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Job Posting: Postdoctoral Intramural Research Fellowship Position, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), Rocky Mountain Laboratories, Hamilton, MT
Mar. 16, 2023—Postdoctoral Intramural Research Fellowship Position National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) A postdoctoral fellowship position is available in the TSE/Prion Molecular Biology Section of the Laboratory of Persistent Viral Diseases in the Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, located at the Rocky Mountain Laboratories (RML) in Hamilton,...
Job Opportunity: Postdoctoral Fellow, Division of Infectious Diseases at the Uniformed Services University (USU) of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD
Mar. 7, 2023—The Division of Infectious Diseases at the Uniformed Services University (USU) of the Health Sciences, Bethesda MD is seeking a highly motivated postdoctoral fellow with strong immunology experience to join our group in summer 2023. Our research seeks to contribute to improved treatment for the neglected tropical disease, cutaneous leishmaniasis, by developing novel oral and...
Job Opportunity: Postdoctoral Intramural Research Fellowship, Gene Therapy Development Unit, Immunology and Microbiology, NIAID, Bethesda, MD
Feb. 27, 2023— Postdoctoral Intramural Research Fellowship Position Gene Therapy Development Unit, Genetic Immunotherapy Section, Laboratory of Clinical Immunology and Microbiology Bethesda, MD Gene Therapy Development for treatment of Genetic Immunodeficiency Diseases Position Description: The Gene Therapy Development Unit is seeking applicants for a postdoctoral position to work on novel genome editing studies for potential...
Event: Career Opportunities with the FDA
Feb. 23, 2023—Join us as we welcome Dr. La’Nissa Brown-Baker discuss career options at the Food and Drug Administration. Thursday, March 23 1:30pm Light Hall 202 Sponsored by the BRET Office of Career Development ASPIRE Program Featuring Dr. La’Nissa Brown-Baker, Associate Director for Scientific Staffing, Office of the Commissioner, Office of Medical Products and Tobacco (OMPT), FDA,...
Job Opportunity: Tenure-Track Investigator, Vaccine Research Center, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), Bethesda, MD
Feb. 22, 2023—The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)—one of the largest Institutes of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)—is seeking to recruit outstanding, highly creativescientists for positions at the Vaccine Research Center (VRC) as tenure-track investigators (equivalent to assistant or associate professor-level academic...
Vanderbilt/Leipzig Partnership: Peptide Therapeutics Short Course
Feb. 17, 2023—Learn more about: VU/LU Short Course in Peptide Therapeutics Available – Vanderbilt / Leipzig University (uni-leipzig.de) Through the Meiler lab partnership with the Max Kade Foundation, Jens has organized a short course titled “Current Developments in Experimental and Computational Engineering of Peptide Therapeutics.” It will be taught in person from February 27th through March 3rd at...
Job Posting: Post-doctoral Fellow, Ayala Lab, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
Feb. 15, 2023—The Ayala lab is seeking a post-doctoral fellow interested in mechanisms regulating feeding behavior and body weight. Research in the lab focuses on mechanisms by which the incretin hormone Glucagon-like peptide-1 (Glp1) and pharmacological Glp1 receptor (Glp1r) agonists currently approved for treating obesity target the central nervous system to promote weight loss. We approach this...
Beyond the Lab: Celebrating 100 Episodes!
Feb. 7, 2023—This week, The BRET Office of Career Development ASPIRE program is excited to announce the alumni interview series — Beyond the Lab – has reached 100 podcast episodes published! The podcast, which began as a YouTube video series in 2013, has interviewed 100 Vanderbilt University Biomedical Research Education and Training graduate student and postdoctoral fellow...
BCG Consulting deadlines and virtual events this spring
Jan. 23, 2023—Bridge to BCG Consulting – Applications February 28th Bridge to BCG is an immersive workshop designed to help you test-drive the BCG case team experience. As a Bridge to BCG participant you will: Think strategically while solving a case in a realistic BCG case team simulation Team with Bridge participants and BCG consultants to understand...
Job Opportunity: Research-Focused Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Cognitive Medicine, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
Jan. 17, 2023—The Vanderbilt Center for Cognitive Medicine in the Vanderbilt Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences is currently recruiting a new research-focused postdoctoral fellow. The candidate will primarily work in the laboratory of Dr. Warren Taylor that focuses on understanding neurobiological contributors to the occurrence and outcomes of depression in older adults. Dr. Taylor’s lab maintains...
