Postdoctoral Fellow, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine

Position Overview

School / Campus / College: School of Medicine

Organization: Medicine, Cardiology

Title: Postdoctoral Fellow, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine

Position Details

Position Description

The Yang lab at the University of Washington Department of Medicine/Cardiology, which collaborates closely with Dr. Chuck Murry’s research group, is seeking 2 postdoctoral researchers with interests in using induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) to model genetic cardiomyopathies due to sarcomeric mutations. This is a full-time position with a 12 months service period, with the possibility for yearly renewal dependent upon performance and continued funding. 

The Yang lab has two major focuses. The first is to use patient-specific and gene-edited iPSC-derived cardiomyocytes to rapidly study multiple myosin heavy chain 7 variants and then phenotype them with high-throughput functional assays. A large number (on the order of thousands) of variants will be generated with cutting-edge gene-editing techniques in collaboration with our colleagues in Genome Sciences. As sarcomeric mutations act as poison peptides, the second focus of the lab is to understand the mechanisms that regulate the clearance of mutant sarcomeric proteins in order to leverage this knowledge for possible therapeutic potential. This involves innovative confocal microscopy techniques that the lab has developed to measure sarcomeric dynamics along with gain-of-function and loss-of-function experiments to study the role of key sarcomeric regulators in genetic cardiomyopathies.

These are highly collaborative projects that will expose the successful candidates to collaborators in Cardiology, Genome Sciences, Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine (ISCRM), and Bioengineering. This position will be primarily supervised by Dr. Yang but will also have the opportunity to be co-mentored by Dr. Murry.

The University of Washington and the International Union, Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America, Local 4121 (UAW 4121) currently are negotiating their first collective bargaining agreement for Postdoctoral Scholars. Employees in this title are represented by UAW 4121 and will be subject to the applicable collective bargaining agreement, unless agreed exclusion criteria apply. For more information and updates on the bargaining process, please visit https://hr.uw.edu/labor/unions/uaw/postdoc-negotiationupdates.

Qualifications

Requirements: MD or recent PhD in molecular biology, cell biology, genetics, bioengineering or related field. There are no citizenship or permanent residency requirements.

Highly motivated candidates with first-author publication(s) are encouraged to apply.

Instructions

Interested and qualified applicants should apply via Interfolio with a cover letter with research interests, CV, and contact information for three referees.

For additional information and link to the Yang and Murry lab websites, please visit:

https://cardiology.uw.edu/research/yang-lab

http://www.pathology.washington.edu/research/labs/murry/index.php?a=welcome&p=main

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