Postdoctoral Positions, Cornell lab, Department of Oral Health Sciences (OHS), University of Washington, Seattle, WA

Created by Wei-Chia Tseng
Jul 21, 2022
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Position Title:|https://hr.uw.edu/files/comp/descriptors/resscieng.php ] Postdoctoral Scholar
Salary Range: NIH salary scale
FTE Percentage: 100%

Contract: One year. Renewable, depending on funding

 

The Department of Oral Health Sciences (OHS)at the University of Washington School of Dentistry (UWSOD) brings together faculty from different ends of the dental and oral health research spectrum into a single department. The department has expertise ranging from the modern experimental life sciences through the public health and behavioral sciences. OHS has the goal of improving the oral and general health and well-being of our diverse global population through research, teaching and service. OHS has a broadly defined mission that accommodates diverse faculty interests and expertise. At present, OHS enjoys faculty expertise in areas including anatomy, biochemistry, molecular biology, microbiology, biostatistics, epidemiology, behavioral science (both basic and applied), public health, dental hygiene, education, law, medicine, and clinical dentistry including faculty members with specialty training in periodontics, orthodontics, and oral medicine. OHS also sponsors the School of Dentistry’s only PhD program as well as the combined DDS-PhD program and the Masters of Science program for Dental Hygiene. Our graduate programs provide advanced interdisciplinary training for graduate students to enable them to become academic and research leaders in the dental and craniofacial sciences, and to contribute to improved understanding of human oral and systemic health and disease. OHS is committed to the principles of diversity, equity, and inclusion and to providing an environment where every employee feels welcomed, valued and appreciated.

 

The Postdoctoral Scholar will be a contributing member of the Cornell Lab at UWSOD to carry out funded research, develop new research skills, generate publications, submit grants, and prepare for a career as an independently funded scholar.

 

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Carry out funded research projects, including potentially a) evaluating zebrafish mutants of genes implicated in orofacial cleft, b) conducting functional tests of human gene variants detected in patients with orofacial cleft, in zebrafish and/or in tissue culture, c) Crispr/Cas9-mediated homology directed engineering the genome of human cells, to test non-coding variants associated with orofacial cleft, d) single-cell multiomics on zebrafish to evaluate the structure of transcriptional regulatory networks governing cell fate specification.

 

-Take leadership role in manuscript writing

-Gain experience writing and submitting grants

-Participate in career development activities in the lab

 

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS/QUALIFICATIONS:

-PhD or MD/PhD

  • Strong background and experience in experimental sciences (such as molecular biology and/or biochemistry) is necessary.

Candidates should be ambitious and independent with good communication skills and team mentality.

A minimum of one first-author publication in a well-respected journal.

 

Contact: Robert Cornell, cornellr@uw.edu. Subject line: Zfin postdoc