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Postdoctoral Research in Stem Cell Biology : Madison, WI, United States

Postdoctoral Research in Stem Cell Biology at the University of Wisconsin Madison.

Postdoctoral positions are available immediately in the Su-Chun Zhang laboratory at the University of Wisconsin-Madison to work on NIH-sponsored research projects in following areas: (1) neural stem/progenitor cell self-renewal /reprogramming (Lu J et al., Cell Reports, 2013; Krencik R et al., Nature Biotechnology 2011; Zhang X et al., Cell Stem Cell, 2000), (2) modeling neuropathological processes / drug discovery using human stem cells (Chen H et al., Cell Stem Cell, 2014; Weick J et al., PNAS 2013), and (3) functional dissection / therapeutic implication of human neural cells in neurological conditions (Liu Y et al., Nature Biotechnology 2013, Emborg ME et al., Cell Reports 2013; Ma L et al., Cell Stem Cell, 2012; Weick J et al., PNAS 2011). More information is available at https://stemcells.wisc.edu/node/224.

PhD or equivalents in cell / molecular / developmental biology, neuroscience, or chemistry is required. Experiences in small molecule/chemical screening, live cell imaging, optogenetics, single cell profiling, bioinformatics, and/or small animal microsurgery are highly desirable. Salary follows the NIH guideline starting from $42,000/year. Apply to zhang@waisman.wisc.edu with description of research interest, CV, and 2-3 names of referees.
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Job details

Employer:University of Wisconsin - Madison

Website:http://www.wisc.edu/

Location:Madison, WI, United States

Expires:July 01, 2014

Job type:Postdoctoral

Salary:Unspecified

Qualifications:Postgraduate - Doctorate/PhD

Employment type:Unspecified

Job hours:Unspecified