POSTDOCTORAL SCHOLAR - ZHANG LAB

The University of Iowa Health Care Department of Neurology is seeking a creative, enthusiastic, and highly motivatedPost-Doctoral Research Scholarin the laboratory of Qiang (Johnson) Zhang, MD. This position will provide scientific and technical leadership in the management, design, and conduct of research in the Center for Neurodegeneration.

Duties may include:

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  Independently performing experiments and research with mice

  
  
  
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  Collecting and analyzing data

  
  
  
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  Writing manuscripts

  
  
  
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  Writing training grants/career development grants ~ as a federally funded physician-scientist previously supported by NIH training grants, Dr. Zhang is highly committed to the career development of his trainees.

  
  
  
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  Assisting/preparing data for grant applications

  
  
  
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  Supervising students/research assistants

  
  
  

The Zhang Lab is focused on how glycolysis and bioenergetics are involved in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease and its related dementias (ADRD) including Parkinson's disease dementia and dementia with Lewy bodies.

This position will also collaborate extensively with Dr. Nandakumar Narayanan (https://narayanan.lab.uiowa.edu/) in Neurology and Dr. Michael Welsh (https://welsh.lab.uiowa.edu/) in Internal Medicine.

Please note: This position is for a limited duration, starting at 12 months, and not to exceed five (5) years unless there are unusual circumstances.

More information available athttps://grad.uiowa.edu/postdoctoral-affairs.

Iowa City is a vibrant mid-sized city that perennially ranks in the top 10 as a "Best Place to Live". It is the first UNESCO City of Literature in the U.S. and hosts a wide variety of cultural, artistic, and sporting events year-round.

Successful candidates will be required to self-disclose any conviction history and will be subject to a criminal background check and credential/education verification. Up to 5 professional references will be requested during the recruitment process.

For additional questions, please contact Erin Curry at 319-356-7355 or erin-curry@uiowa.edu.

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  PhD or equivalent combination of education and experience

  
  
  

• Proficiency in MATLAB or R.
• Track record of peer-reviewed scientific publications, including at least one first-author publication, in neuroscience

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  Experience with behavioral assays in rodent transgenic models.

  
  
  
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  Experience with fiber photometry.

  
  
  
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  Experience with histology/immunohistochemistry/ELISA/Western blot.

  
  
  
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  Experience with neuronal ensemble recordings.

  
  
  
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  Experience with optogenetics.

  
  
  
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  Experience with rodent MR spectroscopy imaging.

  
  
  
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  Experience with rodent PET imaging.

  
  
  
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  Experience with transcriptomics.

  
  
  

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