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美国宾夕法尼亚大学表现遗传学及分子生物学博后招聘

2015年01月08日
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Job Description

A unique post-doctoral opportunity in epigenetics, molecular and computational biology to investigate the cellular and molecular mechanisms of kidney injury, regeneration and disease in the laboratory of Dr. Katalin Susztak in the School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. 
Current lab projects include; 1) high trough-put genetic, genomic and epigenomic analysis of control and diseased human kidney samples, 2) investigating the role of metabolism in regulating cytosine methylation, histone modification and gene expression 3) understanding the effect and role of genetic polymorphisms on kidney disease development using transgenic mouse model systems 4) determining the role of the Notch and other developmental pathways in chronic kidney disease and renal epithelial cell homeostasis. 
RELEVANT PUBLICATIONS: Kang et al. Nature Medicine 2014, Niranjan T. et al Nature Medicine 2008 Bielesz B. et al Journal of Clinical Investigations 2010 Ko et al Genome Biology 2013 
QUALIFICATIONS: Interested candidates should have Ph.D. and/or M.D. degree with strong background in Genetics and Cell Biology and Computational Biology. The applicant should have record of delivering high-quality research. Experience in computational biology and epigenetics and related topics are desirable. The candidate will be expected to be self-motivated and develop and run an independent research project and play an active and collaborative role in the laboratory environment. 
SALARY/BENEFITS: The position is fully supported by NIH extramural funds and successful candidates will be offered competitive stipend/salary commensurate with experience and accomplishments. 
TO APPLY: Please email ksusztak@mail.med.upenn.edu and provide an updated C.V. or Biosketch and a short personal statement (1-2 paragraphs). References will be required.