Postdoctoral Training

The researchers in the Interdisciplinary Graduate Program faculty provide a vibrant and stimulating scientific environment for postdoctoral training in a broad range of biomedical fields. All program faculty accept postdoctoral fellows into their laboratories. Faculty web pages list current openings, laboratory interests, recent publication, and contact information.

Postdoctoral Training in Interdisciplinary Graduate Program

Interdisciplinary Graduate Program is currently recruiting postdoctoral fellows in these 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 41 labs advertising postdoctoral openings:

Affiliated Faculty


Dr. Usha Acharya

Molecular Genetics of Lipid Metabolism and Signaling 

Dr. Schahram Akbarian

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The Prefrontal Cortex and Schizophrenia 

Dr. Elliot Androphy

Pathogenesis of papillomavirus infections 

Dr. Zheng-Zheng Bao

Vertebrate neural development: establishment of neuronal network 

Dr. Leslie Berg

T lymphocyte development and activation 

Dr. Michael Brodsky

Drosophila p53 and DNA Damage-Induced Apoptosis 

Dr. Vivian Budnik

Molecular Mechanisms of Synapse Assembly and Plasticity 

Dr. Lucio Castilla

Genetics of Leukemia, Mouse Models 

Dr. Francis Chan

The Role of Programmed Cell Death in Immune Functions and Diseases 

Dr. Silvia Corvera

Cell Biology of Insulin Action and Type 2 Diabetes 

Dr. Michael Czech

Molecular Mechanisms of Insulin Signaling and Metabolic Regulation 

Dr. Roger Davis

Mechanisms by which growth factors regulate cellular proliferation  

Dr. Job Dekker

Spatial Organization of Genomes 

Dr. Edward Ginns

Research Areas 

Dr. Heinrich Gottlinger

Molecular Biology of HIV-1 

Dr. Michael Green

Eukaryotic Gene Regulation and Cancer Molecular Biology 

Dr. Kirsten Hagstrom

Chromosome Structure and Segregation During Cell Division 

Dr. Mitsuo Ikebe

Function and Regulation of Motor Proteins in Cellular Processes 

Dr. Tony Ip

Regulatory mechanisms in Drosophila innate immunity 

Dr. Michelle Kelliher

Apoptosis and cancer 

Dr. Timothy Kowalik

Cell activation and DNA viruses 

Dr. David Lambright

Structural and molecular mechanisms of cell signaling and membrane trafficking 

Dr. Elizabeth Luna

Membrane Skeleton Dynamics, Motility, Adhesion, Signal Transduction 

Dr. Dannel McCollum

Molecular Mechanisms which Regulate Cytokinesis 

Dr. Haley Melikian

Cocaine and antidepressant-sensitive monoamine transporters 

Dr. Craig Mello

Regulation of gene expression during early embryogenesis in C. elegans 

Dr. Ann Rittenhouse

Calcium Channels and Neuronal Plasticity 

Dr. Charles Sagerstrom

Zebrafish Developmental Neurobiology 

Dr. Greenfield Sluder

Mitosis 

Dr. Jie Song

Synthetic extracellular matrix analogs for guiding the repair and regeneration of musculoskeletal tissues 

Dr. Mario Stevenson

Pathogenesis of Primate Lentiviruses, Especially HIV 

Dr. William Theurkauf

Regulation of mitotic chromosome segregation 

Dr. Steven Treistman

Alcohol and Opiates Research 

Dr. Fumihiko Urano

Role of ER Stress in Diabetes and Aging 

Dr. Yong-Xu Wang

Transcriptional Control of Energy Metabolism and Metabolic Diseases by the Nuclear Receptor PPAR Subfamily 

Dr. Yu-Li Wang

The Mechanism of Cell Migration and Cell Division 

Dr. Lan Xu

TGFβ Signal Transduction 

Dr. Zuoshang Xu

Mechanism and therapy of neurodegenerative diseases 

Dr. Maria Zapp

Regulation of retroviral and cellular mRNA transport 

Dr. Hong Zhang

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Dr. Jianhua Zhou

Molecular Pathogenesis of Neurodegenerative Diseases 

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