Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Founded in 1890, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory has shaped contemporary biomedical research and education with programs in cancer, neuroscience, plant biology and quantitative biology. Home to eight Nobel Prize winners, the private, not-for-profit Laboratory employs 1,000 people including 600 scientists, students and technicians. The Meetings & Courses Program hosts more than 12,000 scientists from around the world each year on its campuses in Long Island and in Suzhou, China. The Laboratory’s education arm also includes an academic publishing house, a graduate school and programs for middle, high school, and undergraduate students and teachers.
--Postdoctoral Fellowship in Structural Neurophysiology at CSHL--
A postdoctoral position is available for scientists interested in decoding membrane protein biology and ion channel physiology in the Furukawa lab at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) in New York, U.S.A. To achieve our research goals, we implement a combined approach that includes cryo-EM, crystallography, electrophysiology, imaging, protein engineering, and MD simulations. We also have many exciting collaborative projects in cancer biology, immunology, and behavioral neuroscience within and outside CSHL. CSHL has state-of-the-art equipment, including Titan-KRIOS 300 kV electron microscope/K3-GIF detector at CSHL, crystallography tools, and an excellent facility for phage/yeast display, proteomics, and light microscopy. CSHL historically offers a unique scientific environment to interact with scientists within the institute and from outside at the prestigious CSHL courses and meetings (including courses on X-ray Methods in Structural Biology, Cryo-EM, and Ion channels). The Furukawa lab has a solid track record for educating and promoting postdocs to assistant professors in academia and equivalent positions in the industry (please visit “lab culture” on our lab homepage - https://furukawalab.labsites.cshl.edu/lab-culture/). A qualified candidate should hold or soon expect to hold (within ~1 yr) a Ph.D. in the area of structural biology (crystallography, cryo-EM, cryo-ET), molecular neuroscience/electrophysiology (e.g., patch-clamp electrophysiology, imaging, etc.), membrane protein biochemistry and biophysics, or immunology. Prior experience in one of the above is desirable. Please visit our website (http://furukawalab.labsites.cshl.edu/) to read and learn about our research and lab culture before you apply. Please send a CV with a brief research statement (e.g., achievement and future interest) and two to three contacts for references to Hiro Furukawa at furukawa@cshl.edu.
2025-03-21