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Postdoc in skin development, evolution, and regeneration

Posted by , on 10 May 2022

Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA

Closing Date: 30 June 2022

The Kamberov lab at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine is recruiting to fill a postdoc position investigating the developmental programs and regulatory networks controlling hair and sweat gland formation and evolutionary variation, with applications to understanding the origins of adaptive human skin traits and the regeneration of human skin appendages. The position is supported by NIH funding. Applicants should hold a Ph.D. in biology or related field.  Applicants with a background in mouse genetics, developmental and evolutionary biology, and expertise in working with large-scale transcriptomic data are especially encouraged to apply. Interested applicants should send a letter detailing your interest in the position and a CV to Yana Kamberov (yana2@pennmedicine.upenn.edu).

Closing Date: 30 June 2022

Scientific fields: Regeneration, Cell fate control and differentiation, Development and disease, Gene regulation, Tissue engineering and organoids, Evo-devo and eco-evo-devo

Model systems: Mouse, Human, Cell culture, Organoid

Duration: Fixed term

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