Job ID: 97504

Postdoctoral Position in Developmental Neurobiology and Brain Cancer at Weill Cornell Medicine

Position: Post-doctoral Position

Deadline: 1 February 2023

Employment Start Date: 2 January 2023

City: New York City

Country: United States

Institution: Weill Cornell Medicine

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Description:

An NIH-funded postdoctoral researcher position is available immediately in Dr. Nadia Dahmane laboratory at Cornell University-Weill Cornell Medicine in the Department of Neurological Surgery to study the transcriptional regulation of neuronal differentiation during cerebral cortex and cerebellum development. Our group uses cell biology, mouse genetics, biochemistry, genomic, epigenomics and proteomics approaches to decipher the cellular and molecular mechanisms controlling brain development and brain birth defects such as microcephaly. We are also interested in how these developmental mechanisms are involved in pediatric brain tumors. Current projects include the analysis of the function of a ZBTB transcription factor in mammalian neuronal differentiation as well as in medulloblastoma, a pediatric brain tumor of the developing cerebellum.

We seek enthusiastic, highly qualified, and motivated individuals to join our research group. The successful candidate should have a Ph.D. degree with a strong background in molecular biology and/or biochemistry. Research experience in developmental neuroscience, cancer biology, mouse genetics as well as in approaches such as ATAC-seq, ChIP-seq, CUT &TAG would be considered advantageous.

Our laboratory is part of the Children’s Brain Tumor Project (https://www.childrensbraintumorproject.org/) and is located on the Weill Cornell Medicine campus in New York City.

Please submit your CV, a cover letter outlining your research interests, career goals and the names of three referees with contact information to Dr. Nadia Dahmane at: nad2639@med.cornell.edu