Are you a PhD holder interested in Postdoctoral Fellowships? Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, United States is offering Postdoctoral Fellowships in various research fields. Apply today to pursue your research interests in a stimulating academic environment!
1. Postdoctoral Position
Summary of Postdoctoral Fellowship:
A postdoctoral opportunity to study myeloid cell biology and its implications for immunotherapy is available to join the laboratory of Dr. Eynav Klechevsky at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. The Klechevsky lab is dedicated to understanding how dendritic cells and other myeloid cells influence the development of immunity and cancer. Our broad and multidisciplinary approach, spanning basic biology and translational medicine using mouse models and patient samples, tackles complex questions with profound implications for human health.
Application Deadline: Open Until Filled
2. Postdoctoral Position
Summary of Postdoctoral Fellowship:
The Williams Lab is seeking a postdoctoral researcher to study neuronal regeneration and preservation in retinal mouse models of injury and disease. This project will examine how retinal ganglion cells are affected by trauma and degenerative diseases at the subcellular level using in vivo imaging techniques. Responsibilities of the researcher will include but are not limited to: establishment of adaptive optics module to operate on existing 2-photon microscope for transpupillary imaging in mice; examining activity of genetically encoded biosensors localizes to organelles; imaging alterations in retinal axons, dendrites and glial processes in response to neurodegeneration; data collection and analysis; preparation of presentations and manuscripts.
Application Deadline: Open Until Filled
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3. Postdoctoral Position
Summary of Postdoctoral Fellowship:
The Kim lab is dedicated to understanding the molecular mechanisms that drive tumor cell behavior in glioblastoma, a malignant brain tumor that is almost invariably fatal. Using my scientific training as a molecular neurobiologist and my experience as a board-certified brain tumor neurosurgeon, I have acquired expertise in generating and utilizing patient-derived primary glioblastoma cell lines, CRISPR/Cas9-based tumor models in human neural stem cells, and immunocompetent murine models for mechanistic and translational studies through multidisciplinary approaches—from genetics and biochemistry to cell biology and preclinical in vivo orthotopic models.
Application Deadline: Open Until Filled
4. Postdoctoral Position
Summary of Postdoctoral Fellowship:
The Ushiki lab will start in January 2025 at the Department of Genetics at Washington University in St. Louis. Our lab aims to gain a deeper understanding of the function of enhancers in placenta and skeletal development, diseases, and evolution. We employ in vivo functional characterization techniques, such as in vivo Massively Parallel Reporter Assays (MPRAs), supported by an NHGRI K99/R00 grant. Our research integrates mouse developmental biology, functional genomics, and human genetics to elucidate how genetic variation in non-coding regions leads to abnormal placental or craniofacial development.
Application Deadline: Open Until Filled
5. Postdoctoral Position
Summary of Postdoctoral Fellowship:
The Laboratory for Child Brain Development (LCBD-PI: Dr. Susan Perlman) has an opening for a postdoctoral training position to collaborate on several NIH-funded studies. The applicant’s main appointment will be in the Laboratory for Child Brain Development (http://www.childbrainlab.com) in the Washington University- St. Louis, School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, William Greenleaf Elliot Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (https://childpsychiatry.wustl.edu/). The LCBD is dedicated to using multi-modal methodology to understand the trajectories of emotional development from infancy to middle childhood (with a strong preschool focus) in order to predict the onset of mental disorder.
Application Deadline: Open Until Filled
6. Postdoctoral Position
Summary of Postdoctoral Fellowship:
Postdoctoral Scientist positions available with Michael Gross, Mass Spectrometry Research Resource, Washington University in St. Louis, Department of Chemistry. Several opportunities are available immediately for postdoctoral scientists to develop MS-based structural proteomics methods and apply them in protein biophysics and structural proteomics of membrane proteins (MPs), viral proteins, and amyloid-forming proteins. The research utilizes Fast Photochemical Oxidation of Proteins (FPOP), H/D amide exchange, other protein footprinting, native MS, and ion mobility.
