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News & Events

2009- 2010 Events and Workshops Calendar
Dec 3 Journal Writing, Session II
Dec 7 Journal Writing, Session III
Dec 7 Tutorial - K awards and other CDAs (3 sessions; sign up required)
Dec 17 Holiday Social
Postdoctoral Research Symposium Day
Third issue of the Emory Postdoc Association Newsletter

Open Positions

Title: A full-time post-doctoral fellow position is now available in the broad field of the molecular biology of fatty liver disease, liver cancer, and liver fibrosis.
Faculty Name: Frank A. Anania, M.D., FACP, AGAF
Department: : Department of Medicine, Division of Digestive Diseases, Emory University School of Medicine
Faculty Email: fanania@emory.edu
Dates position open: November 1, 2009
Scientific area: Digestive Diseases

Title: Postdoctoral Fellowship in Infectious Diseases Genomics.
Faculty Name: Timothy D. Read, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Department: Human Genetics
Faculty Email: tread@emory.edu
Website:http://medicine.emory.edu/id/profile_highlights.cfm/id=22197
Dates position open:August 1, 2009
Scientific area: Genetics and Infectious Disease

Title: Postdoctoral Fellowship in Computational Infectious Disease Biology
Faculty Name: Timothy D. Read, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Department: Human Genetics
Faculty Email: tread@emory.edu
Website:http://medicine.emory.edu/id/profile_highlights.cfm/id=22197
Dates position open:August 1, 2009
Scientific Area: Infectious Disease and Computational Biology

Title: Postdoctoral Fellow in Clinical and Translational Nutrition Research
Faculty Name: Thomas Ziegler, M.D., Professor
Department: Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Lipids
Faculty Email: tzieg01@emory.edu
Dates position open: October 1, 2009
Scientific Area: Nutrition and Translational Research

Title: Post-doctoral fellow position in the regulation of vascular smooth muscle cell migration by PDGF.
Faculty Name: Alejandra San Martin, Ph.D.
Department: Department of Medicine, Division Cardiology, Emory University School of Medicine
Faculty Email: msanmar@emory.edu
Dates position open:August 1, 2009
Scientific area: Redox regulation of cellular function

Title: The postdoctoral fellow will join a team active in schizophrenia, cocaine, and PTSD clinical research with current projects in acoustic startle, prepulse inhibition, fear potentiation, and fMRI.
Department: Atlanta VA Medical Center and Emory University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Faculty Email: erica.duncan@va.gov
Dates position open: Immediately
Scientific area: Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Title: The Neuroscience Initiative (NI) Postdoctoral Scholars Fellowship seeks Postdoctoral Fellows wanting to unite the Neurosciences with other disciplines to forge new areas of interdisciplinary research.
Faculty Email: mhorton@emory.edu
Website:http://neurosciences.emory.edu or click here for instructions for applications.
Dates position open: Immediately
Scientific area: NeuroScience

Title: The Computational Life Sciences (CLS) Postdoctoral Fellowships seeks Postdoctoral Fellows wishing to design a project at the interface of computation, synthetic sciences and systems biology.
Department: Computational and Life Sciences
Faculty Email: cls-fellow-apply@emory.edu
Website:http://www.cls.emory.edu or click here for instructions for applications.
Dates position open: Immediately
Scientific area: Life Sciences

Title: Structure/function studies of epithelial intercellular junctions with special emphasis on cell-cell adhesion integrins, signaling, and cell migration as involved in cancer biology.
Faculty Name: Charles Parkos, MD, Ph.D. and Asma Nusrat, MD, Professors
Department: Department of Pathology
Faculty Email: cparkos@emory.edu or anusrat@emory.edu
Website:http://www.parkosandnusratlabs.com
Dates position open: January 1, 2009
Scientific area: Biochemistry

Title: Study therapist for NIMH grant investigating exposure therapy in the Emergency Department following sexual assault. (Requires Ph.D. in Clnical Psychology)
Faculty Name: Barbara O. Rothbaum, MD, ABPP, Professor in Psychiatry
Department: Director, Trauma and Anxiety Recovery Program
Faculty Email: brothba@emory.edu
Dates position open: July 1, 2009 or possibly sooner for qualified candidate9
Scientific area: Other (Psychology, Psychiatry)

