Post Doctoral Fellow - Guo Xue Project, Kobilka Institute of Innovative Drug Discovery

THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG - SHENZHEN, United Kingdom

Updated: 8 months ago
Job Type: FullTime
Deadline: 31 Oct 2023

About PI:

Dr. Guo is an Assistant Professor of the School of Medicine at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen (CUHK-Shenzhen). She is also a principal investigator (PI) at the Kobilka Institute of Innovative Drug Discovery. Dr. Guo obtained her B.S. degree from Wuhan University and Ph.D. degree from Fudan University. During her post-doctoral training at Stanford University, she focused on a rare inherited disease, cystinosis, and received over $50k research fellowship from the Cystinosis Research Foundation. Dr Guo’s research interest centers on how disease-related proteins support normal physiology and how their malfunctions cause diseases. She approaches fundamental biological questions through a range of approaches from cell biology, biochemistry, structural biology and biophysics. Her first-authored papers have been published in Cell, Nature, and Nature Communications. Dr. Guo joined CUHK-Shenzhen in May, 2023. Her group is seeking highly motivated students and postdocs to study the interplay among membrane transport, signal transduction and human diseases.

Job description:

  • Work independently on research project. Duties include experimental design, data analysis, manuscript preparation, and presentation at conferences;
  • Contributes as needed to the mentorship of laboratory personnel and students;
  • Assist PI with research-related activities.

    • Qualification:

  • A Ph.D. degree. Expertise in biochemistry, cell biology, and biophysics is preferred;
  • A publication record with the first or co-first authorship;
  • The ability to write and communicate in English;
  • Good communication skills and be comfortable working independently and collaboratively.

    • Application instruction:

    Please send your CV, a personal statement, and a list of two references to [email protected] .


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