Postdoctoral Scholar - Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Core
Investigate the behavior of individual molecules and bio-molecular condensates in living cells to understand how transcription machineries and regulatory DNA elements organize in 3D to regulate gene expression.
Role type
Postdoctoral Scholar (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology)
Builds
Research on molecular mechanisms of transcription, genome organization, and bio-molecular condensation in live cells.
Domain
Biophysics / Molecular Biology / Genomics
Deliverable
research
Required skills
Single-molecule imaging, DNA/RNA imaging in live mammalian cells, biochemistry, fluorescence microscopy, quantitative modeling, computational methods for visualizing dynamic molecule clusters
Preferred skills
Study of bio-molecular condensates using a combination of biochemistry, fluorescence, and quantitative modeling methods
Technologies
Single-molecule super-resolution imaging, lattice light sheet microscopy
Responsibilities
Develop and use imaging and computational methods to visualize dynamic molecule clusters during gene expression; study the formation and function of transcriptional condensates in health and disease using mouse embryonic stem cells and mouse erythroid leukemia cells
Seniority
Postdoctoral (Junior Researcher)