Title: Immunology and molecular biology studies in novel correlates of immunity in the mother-to-chlld transmission model of HIV infection and protection
Faculty Name: Dr. Rana Chakraborty, Associate Professor
Department: : Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases
Faculty Email: rchakr5@emory.edu
Dates position open: April 6, 2009
Scientific area: Immunology and Infectious Disease

Title: Development of tumor targeted nanoparticles as molecular imaging probes for detection of breast cancer using optical and MR imaging for therapeutic applications.
Faculty Name: Lily Yang, Associate Professor
Department: : Winship Cancer Institute
Faculty Email: Lyang02@emory.edu
Dates position open: Immediately
Scientific area: Cancer and Oncological Sciences.

Title: Postdoctoral Research Fellow investigating mechanisms of oxidative stress and vascular dysfunction in the lung.
Faculty Name: Mike Hart, MD
Department: Department of Medicine; Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Faculty Email: Michael.hart3@va.gov
Website:http://medicine.emory.edu/pulm/profile_highlights.cfm?id=230
Dates position open: January 1, 2009 – Dec 31, 2009
Scientific area: Molecular and Systems Pharmacology

Title: Multidisciplinary research in the biological basis for neurological and behavioral dysfunction in Lesch-Nyhan disease.
Faculty Name: H. A. Jinnah, MD, Ph.D.
Department: Departments of Neurology & Human Genetics
Faculty Email: hjinnah@emory.edu
Website:http://www.lesch-nyhan.org and http://neurology.emory.edu/Faculty/Faculty.htm
Dates position open: Immediately
Scientific area: Neuroscience & neurobiology And Biochemistry, Cell and Developmental Biology

Title: Postdoctoral fellowship on mechanism of subtelomeric rearrangements.
Faculty Name:Katie Rudd, Ph.D.
Department: Department of Human Genetics, Emory University School of Medicine
Faculty Email: krudd@genetics.emory.edu
Website:http://www.genetics.emory.edu/labs/rudd/
Dates position open: February 1, 2009
Scientific area: Genetics and Molecular Biology

Title: Post-doctoral fellow position in high throughput fluorescence imaging.
Faculty Name:Adam Marcus, Ph.D.
Department: Department of Hematology and Oncology, Winship Cancer Institute
Faculty Email: Adam.Marcus@emory.org
Website:http://Amarcuslab.googlepages.com and http://cancer.emory.edu/cellimaging
Dates position open: March 1, 2009
Scientific area: Cancer and Oncological Sciences

Title: Postdoctoral position in neurovirology/neuroimmunology.
Faculty Name:William Tyor, MD, Professor
Department: Department of Neurology, Emory Chief of Neurology at the Atlanta VAMC
Faculty Email: wtyor@emory.edu
Website:http://neurology.emory.edu/
Dates position open: Immediately
Scientific area: Molecular and Systems Pharmacology and Neuroscience and Neurobiology

Title: Studies in Cardiovascular Regeneration and Differentiation and Therapeutic Angiogenesis with Stem and/or Progenitor Cells.
Faculty Name:Young-sup Yoon, M.D., Ph.D
Department: Emory University School of Medicine Division of Cardiology
Faculty Email: yyoon5@emory.edu
Website:http://www.stemyoon.org
Dates position open: April, 2009
Scientific area: Biochemistry, Cell and Developmental Biology and Cancer and Oncological Sciences

Title: Molecular and physiological post-translational regulation of Na+/H+ exchangers by protein kinases and G protein-coupled receptor-mediated signaling.
Faculty Name: C. Chris Yun, Ph.D.
Department: Division of Digestive Diseases, Emory University School of Medicine
Faculty Email: ccyun@emory.edu
Dates position open: Jan 1, 2009
Scientific area: Digestive and Kidney Disease

