A list of academic job postings related to the field of genome activation.
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Site last updated: May 18, 2023
| Position | PI name (with lab website link) | Institution | Location | Research Area - key words | How to apply | Other ways for people to find your lab | Other info | Date posting added |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lab Manager / Research Associate | Antonio Giraldez | Yale University School of Medicine | New Haven, Connecticut, USA | developmental biology, zebrafish, genomics, gene regulation | Job application link | Twitter: @GiraldezLab | March 28, 2023 | |
| Staff Scientist | Todd Macfarlan/Section on Mammal Development and Evolution | The National Institutes of Health, NICHD | Bethesda, Maryland, USA | Development, Evolution, Endogenous retroviruses, chromatin, meiotic recombination | Job application link | Twitter: @todd_macfarlan | March 28, 2023 | |
| Postdoctoral researcher | Edward Grow | University of Texas Southwestern Medical School | Dallas, Texas, USA | Embryonic genome activation, human preimplantation embryos, stem cell modeling, endogenous retrovirus, maternal effect, in vitro follicle culture, chromatin reprogramming | Grow Lab open positions | Twitter: @ControllingLMNT | March 28, 2023 | |
| Postdoctoral researcher | Shelby Blythe | Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois, USA | Transcription, Chromatin, DNA Replication, Genomics, Quantitative Imaging | Blythe Lab open positions | March 28, 2023 | ||
| Postdoctoral researcher | Yi Zhang | Harvard Medical School | Boston, Massachusetts, USA | MZT, ZGA, preimplantation, gastrulation, Ribo-map, epigenetics | Email Dr. Yi Zhang (yzhang@genetics.med.harvard.edu) | Dr. Zhang’s Google Scholar page | experience working with mouse embryos preferred | March 28, 2023 |
| Postdoctoral researcher | Julia Zeitlinger | Stowers Institute for Medical Research | Kansas City, USA | Gene regulation during development, machine learning, single-cell genomics technology | Job application link | Twitter: @JuliaZeitlinger | This is a fully funded position, including benefits | March 28, 2023 |
| Postdoctoral researcher | Jan Skotheim | Department of Biology, Stanford University | Stanford, California, USA | how cell size thresholds are generated in a variety of cellular contexts (yeast to human cells); how cellular properties and concentrations scale with cell size and how these concentration scalings impact cell physiology | To apply, please email Prof. Skotheim with a statement of interest and a CV. | Twitter: @JanSkotheim | March 28, 2023 | |
| Postdoctoral researcher | Jingyue (Ellie) Duan | Cornell University | Ithaca, NY, USA | Bovine ZGA, functional genomics, XCI, XCU, stem cell reprogramming | Email Dr. Yuan (jd774@cornell.edu) if interested in any open positions | Twitter: @ellieduan | Training in molecular biology and genomics | April 24, 2023 |
| Postdoctoral researcher | Sergio Ruiz Macias/Mammalian Development Unit | The National Institutes of Health | Bethesda, MD, USA | Embryonic Stem Cell Biology and early embryonic development | Send cover letter and CV via email to Dr. Ruiz Macias (sergio.ruizmacias@nih.gov) if interested in studying the underlying molecular mechanisms that control totipotency and in exploring the role of new regulators of Zygotic Genome Activation | Twitter: @sruizmacias | Fully funded postdoc position up to five yeras. The applicant should have or about to have a PhD in Developmental Biology, Genetics, Molecular Biology or similar, and must have demonstrated expertise in molecular biology/mammalian cell culture (preferably in embryonic stem cells). Knowledge in mouse embryology, single-cell RNAseq, chromatin architecture and/or next generation sequencing technologies is an advantage but not required. | May 4, 2023 |
| Postdoctoral researcher | Melissa Harrison | University of Wisconsin-Madison | Madison, WI, USA | genomic reprogramming, pioneer factors, ZGA, Drosophila, genomics, imaging | E-mail mharrison3@wisc.edu with cover letter, CV and list of 3 references | Twitter: @harrisonflylab | May 18, 2023 | |
| Postdoctoral researcher | Theodora Koromila | University of Texas-Arlington | Arlington, TX, USA | gene regulation, cell development, chromatin accessibility, genomics | Koromila Lab open positions | Twitter: @t_koromila | May 18, 2023 |