Postdoctoral Positions
At the Cutting Edge of Research
The Lerner Research Institute is home to Cleveland Clinic's basic research departments and more than 1,050 scientists and support personnel. Research teams of 120 Faculty, 250 Postdoctoral Fellows, and 140 Graduate Students pursue a wide range of biomedical questions in our laboratories. The Institute's Postdoctoral Fellowship includes a competitive salary and benefits package and an opportunity to work and advance in a state-of-the-art facility. The Institute ranks 5th nationally for NIH funding.
The current postdoctoral opportunities are listed here. Please complete your application as directed and send to the investigator listed. We look forward to hearing from you!
Current Openings:
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Cancer Biology (Candece Gladson's Lab) - Cell surface signaling studies
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Neurological Institute (John Mosher's Lab) - Experienced and creative professional to design and code algorithms for real-time analysis of multichannel data.
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Pathobiology (Christine McDonald's Lab) - Nod2-dependent signaling in innate immunity and the development of the inflammatory bowel disease, Crohn's disease.
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Neurosciences (Bruce D. Trapp's Lab) - Mechanisms of Neurodegeneration and Cognitive Dysfunction in MS
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Neurosciences (Bruce D. Trapp's Lab) - Role of Adult CNS Stem Cells in Repair of the Nervous System
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Translational Hematology and Oncology Research (Frederic J. Reu's Lab) - Epigenetic aspects of multiple myeloma pathogenesis and/or perform drug discovery aimed at silencing key oncogenes and selectively reactivating tumor suppressor genes.
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Molecular Cardiology (Kathleen Berkner's Lab) - Vitamin K-dependent protein carboxylation.
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine (Beth Bierer's Lab) - Medical Education Postdoctoral Fellowship for individuals with expertise in the design, implementation, and evaluation of educational programs.
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Cell Biology (Andrea N. Ladd's Lab) - Regulation of gene expression at the level of pre-mRNA alternative splicing and the role of alternative splicing regulatory programs in vertebrate heart development.
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Research Associate or Project Scientist, Ophthalmic Research (John W. Crabb's Lab) - Biomarker discovery and research probing molecular mechanisms associated with age-related macular degeneration, glaucoma and uveal melanoma.
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Neurosciences (Stephen A. Stohlman's Lab) - Regulation of chronic demyelination by immune and central nervous system cell functions in autoimmune and viral models.
- Postdoctoral Fellow or Research Associate, Pathobiology (Laura E. Nagy's Lab) - Effects of ethanol on the innate immune system, including toll-like receptor signal transduction and complement activation.
- Postdoctoral Fellow or Research Associate, Pathobiology (Laura E. Nagy's Lab) - Effects of ethanol-induced ER stress and inflammation in adipose tissue.
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Neurology (Lan Zhou's Lab) - Molecular pathogenesis; potential therapies for muscle inflammation and fibrosis associated with Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Molecular Cardiology (Qingyu Wu's Lab) - To study a newly-discovered cardiac protease, corin.
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Biomedical Engineering (Suneel S. Apte's Lab) - Biology of ADAMTS proteases and extracellular matrix.
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Research Associate or Project Scientist, Pathobiology (Mitchell A. Olman's Lab) - Matrix biology, fibroblast biology, protease biology, and integrin signaling and function(s).
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Pathobiology (Dennis J. Stuehr's Lab) - Mechanism, structure-function, and regulation of redox enzymes at the molecular level.
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Neurosciences (Yu-Shang Lee's Lab) - Nerve regeneration and related functional recovery investigation after spinal cord injury, and traumatic brain injury.
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Molecular Cardiology (Edward F. Plow's Lab) - Cell signaling mechanisms of integrins in cardiovascular diseases and cancer.
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Stem Cell Biology & Regenerative Medicine (Shideng Bao's Lab) - Signaling pathways; glioma stem cells and neural stem cells; novel therapeutic approaches to target cancer stem cells in brain tumors.
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Immunology (Neetu Gupta's Lab) - Rregulation of B cell immune response by membrane-cytoskeletal remodeling.
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Stem Cell Biology & Regenerative Medicine (Jeremy N. Rich's Lab) - Role of cancer stem cells in the immunosuppression mediated by glioblastomas.
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Stem Cell Biology & Regenerative Medicine (Jeremy N. Rich's Lab) - Role of cancer stem cell mediated angiogenesis in the maintenance of glioblastomas.
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Stem Cell Biology & Regenerative Medicine (Jeremy N. Rich's Lab) - Role of cancer stem cells in the radioresistance of glioblastomas.
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Genomic Medicine (Bin Zhang's Lab) - Mechanisms of protein trafficking through the early secretory pathway in mammalian cells.
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Biomedical Engineering (Vinod Labhasetwar's Lab) - Development of a targeted non-viral gene expression vector for cancer therapy.
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Heart & Vascular Institute (Effie Sehayek's Lab) - Adiposity, plasma cholesterol level, atherosclerosis cardiovascular disease.
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