Postdoctoral Associate

Summary

Dr. Yingbin Fu's laboratory at Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) is seeking a talented post-doctoral fellow. The Fu lab is interested in using the visual system to study sensory transduction, the biological mechanisms underlying various types of neurodegeneration, and to develop innovative treatment strategies. Recently, the Fu lab has made significant progress toward the understanding of two blinding diseases: Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA), the most severe retinal dystrophy in early childhood, and age-related macular degeneration (AMD), the leading cause of irreversible blindness in the elderly. The PI has won the National Institute of Health/National Eye Institute Audacious Goals Challenge Awards ( https://rebrand.ly/nih-award1; https://rebrand.ly/nei-award1 ).

Job Duties

• Plans, directs and conducts specialized and advanced research experiments.
• Evaluates and analyzes data.
• Establishes new research protocols and procedures.
• Summarizes research findings and publish results in research journals.
• Maintains laboratory operations.

Minimum Qualifications

• MD or Ph.D. in Basic Science, Health Science, or a related field.
• No experience required.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience in the following areas is preferred:
  • histopathology,
  • transcriptome profiling,
  • advanced in vivo imaging in animal models,
  • gene therapy,
  • drug delivery.
• Recipients of recent PhD or MD degree are strongly encouraged to apply.

Baylor College of Medicine requires employees to be fully vaccinated -subject to approved exemptions-against vaccine-preventable diseases including, but not limited to, COVID-19 and influenza.

Baylor College of Medicine is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Equal Access Employer.

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