Post Doctoral Fellow - Dept Of Pharmacology And Toxicology

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Summary:

Postdoctoral position in structural, functional and translational research of telomeric complexes

A Postdoctoral Fellow position is immediately available in the laboratory of Dr. Emmanuel Skordalakes at VCU, Massey Cancer center.

The laboratory studies protein, nucleic acid assemblies that participate in the replication and maintenance of telomeres and have been implicated in a host of diseases including cancer. Areas of interest include the telomere replication and maintenance nucleoprotein complexes telomerase, CST and shelterin. We use a multidisciplinary approach involving biochemical, biophysical and cell based assays to address mechanistic questions related to the function of the above protein-nucleic acid assemblies.

Our goal is to understand how telomeres are replicated, how shelterin and CST regulate this process and how dysfunction of these complexes leads to human disease. Information obtained from these studies will be used to identify activity modulators of telomerase and associated complexes as potential therapeutics for cancer and age-related diseases

Additional information regarding our research program can be found at the laboratory's web sites

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=aMjQAjsAAAAJ&hl=en

https://pharmtox.vcu.edu/about/our-team/emmanuel-skordalakes-phd.html

Required Qualifications:

We are looking for highly motivated candidates that have recently acquired or will be acquiring a Ph.D. in biochemistry, structural biology or a related field and have a record of peer reviewed publications.

Demonstrated experience working in and fostering a diverse faculty, staff, and student environment or commitment to do so as a postdoctoral fellow at VCU

ORP Eligible: Yes

This is a restricted position with no set end date and continued employment is dependent upon project need, availability of funding, and performance.

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