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Occupational Summary Dr. Yang’s lab at Duke Department of Medicine has an NIH/NIA-funded position for a postdoctoral fellow to study the immune-vascular interactions in postoperative neurocognitive disorder.
We seek a highly motivated individual with a background in neuroscience who can leverage techniques including advanced genomics, microphysiological cell culture system, and animal models. The team is highly collaborative and integrated with multiple cores (within Duke) and collaborators in other US institutions.
Work Performed
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Required Qualifications
A Ph.D. is required with training in neuroscience, immunology, biochemistry, molecular biology, pharmacology, and/or a related field. Experience with cell culture, mouse models, and biochemistry/molecular biology is required. Familiarity with gene sequencing techniques/data analysis is preferred.
The Yang lab cares about the well-being of all members of our team. Everyone is treated equally, irrespective of race, ethnicity, gender, religion, citizenship, disabilities, political views, family status, and sexual orientation.
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Duke is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing employment opportunity without regard to an individual's age, color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy and pregnancy related conditions), sexual orientation or military status.
Duke aspires to create a community built on collaboration, innovation, creativity, and belonging. Our collective success depends on the robust exchange of ideas—an exchange that is best when the rich diversity of our perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences flourishes. To achieve this exchange, it is essential that all members of the community feel secure and welcome, that the contributions of all individuals are respected, and that all voices are heard. All members of our community have a responsibility to uphold these values.
Certain jobs at Duke University and Duke University Health System may include essential job functions that require specific physical and/or mental abilities. Additional information and provision for requests for reasonable accommodation will be provided by each hiring department.
