Postdoctoral Training

The Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology provides a vibrant and stimulating scientific environment for postdoctoral training in a broad range of bio-medical fields. All faculty enthusiastically accept postdoctoral fellows into their laboratories. Specific information about current laboratory interests and how to contact faculty about positions currently available is available on the web pages of each member of the faculty:

Currently there are 20 labs advertising postdoctoral openings:

Primary Faculty


Dr. Dan Bolon

The role of molecular chaperones in biology and disease. 

Dr. Anthony Carruthers

Carrier-mediated transport 

Dr. Stephen Miller

Chemical Dissection of Cellular GTPase Function 

Dr. Mary Munson

Regulation of vesicle targeting and fusion 

Dr. Oliver J. Rando

Genomic approaches to chromatin structure and function, and to epigenetic inheritance. 

Dr. Charles Sagerstrom

Gene expression in embryogenesis 

Dr. Zhiping Weng

Bioinformatics and Computational Genomics 

Dr. Zuoshang Xu

Mechanism and therapy of neurodegenerative diseases 


Joint Appointments


Dr. Michael Czech

RNAi-based therapeutic strategies for inflammatory and metabolic diseases 

Dr. Roger Davis

Mechanisms by which growth factors regulate cellular proliferation  

Dr. Heinrich Gottlinger

Molecular Biology of HIV-1 

Dr. Michael Green

Eukaryotic Gene Regulation and Cancer Molecular Biology 

Dr. David Lambright

Structural and molecular mechanisms of cell signaling and membrane trafficking 

Dr. Haley Melikian

Cocaine and antidepressant-sensitive monoamine transporters 


Affiliated Faculty


Dr. Ingolf Bach

Neuronal Cell Fate Specification 

Dr. Leslie Berg

T lymphocyte development and activation 

Dr. Mitsuo Ikebe

Function and Regulation of Motor Proteins in Cellular Processes 

Dr. Hong-Sheng Li

Neuronal regulation of membrane receptor signaling 

Dr. William Theurkauf

Regulation of mitotic chromosome segregation 

Dr. Ronghua Zhuge

Intracellular localized Ca²⁺ signaling 

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