Title: Genetics and exposure to traumatic experience as they impact risk for psychiatric and substance use disorders.
Faculty Name: Joseph Cubells, Assoc. Professor Human Genetics and Kerry Ressler, Asst Professor Psychiatry
Department: Department of Human Genetics
Faculty Email: jcubell@emory.edu or kressle@emory.edu
Website: http://www.genetics.emory.edu and http://userwww.service.emory.edu/~kressle/
Dates position open: January 1, 2009 with one year experience; July 1 with no experience. Requires US citizenship or green card
Scientific area: Genetics; Neuroscience

Title: Postdoctoral Fellow (Research Assistant and Research Associate) - Investigations in ionic and molecular mechanisms of cell death that occur in diseases such as ischemic stroke and in stem cell transplantation therapy.
Faculty Name: Shan Ping Yu, M.D., Professor
Department: Department of Anesthesiology, Emory University School of Medicine
Faculty Email: spyu@emory.edu
Website:http://anesthesiology.emory.edu/Yu_Lab/
Dates position open: February 1, 2009
Scientific area: Biochemistry, Cell and Developmental Biology, Genetics and Molecular Biology,Molecular and Systems Pharmacology, Neuroscience and Neurobiology and Stem Cell Physiology and Transplantation

Title: Two Positions in Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms Underlying the Wiring and Plasticity of Neuronal Circuitry. Requires skills in primary CNS neuronal and brain slice culture, high resolution digital or confocal imaging or molecular biology.
Faculty Name: James Q Zheng, Ph.D., Professor
Department: Department of Cell Biology, Emory University School of Medicine & Center for Neurodegenerative Disease
Faculty Email: james.zheng@emory.edu
Website:http://cellbio.emory.edu/lab/zheng/
Dates position open: Jan 1, 2009
Scientific area: Neurobiology and cell biology

Title: Noncoding RNAs in Neurological Disorders.
Faculty Name: Peng Jin, Ph.D.
Department: Human Genetics, School of Medicine
Faculty Email: peng.jin@emory.edu
Website:http://www.genetics.emory.edu/labs/jinlab/Home.html
Dates position open: Jan 1, 2009
Scientific area: Genetics and Molecular Biology

Title: Retinal Neurobiology and Circadian Rhythms.
Faculty Name: P. Michael Iuvone, Ph.D., Professor
Department: Departments of Pharmacology and Ophthalmology
Faculty Email: miuvone@emory.edu
Website: http://www.pharm.emory.edu/iuvone.html
Dates position open: Jan 1, 2009
Scientific area: Neuroscience and Neurobiology

Title: Development of novel therapeutic strategies for prevention and treatment of human cancers.
Faculty Name: Dong Moon Shin, M.D., Professor
Department: Winship Cancer Institute, Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology
Faculty Email: dmray@emory.edu
Dates position open: Jan 2009
Scientific area: Molecular oncology, molecular therapeutics and biology, signal transduction

Title: Structure-function studies on RNA-protein complexes in antibiotic resistance and viral immune evasion.
Faculty Name: Graeme L. Conn, PhD
Department: Emory School of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry
Faculty Email: gconn@emory.edu
Website: http://www.biochem.emory.edu/cgi-bin/people/detail_faculty?id=gconn
Dates position open: Immediately
Scientific area: Structural Biology, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Biophysics, Microbiology

Title: Structural biology of macromolecular machines involved in translation and mRNA transport.
Faculty Name: Christine M. Dunham, PhD.
Department: Emory School of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry
Faculty Email: christine.m.dunham@emory.edu
Website: http://www.biochem.emory.edu/labs/cmdunha/
Dates position open: Immediately
Scientific area: Structural Biology, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Biophysics

Title: Alzheimer's disease: Neurobiology of seeded ß – amyloid deposition in transgenic rodents.
Faculty Name: Lary C. Walker, PhD.
Department: Yerkes National Primate Research Center and Department of Neurology
Faculty Email: lary.walker@emory.edu
Website: http://www.research.yerkes.emory.edu/Walker/index.htm
Dates position open: Immediately
Scientific area: Neuroscience and Neurobiology

