Job Opening | Young Lab

Post-doc
Samuel Young Lab
Requisition: 3630
Synaptic Control of Auditory information processing

There is an open post-doctoral position in the laboratory of Samuel Young at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA. https://young.lab.uiowa.edu/ Twitter @samyounglab.

The Young laboratory is focused on building the framework of molecular principles for accurate sound information encoding and how they contribute to auditory deficits. To do so, the laboratory uses multiple approaches: viral vector technology, patch clamp electrophysiology, biophysics, and fluorescent and electron microscopy approaches. Dr. Young is committed to personally training candidates that wish to learn patch clamp electrophysiology.

Candidates must have a PhD in a related scientific discipline and a first author publication or preprint in bioRxiv. We are looking for candidates with background in one of these areas: proteomics, electrophysiology, microscopy, ion channels, advanced molecular biology, stem cells, virology, hearing sciences or auditory behavior tasks. Interested candidates should contact Dr. Samuel Young at Samuel-m-young@uiowa.edu. Please include Calyx of Held postdoc in the subject line.

The Young laboratory is affiliated with the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology at the University of Iowa and located within the Pappajohn BioMedical Discovery Building. Dr. Young is a member of the Iowa Neuroscience Institute https://medicine.uiowa.edu/iowaneuroscience/, Pappajohn Biomedical Institute https://medicine.uiowa.edu/pbi/, and has a joint appointment within the Department of Otolaryngology and is part of the Center for Auditory Regeneration and Deafness https://medicine.uiowa.edu/center-auditory-regeneration-and-deafness. In addition, The University of Iowa provides an outstanding intellectual environment and access to a wide range of cutting-edge technologies which gives individuals multiple opportunities to take advantage of the diverseknowledge, techniques, expertise of the local community, and incorporate it into their research project. Finally, Dr. Young is committed to the career development of trainees as previous postdoctoral fellows have successfully continued their careers in academia and industry.

To apply for this position, visit our website at http://jobs.uiowa.edu; requisition #3630. Interested candidates should submit their Curriculum Vitae, cover letter, and complete contact information for at least three references.

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Post-doc
Samuel Young Lab
Requisition: 3629
Gene Therapy for Hearing Disorders

There is an open post-doctoral position in the laboratory of Samuel Young at The University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA. https://young.lab.uiowa.edu/ Twitter @samyounglab. In collaboration with the laboratory of Dr. Marlan Hansen https://medicine.uiowa.edu/oto/profile/marlan-hansen we are focused on overcoming the significant knowledge gap in and tools for translational approaches to develop treatments for sensorineural hearing loss. Our goal is to develop viral vector gene therapy approaches for specific classes of these disorders that are caused by mutations in genes that exceed the limited packaging capacity of Adeno-Associated Virus.

Candidates must have a PhD in a related scientific discipline and should have at least one first author preprint or publication. A background in one of the following areas is preferred: inner ear biology, inner ear physiology, hearing sciences, stem cells, virology. Interested candidates should contact Dr. Samuel Young at Samuel-m-young@uiowa.edu. Please include Gene Therapy Hearing Disorders in the subject line.

The Young laboratory is affiliated with the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology at the University of Iowa and located within the Pappajohn BioMedical Discovery Building. Dr. Young is a member of the Iowa Neuroscience Institute https://medicine.uiowa.edu/iowaneuroscience/, Pappajohn Biomedical Institute https://medicine.uiowa.edu/pbi/, and has a joint appointment within the Department of Otolaryngology and is part of the Center for Auditory Regeneration and Deafness https://medicine.uiowa.edu/center-auditory-regeneration-and-deafness. In addition, The University of Iowa provides an outstanding intellectual environment and access to a wide range of cutting-edge technologies which gives individuals multiple opportunities to take advantage of the diverseknowledge, techniques, expertise of the local community, and incorporate it into their research project. In particular, the University of Iowa offers a rich and highly collaborative group of researchers focused on auditory neuroscience that spans across several colleges involving both basic science and clinical departments Finally, Dr. Young and Dr. Hansen are committed to the career development of trainees as previous postdoctoral fellows have successfully continued their careers in academia and industry.

To apply for this position, visit our website at http://jobs.uiowa.edu; requisition #3629. Interested candidates should submit their Curriculum Vitae, a cover letter, and complete contact information for at least three references.