Application Deadline: Open Until Filled
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7. Postdoctoral Position
Summary of Postdoctoral Fellowship:
The Cruchaga Lab, member of the NeuroGenomics and Informatics Center, is recruiting a motivated, creative, self-driven Postdoctoral Research Associate to work on patient and isogenic control induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC)-derived neurons and downstream applications such as transcriptomics to study pathogenicity in Alzheimer disease (AD). This position assists in developing and conducting research projects, including experimental design, data analysis and documentation of experimental results.
Application Deadline: Open Until Filled
8. Postdoctoral Position
Summary of Postdoctoral Fellowship:
We seek a highly motivated and productive Postdoctoral Research Associate with a Ph.D. in Biology, Biochemistry, Biomedical Sciences, Cancer Immunology, or a related field to help achieve the four primary goals of our research program. Expertise in tumor biology or oncology is highly desirable. The applicant will work under the supervision of Dr. Patrícia Ribeiro Pereira, Ph.D. The Ribeiro Pereira Lab is a preclinical multimodal imaging laboratory that aims at modulating the availability of surface targets by elucidating their regulatory mechanisms to enhance antibody- and non-antibody-based tumor therapies.
Application Deadline: Open Until Filled
9. Postdoctoral Position
Summary of Postdoctoral Fellowship:
The Fehniger Lab is seeking a postdoctoral researcher to work on NK cell biology and NK cell therapy. We seek to understand basic mechanisms of NK cell immune surveillance in hematopoietic cancers. Using observations in humans from patients we have treated with cytokine induced memory-like NK cells and verification in animal models, we hope to translate new information into rapid bed-side treatments. This researcher will: 1) investigate the roles of transcription factors in ILC1 and NK cell homeostasis and function using genetic knock out mouse models, 2) perform CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing loss-of function studies on primary human NK cells, and 3) support various memory-like NK cell related projects I the laboratory.
Application Deadline: Open Until Filled
10. Postdoctoral Position
Summary of Postdoctoral Fellowship:
The Orthopaedic Research Labs (PI: Matthew Silva) in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Washington University in Saint Louis has an opening for a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the area of Fracture Healing and Bone Regeneration. The associate will work on studies to understand the role of cell proliferation on fracture healing using mice, and methods to improve fracture healing outcomes.
Application Deadline: Open Until Filled
11. Postdoctoral Position
Summary of Postdoctoral Fellowship:
The Mass Spectrometry Technology Access Center (MTAC) at Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis has an opening available for highly motivated applicant for the position of Postdoctoral Research Associate for immediate start. The MTAC is a recharge facility within the McDonnell Genome Institute (MGI) serving regional, national, and worldwide researchers for their multi-omics needs.
Successful applicants for this position will be expected to work well as both a leader and a follower in a team environment and demonstrate the ability to work diligently and independently toward tangible, hypothesis-driven or discovery research goals on multiple biomedical service projects. The metabolomics specialist will participate in the design and execution of research plans under the direction of the center leadership. We are currently looking for a post-doctoral fellow with experience in global and targeted metabolomics/lipidomics analysis for absolute and relative quantifications of small molecules and lipids.
Application Deadline: Open Until Filled
12. Postdoctoral Position
Summary of Postdoctoral Fellowship:
This position (of up to 2 years) involves a combination of both seismology research and geophysical teaching. The research component will be part of the seismology research program in the Department of Environmental, Earth, and Planetary Sciences, led by Dr. Douglas Wiens (https://sites.wustl.edu/wiensseismology/), which specializes in large deep earthquakes in the Pacific Ocean and the seismology of Antarctica. The teaching component will be mentored by Dr. Michael Wysession, Executive Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning, and will involve teaching one course in each of the two years.
Application Deadline: Open Until Filled
13. Postdoctoral Position
Summary of Postdoctoral Fellowship:
The Ghanbarpour Laboratory, located in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics at Washington University in St. Louis, School of Medicine, is now recruiting for two exciting postdoctoral positions. Our research is dedicated to understanding the molecular mechanisms of ATP-dependent AAA+ proteolytic machines in both bacterial systems and human mitochondria, exploring how these complexes form and achieve substrate specificity through cryo-EM and cryo-ET structural biology, biochemical assays, mass spectrometry, and cellular assays.
