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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....
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APMM Bench to Bedside Series
Sep. 30, 2022—Join ASPIRE Path in Molecular Medicine for their Bench to Bedside series this Fall. B2B with Quin Wells, Wed, Oct 5, 5:00pm, MRB 3 1220 B2B with Bob Miller and the Shade Tree Clinic, Wed, Nov 2, 5:00pm, MRB 3 1220 B2B with Bill Schaffner, MD, Wed, Dec 7, 2022, 5:00pm, MRB 3 1220
Job Posting: Research Fellowship, COVID-19 pathogenesis and innate response to adjuvanted vaccines, FDA/Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Silver Springs, MD
Sep. 7, 2022—Position Type A research fellowship position on Viral Pathogenesis and Immunobiology is available in the Laboratory of Retrovirus Research, CBER, FDA at the White Oak Campus in Silver Spring, Maryland. Position Description The postdoc will investigate the mechanisms of inflammatory response in severe COVID-19 disease. Severe COVID disease is associated with dysregulated immune responses...
Join the Wond’ry Innovation Consulting Program!
Sep. 7, 2022—About the club: The Wond’ry Innovation Consulting Program is a nonprofit, volunteer, multidisciplinary student consulting organization with diverse team members from across the Vanderbilt community including MD, MBA, PhD, and MPH students working to create and foster opportunities to work on significant healthcare management, operations, quality, and performance improvement consulting projects. What you can expect: Meet...
HMX Pharmacology Curriculum Lead, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA
Sep. 6, 2022— HMX Pharmacology Curriculum Lead HMX HMX is an educational initiative at Harvard Medical School dedicated to creating fully online courses on foundational and cutting-edge topics in medical science. These courses are led by Harvard Medical School faculty, working in collaboration with a multi-disciplinary team of experts in biomedical visualization, assessment, and the science of learning....
Job Posting: Post-doctoral Fellow, Ayala Lab, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
Aug. 26, 2022—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 Glp1 receptor (Glp1r) agonists target the central nervous system to regulate caloric intake, feeding behavior, and body weight. We approach this using...
Fall course offering: “Introduction to Clinical Research Methods for Basic Scientists”
Aug. 10, 2022—“Introduction to Clinical Research Methods for Basic Scientists” Catalogue Description This course will use didactic and case-based approach to demonstrate practical tools to facilitate translational research. There will be 12 topics taught each over one-hour blocks coordinated by a basic scientist or physician scientist with experience in translational research. The last session will conclude with...
“Why Does My Professor Go By ‘Jim’? Understanding U.S. Social and Cultural Norms”: Biomedical International Community Event
Apr. 15, 2022—The Vanderbilt International Researchers Alliance (VIRAL) board members and BRET International Trainee Support team are excited to host a session on this topic presented by Ms. Andrea Pietrzyk, Assistant Director of Student & Scholar Engagement in the ISSS office at Vanderbilt University. Join us for this virtual session on April 26th at 1:00 p.m. to learn about social and cultural...
Job Opportunity: Postdoctoral Fellow, Developing and Applying Multimodal Molecular Imaging Technologies, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
Apr. 12, 2022—Our research group develops integrated molecular imaging technologies to elucidate the molecular basis of health and disease. Modern instrumentation and computing capabilities have enabled researchers to move beyond reductionist biology and, instead, probe how the components of biological entities (e.g. molecules, cells, and tissues) interact globally to reveal the underlying biology of disease. This systems...
Job Opportunity: Postdoctoral Fellow/ Research Scientist, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Mar. 24, 2022—A very well-funded, dynamic and question-driven lab at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center seeks to appoint one or more highly motivated postdoctoral fellows / Research Scientist with a strong interest in cancer biology, tumor immunology and cancer immunotherapy and a desire to work with projects related to lung cancers. The successful appointee(s)...
Job Opportunity: Scientist, Viriom, Rockville, MD
Mar. 4, 2022—Viriom is expanding its operation in Rockville, Maryland. Scientist: PhD (recent graduate or having postdoc experience) with experience in cell biology. Focus on RNA:protein interactions is a plus, as is prior experience in cancer biology. Industry experience is a plus but not required. Position will support the development, testing and mechanisms of action studies for a...
Job Opportunity: Postdoctoral Fellow, Colorectal Cancer, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
Feb. 2, 2022—An immediate opening for a postdoctoral position exists at Vanderbilt. The project is a direct extension of recent work that identified a new cell-of-origin in human colorectal cancer associated with distinct stem cell populations, as documented in (Chen et al., Cell, 2021). The work will entail examining the role of tumor-initiating cells in mouse models...
Job Opportunity: Scientific Project Manager (Research Coordinator), VUMC, Nashville, TN
Feb. 1, 2022—The candidate in this position will coordinate multiple aspects of the Pancreatlas™ imaging resource (http://www.pancreatlas.org), a public platform created at Vanderbilt to bring together imaging data from human pancreas samples to accelerate diabetes-related research. The candidate will oversee project operations, including maintaining documentation and organizational structures, leading regular meetings and establishing milestones, developing data visualization...
Job Opportunity: Scientific Data Curator (Biostatistician), VUMC, Nashville, TN
Feb. 1, 2022—The candidate for this position will lead data and metadata curation for human pancreas and islet phenotyping projects. As a member of a multidisciplinary research team, they will coordinate and maintain project timelines, assess and continually improve on best practices for local metadata/data storage and annotation, and assist group members with data analysis, visualization, and...
Virtual Event: EURAXESS, landing a job abroad
Jan. 26, 2022—Have you ever considered working in Europe after your PhD? The ASPIRE Program is thrilled to host EURAXESS North America for a Zoom information session on Wednesday, February 9, at 11:00am Central time. EURAXESS North America is an initiative of the European Commission to highlight research opportunities in Europe and strengthen research ties between the...