Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Gastrointestinal Unit, One Postdoctoral Position Available

We are currently searching for a postdoctoral fellow who is interested in studying the area of cellular and molecular mechanisms during the development of inflammatory bowel disease (ulcerative colitis and Crohns disease). The successful candidate will be involved in studies on physiological functions of key molecules (including Toll-like receptors, tumor necrosis factor receptors and mammalian chitinases) in colonic epithelial cells/microbial interactions. For more information, please visit our home page at www.mgh.harvard.edu/gastroenterology/index.asp. Candidates are required to have an MD, PhD, MD/PhD, or equivalent degree with research training in the field of immunology, microbiology, biochemistry, or molecular biology. Actual starting date will be June or July, 2008. Interested candidates are encouraged to send their CV, a list of references, and a brief statement of research interest to the e-mail address below:

Emiko Mizoguchi, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
GRJ 702, Gastrointestinal Unit
Massachusetts General Hospital
55 Fruit Street, Boston, MA 02114
Tel: (617) 726-7892
E-mail: emizoguchi@partners.org