Job Opportunity: Post-doctoral Fellowships in Skin Mechanics and Translational Imaging, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
Dec. 20, 2022—Position and project description: A post-doctoral scholar position is available at the Vanderbilt Dermatology Translational Research Clinic (VDTRC.org) and the Vanderbilt University School of Engineering to launch translational research careers. We invite motivated candidates to apply their backgrounds in engineering, physics, data science, and/or computer science to medical problems in oncology (e.g. stem cell /...
SFARI Bridge to Independence Award available for Postdocs
Dec. 19, 2022—The Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative (SFARI) is pleased to announce the Bridge to Independence Award request for applications (BTI RFA). The BTI Award program promotes talented early-career scientists by facilitating their transition to research independence and providing grant funding at the start of their professorships. Awardees will receive a commitment of $495,000 over three years,...
Job Posting: Executive Director- NGI Center, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
Dec. 13, 2022—Position Title: Executive Director NGI Center The NeuroGenomics and Informatics (NGI) Center is a multidisciplinary team working at the forefront of personalized medicine. The goal of the NeuroGenomics and Informatics Center is to understand the biology of neurodegeneration by using high-dimensional omic, human phenotype data and functional genomic approaches. We leverage these approaches to identify...
APMM Course: Human Biology and Disease
Dec. 12, 2022—Summer course: April 28 – May 22, 2023, 8 am until 10 am each day (in-person) Credit: 1-3 hours Registration: Opens March 27, 2023 Enrollment limit: endless Human-Biology-and-Disease-Course-Flyer-2023 Course organizers The course has been organized by Dr. Mark de Caestecker MB BS, Ph.D., Dr. Matt Luther MD MSCI, nephrologists and physician scientists who direct the ASPIRE Program for Molecular Medicine...
Job Opportunity: Senior Scientist, Cruchaga Lab, Genetics, Washington University, St. Louis, MO
Nov. 30, 2022—The Cruchaga lab, member of the NeuroGenomics and informatics Center at Washington University School of Medicine, is looking for a Senior Scientist with expertise in genetics, iPSC, cell culture, CRISPR/Cas9, DNA/RNA processing and high throughput screening. The lab is dedicated to advance our understanding of Alzheimer’s disease, other dementias, and stroke, by performing deep molecular...
Grad Student to Independent Researcher: The Gerty and Carl Cori Fellowship
Nov. 16, 2022—The Gerty and Carl Cori Fellowship, hosted by the Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics at Washington University School of Medicine, recognizes outstanding graduate student scientists by giving them the opportunity to transition directly from their graduate training to independent fellow positions where they have the freedom to pursue their own research agendas. With an...
Job Posting: Postdoctoral Position in structural mechanisms of signaling molecules, Kuriyan Lab, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
Nov. 15, 2022—The Kuriyan lab at Vanderbilt University is seeking a creative, motivated, and highly skilled Postdoctoral Scholar to join a project aimed at understanding tyrosine kinases and signaling pathways in mammalian cells. The proteins involved include, but are not limited to, the tyrosine kinases BCR-Abl, ZAP-70, Syk, BTK and ITK, and proteins involved in Ras signaling....
Graduate Leadership Institute Dissertation Enhancement Grants
Nov. 10, 2022—The Russell G. Hamilton Graduate Leadership Institute provides awards of up to $2000 for research expenses related to student’s dissertation (previous awardees). These grants are designed for PhD Students with outstanding potential to accelerate progress on their research, adding depth or breadth to their work. They are granted on a competitive basis. See full information on their...
Job Opportunity: Postdoctoral Scholar, Immunology, Inflammation, Host-Microbe, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
Nov. 4, 2022—Postdoctoral Positions available in immunology, inflammation, and host-microbe contributions to inflammatory diseases. At least two postdoctoral positions are available immediately in the Ward Lab at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) in Nashville, TN. The Ward Lab is housed in recently renovated open lab space shared amongst faculty belonging to the Vanderbilt Institute for Infection, Immunology,...
2021 2022 ASPIRE Annual Report
Oct. 25, 2022—