美国约翰霍普金斯大学医学院运动神经元疾病(ALS)细胞疗法和再生研究中心博士后职位

美国约翰霍普金斯大学医学院运动神经元疾病(ALS)细胞疗法和再生研究中心博士后职位

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (JHUSOM), JHU

The ALS Center for Cell Therapy and Regeneration Research at Johns Hopkins is seeking a postdoctoral fellow to participate in research utilizing human induced pluripotent stem cell models of neurodegenerative disease, with an emphasis on motor neuron diseases (ALS). The fellowship will employ a fully humanized induced pluripotent stem cell model of ALS to both investigate disease pathogenesis as well as evaluate potential therapeutics. There is also a programmatic interest in the investigation of astrocyte-mediated contributions to the progression of disease in ALS with an emphasis on iPSC-derived astrocyte biology and electrophysiology. In particular, the role of astrocyte connexin hemichannels and gap junctions in ALS will be a focus.

Preference will be given to candidates whose research is related to the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative disorders and/or stem cell biology.

Interested candidates should have a Ph.D. or M.D. degree, and a demonstrated capacity to perform creative and original research. Interested applicants should send their resumes by email to Dr. Nicholas J. Maragakis at nmaragak@jhmi.edu.