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Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) is one of the world's premier cancer centers, committed to exceptional patient care, leading-edge research, and superb educational programs. The blending of research with patient care is at the heart of everything we do. The institution is a comprehensive cancer center whose purposes are the treatment and control of cancer, the advancement of biomedical knowledge through laboratory and clinical research, and the training of scientists, physicians and other health care workers.

Job Description

Positions are available for postdoctoral fellows in the research group of Melinda Diver at the Sloan Kettering Institute (SKI) in New York City to elucidate molecular mechanisms of ion channels involved in pain sensing.

Lab Website: www.mskcc.org/research/ski/labs/melinda-diver

We are interested in how ion channels involved in somatosensation and pain signaling perform their specialized biological functions, including their critical roles in pathophysiology. Our approach is comprehensive, combining high-resolution structure determination, biochemical and biophysical approaches, electrophysiology, and high-throughput drug screening, thereby facilitating a broad understanding of the function of 'pain' channels, as well as the development of new therapeutics for debilitating pain syndromes.

The Diver laboratory is equipped with state-of-the art facilities for membrane protein biochemistry, electrophysiology, and structural biology. Our research program is supported by access to high quality facilities for single-particle cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) including a FEI Titan Krios at MSKCC and additional microscopes, resources, and training at the New York Structural Biology Center, which includes NCCAT.

MSKCC is ideally located within the vibrant Tri-institutional community, alongside Weill Cornell Medical College and Rockefeller University, on Manhattan's Upper East Side. The community is committed to research training and offers an exciting and stimulating environment for biomedical research. Housing and childcare assistance are available.

The ideal candidate should have:

• Ph.D. or equivalent in cell biology, molecular biology, biochemistry, biophysics, physiology, and/or structural biology
• Excellent track record in research
• Keen interest in understanding pain signaling

If you have any questions about this job opportunity, please contact:

Melinda Diver

diverm2@mskcc.org

** Please include a cover letter, brief statement of prior research experience and research interests, CV, and contact information for three references in your application submission.

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