Postdoctoral position to study pancreas development and plasticity

Pancreatic acinar cells are highly specialized entities dedicated to produce and secrete digestive enzymes. Acinar cells are also very plastic and they undergo striking morphologic and functional changes upon injury or under the effects of oncogenes. A POSTDOCTORAL POSITION is available immediately in the Sosa-Pineda laboratory to study how the acinar differentiation program is established during development, maintained in adult cells, and modified during regeneration or neoplastic transformation. The candidate will use available mouse models, 3D acinar cultures, organoid cultures and biochemical and bioinformatics approaches to investigate the former processes. Highly motivated candidates who recently obtained a PhD or MD degree and have expertise in developmental biology studies, transcription regulation, mouse husbandry, and cell culture and molecular biology techniques are encouraged to apply. For more information on our research please visit our site at: http://labs.feinberg.northwestern.edu/sosa-pineda/index.html

Interested individuals should send their curriculum vitae, a brief description of their research interests, and the names of three references to: Beatriz Sosa-Pineda, PhD