Job Details
Job Title: Post-doctoral Scholar
Requisition Number: DU14524
Department Name: 7H045: Barnstable Brown Diabetes Center
Work Location: Lexington, KY
Salary Range: Commensurate with experience
Type of Position: Student
Position Time Status: Full-Time
Required Education: PhD
Required Related Experience: Experience in life science or related disciplines.
Required License/Registration/Certification: N.A.
Physical Requirements: Pushing, pulling, or lifting items up to 50 lbs.
Shift: Primarily days. Evenings and weekends as needed based on ongoing research experiments.
Job Summary
The Zhu lab in the Barnstable Brown Diabetes Center is looking for a talented Post-doctoral Scholar to study adipose tissue and inter-organ communication (adipose-liver-gut axis) in obesity and MASH. This position offers a unique opportunity to study lipid metabolism and tissue crosstalk using state-of-the-art genetics, physiology and multi-omics approaches.
Responsibilities include:
- Conduct independent research with supervision and guidance, including publications in peer-reviewed journals.
- Design and execute in vivo, ex vivo, and in vitro experiments using diverse cellular systems and mouse models.
- Perform mouse metabolic phenotyping and data analyses (e.g. glucose and lipid metabolism, glucose-stimulated insulin secretion, energy expenditure, and histology)
- Apply molecular biology techniques, including CRISPR gene editing and adeno-associated virus (AAV)–mediated gene delivery.
Skills / Knowledge / Abilities
- Strong motivation for metabolic research.
- Some experience working with mice.
- Proficiency in English (communication, writhing, and presentation).
- Interest in learning new techniques.
Does this position have supervisory responsibilities?: No
Preferred Education/Experience: Background in obesity, diabetes, cancer metabolism
Deadline to Apply: 03/31/2027
