Postdoctoral Fellow for Cardiovascular Development and Regeneration

About this position

Postdoctoral Fellow for Cardiovascular Development and

Regeneration

• A Fulltime Postdoctoral Fellow position is immediately available in
• Dr. Deqiang Li’s Laboratory, in the Center for Vascular and
• Inflammatory Diseases at the University of Maryland School of
• Medicine. This position is supported by a newly awarded NIH R01
• grant and an American Heart Association foundational award.

• Research in my laboratory is focused on understanding the
• mechanisms of cardiovascular development and disease. In
• particular, we are interested in identifying the novel signaling
• pathways that regulate myocardial development or govern
• cardiomyocyte differentiation and maturation by using in vitro and
• in vivo approaches.

• Cell and mouse model systems, including induced pluripotent stem
• cells (iPSCs) and conditional gene knockouts will be used in these
• research projects. Many state-of-the-art techniques are employed,
• such as CRISPR/Cas9 Genome Editing, AAV, single cell RNA-Seq and
• ChIP Seq, confocal microscopy, multicolor flow and sorting,
• surgical models, ultrasonic and telemetric measurements of
• cardiovascular function in mice.

• The University of Maryland School of Medicine was ranked 12th in
• U.S. News and World Report's 2021 rankings of "Best Medical
• Schools: Primary Care", and 34th in "Best Medical Schools:
• Research". It is located in the downtown of Baltimore city, part of
• greater Baltimore-Washington DC area, within 40 miles to the NIH.
• The University of Maryland School of Medicine has a group of
• outstanding scientists in cardiovascular research, especially in
• cardiovascular cell signaling, development and regeneration.
• Successful applicants will have the opportunity to work with them
• and get help in developing an independent career in this research
• field.

• Interested candidates should send your CV and contact information
• for three references to Dr. Deqiang Li. @
• dqli@som.umaryland.edu.

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• UMB is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All
• qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment
• without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race,
• color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran
• status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law or
• policy.

Qualifications :

• Applicants must have a Ph.D., M.D. or M.D./Ph.D. degree granted
• within the past three years, with advanced training in
• biochemistry, molecular and cellular biology, and animal genetics
• and/or pathology. Experience with animal models and skills in
• molecular biology is required. He/she is expected to be highly
• motivated, has scientific independence, excellent English speaking
• and writing skills, and international peer-reviewed publications.
• His/her duties include performing proposed research related to
• cardiac development, disease and regeneration, and being
• responsible for designing, executing experiments, acquiring,
• analyzing, presenting data, writing abstracts and
• manuscripts.