POSTDOCTORAL SCHOLAR

The University of Iowa, United States

Updated: 2 days ago
Location: Iowa City, IOWA
Job Type: FullTime
Deadline: *

POSTDOCTORAL SCHOLAR
Requisition # 2939
Position Basics
Advertising Ends on:Extended Until Position is Filled
Advertising Started on:Saturday, February 3rd, 2018
College:Carver College of Medicine
Department:Anesthesia

Salary
Salary:$47,484.00 to Commensurate

Position Details
Full/Part Time Status:Full Time
Percent Time:100%
Position Description:

This position will participate in studies of (1) the mechanistic basis for the feed-forward relationship between chronic nicotine and chronic pain or (2) the mechanism(s) by which a vitamin B3 precursor and nutritional supplement can ameliorate chemotherapy-induced neuropathic pain.

Education Requirement:

A PhD in neurobiology, pharmacology, physiology, molecular biology or related disciplines is required, preferably within the past four years

Required Qualifications:

Experience with one or more of the following is required:  (1) assessment of spontaneous and evoked pain behaviors using reflexive or operant measures in conscious rodents, (2) generation of loss or gain of function phenotypes using conditional expression, CRISPR or RNAi in laboratory rodents, or (3) measurement of enzyme activity or levels of neurotransmitters and other proteins by HPLC-EC/UV or GC-MS methods of analysis.

Certifications:

N/A

Desirable Qualifications:

Prior research experience in the neurobiology of pain or addiction


Online Application Required Documents
 Curriculum Vita
Name and Contact Information of References
Letters of Interest
 Number of References:  3

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Contact Information
Contact:James A Lane - [email protected]
Cmed-Anesthesia
Colloton Pavilion
160 Hawkins Drive
8475 JCP
Iowa City, IA 52242
Phone: 319-384-8074
Department URL: https://medicine.uiowa.edu/anesthesia/



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