Postdoctoral Position – Mosimann lab; CU School of Medicine, Anschutz Medical Campus

To expand our lab’s international team at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, Section of Developmental Biology, we are looking to recruit postdoctoral fellows (within 2 years of graduating from their doctoral degree).

Our lab’s research aims to elucidate the molecular mechanisms of cell fate determination during the formation of universal features of the vertebrate body plan. As main paradigm, we study the developmental emergence and patterning of the lateral plate mesoderm (LPM), the elusive joint origin of the cardiovascular, blood, kidney, and limb lineages.

We study the LPM and its molecular regulation using advanced transgenic approaches, gene-regulatory element discovery, genome editing, cross-species comparisons, and lightsheet imaging using the zebrafish as principal model. Our work provides an interface to developmental biology, evo-devo, and disease modeling projects that we also pursue with a national and international network of collaborators. A special interest are the genetic causes of congenital cardiac, endothelial, and hematopoietic disease.

More info about our lab, our lab members, and our work can be found on our lab website: www.mosimannlab.org.

Interested applicants have:

• a PhD degree in developmental biology, genetics, molecular biology, biochemistry, or related disciplines;

• model organism experience, with zebrafish experience preferred but not mandatory;

• an interest in cell fate determination, cardiovascular development, transcriptional regulation, live imaging, transgenesis, genome editing, and disease modeling;

• ideally prior expertise in any or all of live imaging, molecular cloning, animal experiments;

• a collaborative, communicative, and team-oriented personality.

We offer an international, interactive, inclusive, and collaborative lab environment with access to state-of-the-art imaging resources and facilities. Our goal is to individually mentor our lab members aligned with our lab’s and individual lab members’ career goals. Our lab is located at the Anschutz Medical Campus within the Department of Pediatrics, Section of Developmental Biology, embedded in a growing framework of basic and clinically oriented research labs at the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains.

Initial positions are funded for 2 years, with possibility of extension. Starting date negotiable. Application for third-party and independent funding is always encouraged and supported at all stages. For international applicants, strong support for visa applications is provided by CU’s International Student and Scholar Services. All our lab’s postdoctoral fellows also become members of our section’s Postdoctoral Training Program and its growing community of postdoc fellows who are provided with career mentoring, scientific support, and networking opportunities:

https://medschool.cuanschutz.edu/pediatrics/sections/developmental-biology/training/postdoctoral-training

Interested? Please get in touch with Christian Mosimann (christian.mosimann at cuanschutz.edu) or Alexa Burger (alexa.burger at cuanschutz.edu) for more info on the application process – we’d love to hear from you!