Application Deadline: Open Until Filled
14. Postdoctoral Position
Summary of Postdoctoral Fellowship:
We are seeking outstanding candidates for a new postdoctoral research fellowship position in global health and dissemination science. This is a full-time position for an individual interested in expanding their qualitative and mixed methods implementation research skills and experience in the context of NIH-funded research studies and other projects in global health. The diverse research training experience offered through this fellowship includes work in projects related to HIV research targeting youth populations both locally in Saint Louis and globally.
Application Deadline: Open Until Filled
15. Postdoctoral Position
Summary of Postdoctoral Fellowship:
Postdoctoral Research position open in the Schindler Lab (Department of Neurology) in fluid biomarker assay development. The Schindler Lab is seeking a postdoctoral researcher to analyze high performance blood- and cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers of Alzheimer disease (AD). In the last three years there has been rapid development of blood-based biomarkers for brain amyloidosis (Aβ42/Aβ40), tau pathology (phosphorylated tau [pTau] isoforms) and neurodegeneration (neurofilament light chain protein [NfL]). By using a combination of blood- based biomarkers that reflect aspects of AD pathology, it may be possible to use a single blood sample to predict current or future symptomatic AD.
Application Deadline: Open Until Filled
16. Postdoctoral Position
Summary of Postdoctoral Fellowship:
The Wylie lab studies host-microbiome interactions related to maternal and child health. We have NIH-funded projects for which we have generated large scale genomics data sets to study the virome, microbiome, and host inflammatory response. The primary focus of this position will be on data analysis and publication of results, although opportunities for complementary wet lab experiments are optional. A successful candidate will have strong aptitude for data analysis and written/oral communication, high motivation for creative analysis of large-scale human and microbial genomics data, and ability to work both independently and with a team.
Application Deadline: Open Until Filled
17. Postdoctoral Position
Summary of Postdoctoral Fellowship:
The Kulkarni lab is a NIH-funded laboratory in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Washington University. We are seeking a postdoctoral fellow to drive how innate immune responses, such as the complement system, modulate mucosal immunity. The overarching goal of our research program is to determine how epithelial cell-derived proteins can be harnessed to mitigate the risk of acute lung injury in various settings, to ultimately reduce the burden of end-stage lung disease. We have active projects investigating lung injury due to bacterial infections and the short- and long-term consequences of ischemia-reperfusion injury occurring in the context of lung transplantation.
Application Deadline: Open Until Filled
18. Postdoctoral Position
Summary of Postdoctoral Fellowship:
A Postdoctoral Research Associate position is open in Dr. Miriam Kim’s Lab in the Department of Medicine, Division of Oncology, Center for Gene and Cellular Immunotherapy at Washington University School of Medicine. Our lab works at the interface of immune cells within the hematopoietic system with the goal of mobilizing these to safely and effectively attack cancer. We use a variety of techniques including in vitro cell culture, primary human and mouse immune cell isolation, lentiviral and retroviral gene transfer, CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing, a variety of in vivo mouse models, and single-cell genomics to investigate the interactions of T cells and their immune environment. We ultimately aim to enhance long-term survival for human patients using cell and gene therapy approaches.
Application Deadline: Open Until Filled
19. Postdoctoral Position
Summary of Postdoctoral Fellowship:
This appointment is viewed as a training or transitional period preparatory to an academic, industrial, governmental, or other full-time research or teaching career. The postdoctoral fellow will study mechanisms of kidney injury and repair with an interest in metabolism and opportunities for single cell transcriptomics. The Gewin lab uses transgenic mouse models, murine kidney injury models, and molecular biology techniques using proximal tubule cells in vitro to investigate tubular responses to injury. Experience with these techniques is not required, but highly motivated candidates with a strong work ethic will be competitive.
Application Deadline: Open Until Filled
20. Postdoctoral Position
Summary of Postdoctoral Fellowship:
The Kutluay Laboratory located at Washington University School of Medicine in Saint Louis, MO is hiring highly motivated postdoctoral researcher(s). HIV-1 continues to be a major global health problem without a cure or vaccine in sight. Our laboratory studies fundamental aspects of HIV-1 replication, virus-host interactions and innate immune defenses with particular emphasis on the roles of viral and cellular RNA/DNA-binding proteins. To study these processes, we employ cutting-edge next-generation sequencing-based methodologies, tools of conventional molecular biology, biochemistry and molecular virology.
Application Deadline: Open Until Filled
