[Employment] Postdoctoral positions in neuroscience and Drosophila neurobiology

[Li, Hong-Sheng]

Dear Bionet Staff,
 
Would you post the following ad of postdoct positions on your website?
Many thanks!

 

 

 


Postdoctoral Positions in Neuroscience and Drosophila Neurobiology 


Department of Neurobiology, University of Massachusetts Medical School

 

Two NIH-funded postdoctoral positions are available to enthusiastic
young scientists, for the study of neural signaling events in both
mammalian and Drosophila systems.  

 

Successful candidates will have the following choices of research
direction.  

1) Human genetic studies implicate that a new Ca2+/Calmodulin-binding
transcription factor CAMTA1 suppresses brain tumorigenesis and
facilitate memory formation.  We are planning to generate a knock-out
mouse from existing ES cells, and characterize the cellular mechanism of
CAMTA1 function using in vitro neuronal cultures.

2) By isolating new Drosophila mutants, we are studying how
abnormalities in the signaling and trafficking of rhodopsin, a
light-stimulated GPCR, lead to degeneration of photoreceptor neurons in
the fly eye.

3) Using Drosophila mutants to study functions and the underlying
mechanisms of visual glia.  

Additional information on our researches can be found at the website:
http://www.umassmed.edu/neurobiology/faculty/li_hs.cfm
<http://www.umassmed.edu/neurobiology/faculty/li_hs.cfm> .

 

We expect the candidates have strong experience in mouse genetics and
neuronal culture, or in Drosophila neurobiology.  Training on
electrophysiology is a plus.  Application materials, including a cover
letter describing research interest, a copy of CV and contact
information of three references, should be sent to
Hong-Sheng.Li from umassmed.edu <mailto:Hong-Sheng.Li from umassmed.edu> . 

 

 

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Hong-Sheng Li, Ph.D.

Department of Neurobiology, LRB 722

University of Massachusetts Medical School

364 Plantation Street

Worcester, MA 01605

Tel: 508-856-6702