡大学博士后职位—分子生物学、神经科学

Postdoctoral Associate

The University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health is one of the nation’s leading schools of public health, ranking third among schools of public health in terms of NIH funding with contributions that have influenced public health practice and medical care across the world. Central to its mission is to foster a multidisciplinary research approach to understand and solve health problems.

Postdoctoral positions are available in the laboratory of Drs. Koldamova&Lefterov in the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health at the main campus of the University of Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh, PA. The successful candidates will become part of a large, multidisciplinary neuroscience and environmental health community at University of Pittsburgh. The postdoctoral positions in the lab are supported by NIH grants with goals of understanding the role of Apolipoprotein E and other risk factors, such as TREM2, ABCA1 and ABCA7 for late onset Alzheimer’s disease. The lab utilizes transgenic animals for modeling of Alzheimer’s disease as well as postmortem human tissue and biofluids.

Knowledge and experience in molecular biology and/or neuroscience is a requirement. The application of single cell transcriptomics and other omics approaches is a substantial part of the work relevant to all projects in the lab. The positions require basic knowledge of statistics and data analysis using Bioinformatics tools and software packages necessary to analyze sequencing data.

The candidates should have PhD or MD degree and have creative thinking, excellent communication skills and ability to work collaboratively. Applications should include curriculum vitae and names/contact information of three professional references.

Please apply through requisition #21006438 on www.join.pitt.edu.

The University of Pittsburgh is an Affirmative Action/ Equal Opportunity Employer and values equality of opportunity, human dignity and diversity, EOE, including disability/vets.