20 Postdoctoral Fellowship at Tulane University, Louisiana, United States

A postdoctoral fellow position is available immediately at the Tulane University School of Medicine, Department of Medicine – Section of Cardiology to conduct research in skeletal muscle biology. The successful candidate will be supervised by Dr. Tadashi Yoshida and Dr. Patrice Delafontaine.  The project involves, but is not limited to, studying the changes in skeletal muscle molecular signaling pathways, physiology and function in multiple chronic disease models including cardiovascular disease and cancer.  The position involves both in vitro and in vivo studies.  Experience in both basic molecular biology and in handling rodents is highly desirable. We seek a highly motivated, proactive and collaborative individual. This job involves designing and conducting research projects, mentoring graduate and undergraduate students, presenting at national/international conferences and writing manuscripts. The Pl will closely work with the successful candidate for training in all of these aspects, and the candidate will be encouraged to apply for independent postdoctoral fellowship grants within 2 years.

A NIH-funded postdoctoral position is immediately available to join Scaraffia research group in the Department of Tropical Medicine at Tulane University. Scaraffia´s lab performs metabolic studies in mosquitoes. Her laboratory is particularly interested in unraveling the physiological, biochemical and molecular bases underlying the regulation of nitrogen and carbon metabolism in mosquitoes, as well as in discovering new metabolic targets that can be used for the design of better mosquito-control strategies. The successful candidate will apply traditional and modern biochemical approaches, to investigate Aedes aegypti nitrogen and carbon metabolism. Applicants must have a Ph.D. degree in biochemistry, chemistry, or a related discipline with a strong background in metabolic studies. The position requires documented experience in biochemical techniques including enzymatic assays, western blotting, and immunoprecipitation. Excellent communication skills and the ability to work independently as well as part of a team are also required. Opportunities will be available for independent research, attendance at professional meetings, writing research grant proposals, and publication of research findings.  

The neutron physics group at Tulane University invites applications for a postdoctoral research position to participate in two cold neutron beam experiments: BL3, a next generation beam neutron lifetime experiment, now under construction; and parity-violating neutron spin rotation in liquid helium. Both experiments will run at the NIST Center for Neutron Research (NCNR) in Gaithersburg, Maryland. The position is based at Tulane, but will be located primarily at the experimental integration site at Indiana University (Bloomington) and will involve travel to the NCNR.

The Tulane Center for Biomedical Informatics and Genomics is hiring a postdoc in bioinformatics. The main duties of the postdoc are to develop new algorithms, machine learning models, and software tools for mass spectrometry-based proteomics studies, especially top-down proteomics. The postdoc will collaborate with other researchers to apply the software tools to carry out proteomics studies of biological samples. The postdoc will also be involved in the implementation of research plans, development of research methods, and analysis of mass spectrometry data.   The postdoc will work in Dr. Xiaowen Liu’s lab (https://www.liuxlab.org). Dr. Liu is an expert in computational proteomics and has published more than 60 papers in this area. 

We currently have a postdoctoral research position open for qualified candidates who have experience in organic synthesis. We are looking for an individual who can synthesize (conduct multi-step synthesis) and then effectively analyze the function of their engineered compounds with respect to solving important problems at the interface of supramolecular chemistry with polymers/materials, or biology. Previous knowledge on the synthetic preparation of oligonucleotides or macrocyclic hosts, solution and surface characterization techniques, absorption and fluorescence spectroscopies, and molecular recognition, is a plus. Experience in mentoring undergraduate/graduate students, leading lab safety efforts, and demonstrated laboratory leadership, will be considered favorably.

 The Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute (TUBRI) is searching for a Postdoctoral Research Associate to involve in exciting new biology-guided, machine-learning research for two-years. TUBRI is a research center of Tulane’s School of Science and Engineering, located on the grounds of the F. Edward Hebert Research Center in Belle Chasse, Louisiana, a suburb of New Orleans. TUBRI houses the Royal D. Suttkus Fish Collection and specializes in biodiversity discovery (primarily involving fishes) and biodiversity informatics research. The postdoctoral research position is supported by a NSF Harnessing the Data Revolution Institute grant project entitled, Imageomics: A New Frontier of Biological Information Powered by Knowledge-Guided Machine Learning.  This collaborative, multi-investigator project involves biologists and computer scientists who are applying machine-learning methods to extract phenotypic trait data from images of a variety of types of biological specimens. The learning is aided by structured biological knowledge such as, annotated traits, an anatomy ontology and phylogenetic trees. The postdoctoral researcher will contribute to ongoing efforts to extract trait data from images of fish specimens under the mentorship of Henry L. Bart Jr., Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and TUBRI Director, and Dr. Yasin Bakış, TUBRI’s Senior Manager of Biodiversity Informatics and Data Engineering.  The TUBRI postdoc will have opportunities to interact with other biologists, computer scientists, postdocs, and students from the ten other universities and research centers involved in the Imageomics Institute.

A postdoctoral research scientist is sought for a project that will involve the synthesis of metal cluster-based materials in the Straus lab (http://www.danielstraus.com) in the department of Chemistry at Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, USA. Inorganic and/or nanomaterials synthesis experience is required. Familiarity with thin film deposition methods, such as spin coating, is highly desired, as is experience with electronic device fabrication and characterization. Experience with optical spectroscopy would also be advantageous. Proficiency in speaking and in listening comprehension of English is essential for consideration. The annual salary for this position is $56,484. Health insurance benefits are included. The initial appointment will be for one year and may be renewed subject to mutual agreement. The ideal start date is 1/2/2024 but is negotiable.  Review of applications will begin immediately and the position will remain open until filled.

(18) Postdoctoral Fellowship Position

Postdoc Fellowship Position summary/title: Postdoctoral Fellow, Mangrove Lab 1- Earth and Environmental Sciences

Deadline : Open Until Filled

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The Mangrove Lab at Tulane University is seeking applications for a Postdoctoral Research Fellow to work on questions of field-based blue carbon science. This includes both physical and social sciences. The exact topic of the research performed by the Research Fellow can be self-motivated and defined but should be synergistic with ongoing research in the Mangrove Lab. Areas of interest include: