A postdoctoral position is available to study vertebrate neural development in the laboratory of Kristen L. Kroll at Washington University School of Medicine. We use Xenopus laevis embryos and mouse embryonic stem cells to analyze molecular signals that maintain neural progenitor cells and direct their commitment and differentiation into neurons in the forming embryo. A major current focus is studying how protein complexes that regulate chromatin structure affect transcriptional regulation during neurogenesis. To find out more about us, please see our lab web site: http://molecool.wustl.edu/krolllab/

Setting/Salary/Benefits:
Our laboratory is an academic setting in the Department of Molecular Biology and Pharmacology at Washington University School of Medicine (St. Louis). Washington University is an internationally recognized research institution (see http://medicine.wustl.edu/). We have a dynamic research environment with extensive infrastructural and core facility support. Salary is commensurate with experience with seven paid holidays a year, twenty-two paid vacation days, group health insurance, life insurance, and a basic retirement plan with university contribution (after two years). (see http://aladdin.wustl.edu/medadmin/hr/benefits.nsf). The St. Louis area combines the attractions of a major city with family-friendly and affordable lifestyle opportunities (see http://www.stlouis.com/).

Qualifications:
Candidates should hold a recent PhD with solid technical training in biochemistry/molecular biology and a strong interest in developmental biology/ developmental neurobiology. Applicants living in the US and US citizens are preferred. Interested candidates may send a CV, list of publications and names of three references by email to kkroll@wustl.edu or by regular mail to Kristen L. Kroll, Washington University School of Medicine, Campus Box 8103, 660 S. Euclid Ave, St. Louis, MO 63110.