An NIH funded postdoctoral position is available in Dr. Xu Luo’s laboratory at the Eppley Institute for Cancer Research, University of Nebraska Medical Center. The project involves the biochemical study of apoptosis in mammalian cells. Candidates with recent Ph. D. degree in molecular biology or biochemistry are welcome to apply. For more information, please see http://www.unmc.edu/Eppley/faculty.htm/. Please send CV and 3 reference letters to: Dr. Xu Luo, Eppley Institute for Cancer Research, 987696 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska 68198-7696, Email xuluo@unmc.edu

References:

Luo, X., Budiharjo, I., Zou, H., Slaughter, C., and Wang, X. (1998). Bid, a Bcl-2 interacting protein, mediates cytochrome c release from mitochondria in response to activation of cell surface death receptors. Cell 94, 481-490.

Lutter, M., Fang, M., Luo, X., Nishijima, M., Xie, X., Wang, X. (2000). Cardiolipin provides specificity for targeting of tBid to mitochondria. Nat. Cell Biol. 10, 754-761.

Li, L., Luo, X., and Wang, X. (2001). Endonuclease G is an apoptotic DNase when released from mitochondria. Nature 412, 95-99.

George, N. M., Evans, J.D., and Luo, X. (2007). A Three Helix Homo-oligomerization Domain Containing BH3 and BH1 is Responsible for the Apoptotic Activity of Bax. Genes Dev. 21, 1937-1948.