Postdoctoral Positions Immediately in Cardiovascular, Respiratory and Metabolic Research at UCLA
- Employer
- UCLA Cai Lab
- Location
- Los Angeles, California
- Salary
- Higher than NIH guidelines
- Closing date
- Feb 5, 2023
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- Discipline
- Life Sciences, Biomedical Sciences, Molecular Biology, Physiology, Health Sciences, Cardiovascular, Translational Research
- Position Type
- Full Time
- Job Type
- Lab Manager, PhD Fellowship, PhD Studentship, Postdoc, Postdoc Fellowship, Research Scientist, Senior Scientist, Staff Scientist
- Organization Type
- Academia
NIH-funded postdoctoral positions available immediately to join a productive cardiovascular, respiratory and metabolic research team in the Division of Molecular Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, and Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles (https://labs.dgsom.ucla.edu/cai/pages/publications) (please review full list of our publications to note high impact, influential, and extremely highly cited publications). A PhD in biomedical sciences or related disciplines is required. Previous training and experiences in the following research areas are preferred: 1) mechanistic studies of hypertension and pulmonary hypertension, aortic aneurysms and aortic dissections, diabetic vascular complications, dyslipidemia and atherosclerosis; 2) mechanistic studies of metabolic pathways regulating adipogenesis, mitochondrial function, and skeletal muscle function; mechanistic studies of obesity and metabolic syndrome; 3) mechanistic studies of ion channel regulations and other pathways of arrhymogenesis using animal models and in vitro techniques, especially relevant to studies of atrial fibrillation; 4) mechanistic studies of cardiac injury and remodeling (myocardial infarction and heart failure) in response to various insults including ischemia reperfusion injury (I/R) and pressure overload; proficiency in ex vivo and in vivo I/R and Transverse Aortic Constriction (TAC) models in mice; 5) mechanistic studies of angiogenesis and wound healing (in diabetic environment and in general); 6) mechanistic studies of sepsis and related organ injuries including that of heart and lung; 7) mechanistic studies of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and COVID-19; 8) mechanistic studies of mechano-transduction in the cardiovascular and respiratory systems.
Please send CV and contact information of three references to Dr. Hua Linda Cai at hcai@mednet.ucla.edu
UCLA is an equal opportunity employer.
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