Postdoctoral Fellow-MSH-30020-158

Department: SCBRM

Physical work location: 1468 Madison Ave, Anbg 25-47

Name PI or Supervisor: Sergei Sokol, sergei.sokol@mssm.edu, 212-241-1757

Web link to Lab: http://labs.icahn.mssm.edu/sokollab

Web link to Department: https://icahn.mssm.edu/about/departments/regenerative-biology

Administrative Contact: Stacy Paris, (929) 646-0515

Ph

D or MD:

• SPOC-UAW Local 4100 at Icahn School of Medicine (Post Docs), 865 - Cell Developmental & Regenerative Biology
• ISM, Icahn School of Medicine

Details of Research Project:

Research project focuses on the identification of signaling mechanisms operating in polarized epithelial cells in vertebrate embryos. It requires advanced knowledge of biochemistry, cell biology and molecular biology to contribute to studies of collective cell movements during early development.

Technical Duties:

The candidate will be involved in the identification of novel proteins involved in actomyosin contractions by mass spectrometry, and their validation in functional assays by RNA microinjections.

Managing live high-resolution imaging and quantitative biology methods.