Postdoctoral Training

The Department of Physiology 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:

Postdoctoral Training in Physiology

Physiology 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 9 labs advertising postdoctoral openings:

Primary Faculty


Dr. Anthony Carruthers

Carrier-mediated transport 

Dr. James G. Dobson Jr.

Regulation of neurotransmitter signal transduction in the heart 

Dr. Mitsuo Ikebe

Function and Regulation of Motor Proteins in Cellular Processes 

Dr. Daniel Kilpatrick

Transcriptional Control of Neurogenesis 

Dr. Ann Rittenhouse

Calcium Channels and Neuronal Plasticity 

Dr. Michael Sanderson

Intercellular Ca²⁺ Signaling 

Dr. John Walsh

Role of Intracellular Ca²⁺ Stores in Nerve Terminals and Exocytosis   

Dr. Yu-Li Wang

The Mechanism of Cell Migration and Cell Division 

Dr. Ronghua Zhuge

Intracellular localized Ca²⁺ signaling 

Follow the instructions on the page in question to apply or get additional information on these openings.