Category:
Postdoc
Lab/Area:
Conklin Lab
Description:
The Conklin Lab (www.ConklinLab.org) is recruiting a Postdoctoral fellow to lead research projects related to therapeutic gene editing. The Conklin Lab is based at the Gladstone Institutes, with close collaboration with scientists at UCSF and the Innovative Genomics Institute. Projects focus on CRISPR gene editing in iPSC-neurons to reverse neurodegenerative disease phenotypes with the goal of eventual clinical trials. Projects are funded by the NIH, the CIRM, CMTA and disease groups. Postdoctoral fellows are expected to lead collaborative teams that includes ample support staff. Strong communication skills, with a solid background in genetics, molecular biology and cell culture are required. Novel genome engineering methods will be employed leading to significant opportunities for high profile publications.
Overviews of current projects can be found in news about the lab:
https://labs.gladstone.org/conklin/news.html or
https://gladstone.org/news/new-therapeutic-window-patients-genetic-neuropathy-disorders
Hiring Range:
See Gladstone Postdoc pay scale
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- Healthy work/life balance-you are highly engaged and productive at work because you can have time to recharge and enjoy a vibrant life outside of work.
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- Excellent benefits-generous medical, dental, vision, retirement plan, paid vacation, commuter benefits, access to free shuttle transportation.
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What We Do
Gladstone's mission is to drive a new era of discovery in disease-oriented science and to mentor tomorrow’s leaders in an inspiring and diverse environment.
Although Gladstone shares traits with other top life science organizations, we pride ourselves on taking uncommon scientific paths to overcoming disease. Our investigators are selected to become authorities in leading or creating new fields, and we work to provide them with resources to explore bold new thoughts, form effective scientific teams, and create or master emerging research technologies that accelerate progress—Gladstone’s special recipe for success that has yielded some of the most important biomedical advances of our time.
Our three disease-focused institutes constitute the core of our discovery engine, but do not operate in isolation. We are seizing unprecedented opportunities for “convergence”—defined as the blending of intellectual and physical assets from multiple scientific disciplines and fields to speed the discovery process in our attack on unsolved health problems that affect almost every human family.
