"Postdoctoral Associate"

University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health is one of the nation’s leading schools of public health, ranking third among schools of public health in terms of NIH funding with contributions that have influenced public health practice and medical care across the world. Central to its mission is to foster a multidisciplinary research approach to understand and solve health problems.

A postdoctoral position is available in the laboratory of Drs. Koldamova & Lefterov in the School of Public Health, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health at the University of Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh, PA. The successful candidate will become part of a large, multidisciplinary neuroscience and environmental health community at the University of Pittsburgh, with ample opportunities for collaboration across disciplines. The postdoctoral position in the lab are supported by NIH grants to understand the role of genetic and lifestyle risk factors for late-onset Alzheimer’s disease. The main focus is on Apolipoprotein E and ABCA1, microglia, and tau. The lab utilizes transgenic animals for modeling Alzheimer’s disease as well as postmortem human tissue and biofluids. These projects require integrating multiple techniques, including animal models, and histological, molecular, and genetic analyses of pathological markers providing the candidate opportunities to grow.

Knowledge and experience in molecular biology and/or neuroscience is a requirement. The application of Next Generation Sequencing including single cell transcriptomics and other omics approaches is a substantial part of the work relevant to all projects in the lab. The position requires basic knowledge of statistics and data analysis using Bioinformatics tools and software packages necessary to analyze sequencing data.

The candidate should have a Ph.D. or MD degree and have creative thinking, effective communication skills, and the ability to work collaboratively. Applications should include curriculum vitae and names/contact information of three professional references. Please apply through requisition #24002163 on join.pitt.edu.