Title: Studies of basal ganglia motor function
Faculty Name: Stella M. Papa, MD.
Department: Yerkes National Primate Research Center and Department of Neurology
Faculty Email: spapa@emory.edu
Website: http://neurology.emory.edu/
Dates position open: December 1, 2008
Scientific area: Neuroscience and Neurobiology

Title: Visual Processing and Smooth Eye Movements Neural Control of Visual Vestibular Behavior
Faculty Name: Michael J. Mustari, PhD.,Professor of Neurology
Department: Yerkes; Sensory-Motor Systems
Faculty Email: mjmustar@rmy.emory.edu

Title: Structure/function studies of CFTR and ClC chloride channels using novel peptide toxins
Faculty Name: Nael A. McCarty, Assistant Professor and Senior Cystic Fibrosis Scientist
Department: Pediatrics
Faculty Email: namccar@emory.edu
Dates position open: Immediately
Scientific area: Molecular and Systems Pharmacology

Title: Role of PPAR gamma in regulating vascular reactive species production in diabetes
Faculty Name: Michael Hart, M.D., Professor
Department: Medicine, Chief Atlanta VA Pulmonary Section
Faculty Email: Michael.Hart3@va.gov
Website: http://medicine.emory.edu/pulm/profile_highlights.cfm?id=230
Dates position open: July 2008 - June 2010
Scientific area: Vascular biology

Title: Novel pharmacological approaches to the treatment of pulmonary hypertension
Faculty Name: Michael Hart, M.D., Professor
Department: Medicine, Chief Atlanta VA Pulmonary Section
Faculty Email: Michael.Hart3@va.gov
Website: http://medicine.emory.edu/pulm/profile_highlights.cfm?id=230
Dates position open: July 2008 - June 2010
Scientific area: Vascular biology

Title: Mechanisms of enhanced oxidative stress in the lung during chronic alcohol ingestion
Faculty Name: Michael Hart, M.D., Professor
Department: Medicine, Chief Atlanta VA Pulmonary Section
Faculty Email:Michael.Hart3@va.gov
Website: http://medicine.emory.edu/pulm/profile_highlights.cfm?id=230
Dates position open: July 2008 - June 2010
Scientific area: Vascular biology

Title: Migration and Fusion of Muscle Stem Cells during Skeletal Muscle Regeneration
Faculty Name: Grace Pavlath, Ph.D., Professor
Department: Pharmacology
Faculty Email: gpavlat@emory.edu
Website: http://www.pharm.emory.edu/gpavlath/
Dates position open: Immediately
Scientific area: Biochemistry, Cell and Developmental Biology

Title: The role of LPA in colon cancer
Faculty Name: C. Chris Yun, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Department: Medicine, Digestive Diseases
Faculty Email: ccyun@emory.edu
Dates position open: Jan 2009
Scientific area: Digestive disease, cancer

Title: mtDNA alterations, oxidative stress, and cardiovascular disease
Faculty Name: William Lewis, MD, Professor
Department: Pathology, School of Medicine, Emory University
Faculty Email: wlewis@emory.edu
Website: www.pathology.emory.edu/LabPages/Research_LewisW_index.cfm
Dates position open: To be negotiated
Scientific area: Biochemistry, Cell and Developmental Biology

Title: AIDS Research/Molecular Biology
Faculty Name: William Lewis, M.D., Professor
Department: Pathology School of Medicine, Emory University
Faculty Email: wlewis@emory.edu
Website: www.pathology.emory.edu/LabPages/Research_LewisW_index.cfm
Dates position open: To be negotiated
Scientific area: Biochemistry, Cell and Developmental Biology

Title: Roles of retinoids in the physiology and pathology of the female reproductive system
Faculty Name: Neil Sidell, Ph.D., Professor
Department: Gynecology & Obstetrics
Faculty Email: nsidell@emory.edu
Website: http://www.gynob.emory.edu/bio_sidell_neil.cfm
Dates position open: Immediately
Scientific area: Cancer and Oncological Sciences & Reproductive Biology

