Thomas Jefferson University
Sidney Kimmel Medical College

Postdoctoral or Research Assistant Positions for Mitochondria Research

Postdoctoral or Research Assistant positions are available in the lab of Dr. Ya-Ming Hou at Thomas Jefferson University, Sidney Kimmel Medical College. The laboratory studies molecular and cellular mechanisms that protect against neurodegeneration associated with mitochondrial diseases. Current topics include systematic analysis of tRNA biosynthesis, maturation, and translational activity in mitochondria and in disease.

For more information, please see the following publications and websites.
Nature Communications, 6, 7226, 2015
Methods in Enzymology 560, 91-116, 2015
Nature 510, 507-511, 2014
Chem & Biol (Cell Press) 21, 1351-1360, 2014
Nature Commun 2, 329, 2011
Nat Chem Biol 6, 795-796, 2010
Methods in Enzymology 469, 69-93, 2009
Nature Structural and Mol Biol 15, 507-514, 2008

http://www.houlaboratory.org/home.html

Candidates with an expected or recently earned Ph.D. and a strong record of research productivity are encouraged to apply. Experience in fluorescence microscopy, mammalian cell culture, molecular biology, biochemistry, protein enzymology, nucleic acid research, and mitochondrial research is preferred.

Please send a cover letter, a CV, and names/contact information of three references to:

Ya-Ming Hou, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Thomas Jefferson University
Sidney Kimmel Medical College
233 South 10th Street, BLSB 220
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Email: ya-ming.hou@jefferson.edu