Job Overview
Dr. Ke Yuan's lab in the Department of Pediatrics at Boston Children's Hospital/Harvard Medical School has an opening for a postdoctoral research fellow.
The lab studies the critical role of pericytes during angiogenesis and abnormal vascular remodeling in pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) and other pulmonary vascular diseases.
The work is interdisciplinary, spanning cell/molecular/developmental biology, rodent (mouse/rat) genetics, and related biomedical science fields.
Candidates need a Ph.D., strong critical thinking, the ability to work both independently and in a team, and a productivity record with at least one first-author peer-reviewed publication.
Proficiency in written or oral English communication is required.
Advantageous experience includes right ventricular pressure measurements in rodents, confocal microscopy, primary cell culture, bioinformatics (single-cell sequencing, ChIP-seq), data analysis, and CRISPR-mediated genome editing.
Fellows lead independent, cutting-edge research projects with world-class facilities, plus a customizable curriculum and career development support within an interdisciplinary, collaborative community.
To apply, send a cover letter with a statement of research experience and proposed interests plus a detailed CV to the listed email.
This is a Boston-based position.
Original company posting: https://research.childrenshospital.org/research-units/ke-yuan-lab-research/join-our-team