Postdoctoral Researcher

Postdoctoral Position Available

Lab: Stephen D. Ginsberg, Ph.D.

Center for Dementia Research

Nathan Kline Institute, Orangeburg, NY 10962

(~17 miles from Manhattan)

JOB DESCRIPTION

The position provides a rich multidisciplinary environment for postdoctoral training and more advanced career development. The candidate will receive a multidisciplinary training investment in performing multi-‘omics expression profiling studies at the single population and subregional level relevant towards understanding the potential pathogenesis of selective neuronal vulnerability during the progression of dementia. The position available involves studies of cellular and animal models and postmortem human brain tissues to investigate vulnerable neuronal populations via single population RNA sequencing (RNA-seq), digital spatial profiling (DSP), and related validation strategies within the hippocampus, basal forebrain, and cortex.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

The postdoctoral candidate must have a Ph.D. in Neuroscience, Molecular/Cellular Neuroscience, or equivalent and experience with neuroanatomy, molecular and cellular neuroscience in mouse and/or postmortem human brain tissues, and training in statistics/bioinformatics, and previous work with mice.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Preferred Ph.D. in Neuroscience/Molecular Cellular Neuroscience

Preferred experience with human neuroanatomy

Preferred experience with laser capture microdissection

Preferred experience with RNA-sequencing

Preferred experience with digital spatial profiling

Please send Statement of Interest and CV to:

Stephen D. Ginsberg, Ph.D.

Professor

Nathan Kline Institute

New York University Grossman School of Medicine

ginsberg@nki.rfmh.org