Positions

We are currently seeking a postdoctoral fellow to lead research project (wet and/or dry) focused on abnormal pregnancy (pre-eclampsia) and/or craniofacial birth defects (craniofacial microsomia). The research involves analyzing GWAS variants using functional genomics and mouse genetics.

This is an exciting research opportunity in the Ushiki Lab at the Department of Genetics, Washington University in St. Louis. We are seeking a motivated candidate to join our team! The lab conducts mouse genetics and molecular biology experiments for projects. Work in the lab includes maintaining experimental mouse lines, performing molecular assays for genotype determination, basic cell culture, and molecular biology experiments. The successful applicant will start in the fall/winter of 2024.

This is an exciting research opportunity in the Dougherty lab in the Department of Genetics. We are seeking a motivated scientist to join our team! Work in the lab involves conducting rodent behavioral and molecular analyses for NIH-, foundation-, privately-, and university-funded projects. This includes collecting behavioral data, conducting preliminary data quality analysis, maintaining experimental mouse lines, and performing molecular assays for genotype determination. Additional responsibilities and opportunities include statistical analysis and data interpretation, and assisting the team to bring new behavioral assays online. This position requires flexible hours as evening and weekend work may be required as needed on a study by study basis.

We’re looking for passionate, accomplished PhD scientists keen to take their research to the next level in one of the areas of our lab’s expertise. We offer competitive pay and benefits and a stimulating, collegial scientific environment optimal for academic, industry, or other career aspirations. Prospective postdocs should send Dr. Meers a CV with references, a brief explanation of their scientific/professional goals, and a description of how they envision a postdoc with our lab will help achieve them.

Postdoctoral Research Associate position open in Dr. Guoyan Zhao’s laboratory (https://sites.wustl.edu/zhaolab/ ) in the Department of Genetics and Department of Neurology at Washington University School of Medicine. The Zhao laboratory employs multiple cutting-edge technologies in genomics and computational biology to investigate the development and function of mammalian brains in the context of human health and disease. Current areas of interest include applying single-nucleus RNA-sequencing and spatial transcriptomics/proteomics technologies on human brain with the goal of understanding disease pathogenesis of Alzheimer disease (AD), Parkinson disease (PD), and Lewy body diseases (LBDs).

The laboratories of Dr. Jeff Milbrandt and Dr. Rob Mitra invite highly motivated candidates to apply for positions as joint postdoctoral fellows in the Department of Genetics and McDonnell Genome Institute at Washington University in St. Louis. These fellows will develop research programs in Personalized Medicine aimed at revealing the pathogenic mechanisms of disease-associated variants via monitoring phenotypic changes of genetically perturbed iPSC-derived neurons and glia.

We invite highly motivated candidates to apply for positions as postdoctoral fellows in the laboratory of Dr. Jeff Milbrandt in the Department of Genetics at Washington University in St. Louis. Our primary goal is to unravel the mechanism of axon degeneration and its role in neurodegenerative disease. Many of our projects are pursued collaboratively with the Aaron DiAntonio lab and focus on how defects in NAD homeostasis alter disease progression in peripheral neuropathy, ALS and retinal degenerative disorders.