Postdoctoral Position: mechanisms of DNA damage response and telomere maintenance

Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey

Applications are invited for research positions to study the link between DNA damage checkpoint response, telomere control and cell senescence. We have recently moved to a new International Center for Public Health (ICPH) building.
Several positions will be available.
See http://njmsmicro.umdnj.edu/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1 for the ICPH building.

Candidates must have strong backgrounds in molecular biology and biochemistry and have a desire to explore fundamental problems of biology. Our group is mainly using yeast cells but at the stage of expansion to related areas using mammalian cells.

Please see previously published papers (Science 294:867, 2001; Genes & Dev 17: 1957, 2003; Nature 424:1078, 2003; Mol. Cell Biol 24: 10016, 2004; Mol. Biol. Cell 16:5227, 2005; Current Biology16:586, 2006; Mol. Biol. Cell 18:2026, 2007; Molecular Cell 33:312, 2009; Mol. Cell. Biol In press 2011).

Our school is located in close proximity to New York City. Many scientific and educational opportunities are available in the NY/NJ metropolitan area, as well as cultural, entertainment and sports activities.

Interested candidates should send a cover letter and curriculum vitae with contact information for three references (name, address, phone and e-mail) by email to: Dr. K. Sugimoto (sugimoka@umdnj.edu).