Title: Postdoctoral Fellowship in Clinical Chemistry
Faculty Name: Corinne R. Fantz, Ph.D., DABCC or James C. Ritchie, Ph.D., DABCC, Co Directors
Department: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicinee
Faculty Email: cfantz@emory.edu or jritchi@emory.edu
Website: http://pathology.emory.edu/Training_ClinicalChemistryFellowship.html
Dates position open: Recurring position: Start date July 1
Scientific area: Any discipline

Title: Understanding mTOR signaling by emphasizing its relationships with Akt and eIF4E to enhance mTOR-targeted cancer therapy
Faculty Name: Shi-Yong Sun, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Department: Winship Cancer Institute, Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology
Faculty Email: ssun@emory.edu
Dates position open: Oct 2008
Scientific area: Cancer and Oncological Sciences

Title: Enhancing mTOR-targeted cancer therapy
Faculty Name: Shi-Yong Sun, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Department: Winship Cancer Institute, Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology
Faculty Email: ssun@emory.edu
Dates position open: Oct 2008
Scientific area: Cancer and Oncological Sciences

Title: Tyrosine kinase signaling in cancer pathogenesis, metastasis and metabolism
Faculty Name: Jing Chen, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Department: Winship Cancer Center, Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology
Faculty Email: jchen@emory.edu
Dates position open: Immediately
Scientific area: Cancer and Oncological Sciences

Title: Autism genetics and treatment: New gene discovery by high-resolution microarray analysis and comprehensive genotype-phenotype correlations to improve treatment
Faculty Name: Christa Lese Martin and David H. Ledbetter, Associate Professor
Department: Department of Human Genetics
Faculty Email: christa.martin@emory.edu and david.ledbetter@emory.edu
Website: http://www.genetics.emory.edu/labs/martin/martin_lab_index.php & http://www.genetics.emory.edu/labs/ledbetter/ledbetter_lab_index.php
Dates position open: Jan 2009
Scientific area: Genetics and Molecular Biology

Title: Noncoding RNAs in brain development and neurological disorders
Faculty Name: Peng Jin, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Department: Department of Human Genetics
Faculty Email: peng.jin@emory.edu
Website: http://www.genetics.emory.edu/labs/jinlab/Home.html
Dates position open: Immediately
Scientific area: Genetics and Molecular Biology, Neuroscience

Title: A postdoctoral fellow will investigate the molecular pathogenesis of inherited neurodegenerative diseases using transgenic mouse and cell models.
Faculty Name: Xiao-Jiang Li, M.D., Ph.D., Distinguished Professor of Human Genetics
Department: Department of Human Genetics
Faculty Email: xiaoli@genetics.emory.edu
Website: http://www.genetics.emory.edu/FACULTY/faculty_bio_xli.php
Dates position open: Dec 2008
Scientific area: Genetics and Molecular Biology & Neuroscience and Neurobiology

Title: MBiological and Molecular Mechanisms of Dietary Polyphenol-Induced Cell Death of Breast and Prostate Cancer Cells
Faculty Name: Rita Nahta, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Department: Pharmacology, Winship Cancer Institute
Faculty Email: rnahta@emory.edu
Website: http://www.pharm.emory.edu/nahta.html
Dates position open: Immediately
Scientific area: Cancer and Oncological Sciences

Title:Cancer Invasion and Cellular Imaging
Faculty Name: Adam Marcus, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Department: Hematology and Oncology
Faculty Email: adam.marcus@emory.edu
Website: http://amarcuslab.googlepages.com
Dates position open: Immediately
Scientific area: Biochemistry, Cell and Developmental Biology

Title:Pathway derived Gene signatures as surrogates of pathway activation in lymphomagenesis
Faculty Name: Leon Bernal-Mizrachi, MD.
Department: Hematology and Oncology, Winship Cancer Institute
Faculty Email: lbernal@emory.edu
Website: http://www.pharm.emory.edu/hfu/researchbernal.htm
Dates position open: Oct 2008
Scientific area: Cancer and Oncological Sciences, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Molecular and Bioinformatics