Postdoctoral Position in Angiogenesis Research

A postdoctoral position is available in the laboratory of Masanobu Komatsu, Ph.D. at Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute (formerly Burnham Institute) to investigate the regulatory mechanism of blood vessel maturation and stabilization. Our laboratory has shown that the small GTPase R-Ras promotes quiescence of vascular cells and normalizes newly forming vessels in the pathologically regenerating vasculature (Nature Medicine 2005, Cancer Cell 2012). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22897853
The goal of this study is to exploit the R-Ras pathways in order to modulate blood vessels for therapeutic advantage, for instance 1) to block metastasis and improve drug delivery in cancer, or 2) to improve blood perfusion in ischemic heart disease. Prospective candidates will be conducting this study at our Florida campus in Orlando. Visit our website for research focuses of the laboratory. http://www.sanfordburnham.org/Talent/Pages/MasanobuKomatsu.aspx
Interested applicants should submit a single PDF file containing CV, a brief description of research interests and accomplishments to Dr. Komatsu. mkomatsu@sanfordburnham.org

Masanobu Komatsu, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute at Lake Nona
mkomatsu@sanfordburnham.org