The Lasagna-Reeves lab at Stark Neurosciences Research Institute seeks an exceptional and creative postdoc who will lead a research project focused on dissecting the role of tau aggregation and propagation during the development and progression of Alzheimer’s Disease and other tauopathies. Anticipated approaches for this project will involve using new murine models of Alzheimer’s disease, applying cutting-edge multi-omic methods, cognitive phenotyping, in addition to cellular and molecular biological approaches.
The incumbent will be appointed as a member of the Department of Anatomy, Cell Biology and Physiology but will reside in the Stark Neurosciences Research Institute (SNRI), which has a strong group of researchers studying neurodegenerative diseases.
The neurodegenerative research team at the SNRI have a strong focus on the role of inflammation, amyloid and tau in Alzheimer’s disease and other neurodegenerative diseases including Parkinson’s disease and FTD. Investigators are supported by strong basic, clinical and neuropathologic resources, including the IU/JAX Alzheimer’s Disease Precision Models Center that used cutting edge technology to develop, validate and disseminate new, precise animal models of AD; the Indiana Alzheimer’s Disease Center (IADC), that has one of the largest collections of banked blood and cerebrospinal fluid, a brain bank for neurodegenerative disorders and cutting edge technology for in vivo brain imaging and genomics; the Alzheimer’s Disease Drug Discovery Center that aims to address challenges in discovering new therapeutic targets and drugs for the disease and accelerate development of promising new treatments.
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- Information about the Lasagna-Reeves lab is available at: https://www.lasagnareeveslab.com/
- Information about Stark Neurosciences Research Institute is available at: https://medicine.iu.edu/research-centers/neurosciences
- Information about the Indiana Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center is available at: https://medicine.iu.edu/research-centers/alzheimers
- Information about the TREAT-AD IUSM Drug Discovery Center is available at: https://medicine.iu.edu/expertise/alzheimers/research/preclinical/drug-discovery
- Information about MODEL-AD Center is available at: https://medicine.iu.edu/expertise/alzheimers/research/preclinical/laboratory-models
- Information about the Indiana University School of Medicine is available at: https://medicine.iu.edu
REQUIREMENTS
The candidate should have an interest in neurodegenerative disease. He or she must possess a Ph.D. or MD degree or both, as well as documented experience and skills in neurochemistry, molecular neurobiology, behavioral studies and neuropharmacology research.
The application should include the following documents:
- Curriculum Vitae
- Contact information from two or three references.
- Application should be addressed to clasagna@iu.edu
Publication date: January 10, 2022
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