Postdoctoral Scholar-Biomedical Sciences

Position Title:
Postdoctoral Scholar-Biomedical Sciences

Appointment Type:
Post Doc/Trainee

Job Description:
Summary of Duties and Responsibilities:

 The College of Veterinary Medicine at Iowa State University is accepting applications for a Postdoctoral Scholar position in Dr. Anumantha G Kanthasamy’s laboratory within the Department of Biomedical Sciences (BMS).

The major goal of his research program is to elucidate cellular-molecular and epigenetic contributions to neuroinflammation, cell death, and survival signaling associated with Parkinson’s  disease and other neurodegenerative disease. The lab accomplishes this goal using cell culture and animal models of neurotoxicity and neurodegenerative disease and establishes translational relevance by extending our findings to available human samples.

The successful candidate will be conducting research involving cell culture and animal models of neurological diseases as well as human clinical sample analysis.  This will largely consist of high-throughput assays, animal handling, drug administration, animal surgery, human biospecimen processing, and behavioral, neurochemical, biochemical, and histological assessments.  Experience with molecular biology, protein isolation and purification, BSL2-level cell culturing, immunofluorescence assays, genotyping, HPLC, FPLC, qRT-PCR, RT-QuIC, microscopy, and rodent models are highly desirable.

Proposed Start Date:
October 1, 2019

Proposed End Date or Length of Term:
September 30, 2020

Number of Months Employed Per Year:

Time Type:
Full time

Pay Grade:
Post Docs

Application Instructions:

To apply for this position, please click on “Apply” and complete the Employment Application. Please be prepared to enter or attach the following:

1) Resume/Curriculum Vitae

2) Letter of Application/Cover Letter

3) Contact Information for Three References

If you have questions regarding this application process, please email employment@iastate.edu or call 515-294-4800 or Toll Free: 1-877-477-7485.

Original Posting Date:
August 30, 2019

For consideration, submit application before:
September 9, 2019

Job Requisition Number:
R622