Postdoc Fellow-Cell Biology/Biophysics

Job Description

The University of Cincinnati is a premier, public, urban research university, ranked as one of America’s top 26 public research universities by the National Science Foundation. U.S. News and World Report has ranked UC in the Top Tier of America’s Best Colleges. The College of Medicine is the No. 44 Medical School for Research. The 2018 Nature index of Life Science for the University of Cincinnati is ranked as 85 out of ~3000 Institutes worldwide. In the Web of Sciences ESI ranking, all research catalogs related biology and medicine for University of Cincinnati fall into top 1% globally.

Dr. Jiajie Diao at Department of Cancer Biology currently has one NIH-funded postdoctoral position available. Recent publications can be found at http://www.researcherid.com/rid/A-3425-2008 or https://sites.google.com/site/diaojj/. Prof. Jun-Lin Guan will be a co-mentor for this project. Please see http://med.uc.edu/cancerbiology/labs/guan-laboratory/home for some detail of Guan laboratory. This position will support the University’s mission and commitment to excellence and diversity in our students, faculty, staff and all our activities.

Job Summary: The main research project is to study key protein factors involved in autophagosome biogenesis. We combine in vitro protein-reconstituted systems with cellular analysis. Particular emphasis is on mechanistic studies using advanced biophysical and biochemical techniques including super-resolution microscopy, single-molecule imaging and structural approaches (x-ray crystallography & electron microscope). 

Minimum Qualifications: Ph.D. or M.D. in Cell Biology, Biophysics, Biochemistry, Biology, Biomaterials, Bioengineering.

Ideal Qualifications: Strong expertise in cell biology, biochemistry, molecular biology techniques.

Please send your CV to jiajie.diao@uc.edu.