美国杜克大学2020年招聘博士后职位（致盲疾病）

Postdoctoral fellow in innovating new strategies to understand and treat blinding diseases

Duke University

Job Description

POSTDOCTORAL ASSOCIATE

Requisition Number:: 74688

Date: Oct 27, 2020

Location:

Durham, NC, US, 27710

Personnel Area: MEDICAL CENTER

School of Medicine:

Established in 1930, Duke University School of Medicine is the youngest of the nation's top medical schools. Ranked tenth among its peers, the School takes pride in being an inclusive community of outstanding learners, investigators, clinicians, and staff where traditional barriers are low, interdisciplinary collaboration is embraced, and great ideas accelerate translation of fundamental scientific discoveries to improve humanhealth locally and around the globe.

Comprised of 2,400 faculty physicians and researchers, the Duke University School of Medicine along with the Duke University School of Nursing and Duke University Health System createDuke Health. Duke Health is a world-class health care network. Founded in 1998 to provide efficient, responsive care, the health system offers a full network of health services and encompasses Duke University Hospital, Duke Regional Hospital, Duke Raleigh Hospital, Duke Primary Care, Private Diagnostic Clinic, Duke Home and Hospice, Duke Health and Wellness, and multiple affiliations.

The Kay laboratory is seeking a postdoctoral fellow interested in innovating new strategies to understand and treat blinding diseases.

Our lab, in the Department of Neurobiology and Duke Eye Center, uses mouse retina as a model system to investigate how cell-cell recognition enables assembly of neural circuits. Opportunities are now available to study the molecular basis for recognition between neurons and glia, and how these recognition events control retinal development, visual function, and susceptibility to disease. We are especially interested in following up an exciting recent discovery that suggests new ways to treat retinal diseases by manipulating cell-cell recognition.

Successful candidates will bring expertise in at least one area of modern biology that can be applied to this work, such as cellular/molecular neuroscience; molecular biology; genetics; bioinformatics; biochemistry; or cell biology. There is substantial scope for the successful candidate to develop their own research program within a supportive training environment, provided by our lab as well as the broader Duke neuroscience and vision science communities.

Applications will be considered until the position is filled. To apply, send a cover letter and a CV to jeremy DOT kay AT duke DOT edu, and provide the names and contact information for three individuals who can provide letters of recommendation.

Min Degree Requirements: Ph.D. or equivalent doctorate (e.g.Sc.D. , M.D., D.V.M.). Should be used for post-doctoral fellows if the candidate has completed all of the requirements for a degree, but the degree has not been formally conferred; the candidate may present evidence of completion of the degree requirements, together with a statement documenting the date on which the degree is to be conferred. Other Credential/Experiential Requirements : The incumbent must be a true post-doctoral fellow registered with the Post Doc Office and per the following requirements:

The term of this appointment is limited (5 years with a possible extension for an additional year)

The appointment involves substantially full-time research or scholarship, which may include teaching responsibilities.

The appointment is viewed as preparatory for a full time academic or research career.

The appointment is not part of a clinical research training program, unless research training under the supervision of a senior mentor is a primary purpose of the appointment.

The appointee works under the supervision of a scholar or a department at Duke University.

The appointee has the freedom, and is expected to publish the results of his or her research or scholarship during the period of the appointment.Minimum QualificationsEducation

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Experience

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