30 postdoctoral scholar jobs found in Los Angeles, CA

POSITION DESCRIPTION Postdoctoral Scholar in the Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences at the University of California, Los Angeles (EPSS/UCLA) EPSS/UCLA seeks a Post-doctoral Research Scientist to support research in Earth’s magnetotail dynamics and plasma injections. The focus of these studies will be to conduct observational and modeling studies of fields and particle dynamics in order to understand the physics of current sheets, plasma flows, and charged particle acceleration in the magnetotail. The core of the research is analysis of data from current missions, including THEMIS, ARTEMIS, and ELFIN. Candidates are expected to demonstrate experience in spacecraft data analysis. Knowledge of SPEDAS, IDL, and Python is desired. The appointment is expected to start in March 2023, although exact start date is flexible. Work is to be carried out in collaboration with the Experimental Space Physics Group (http://esp.igpp.ucla.edu/) led by Prof....

POSITION DESCRIPTION Dr. A. Janet Tomiyama, Director of the DIeting, Stress, and Health (DiSH) Lab in the Department of Psychology at UCLA is seeking candidates for a postdoctoral scholar position funded by an NIH grant on weight stigma and health behaviors in everyday life. The broad objectives of the lab include using the biopsychosocial model to understand eating behavior, with a special emphasis on psychobiological stress processes and weight stigma. We will begin reviewing applications on December 1, 2022 and intend to fill the position as soon as a suitable candidate is found. The start date is flexible, but must be between June and August 2023. A successful candidate will perform the following essential functions: ● Collaborate with Principal Investigator (PI) and graduate students to achieve the Specific Aims of the grant ● Meet regularly with the research team ● Assist the PI in optimizing the research protocol ● Oversee human subjects’...

POSITION DESCRIPTION Position: UCLA Postdoctoral Position in Environmental Data Science or Landscape Genomics Description: The research group of Victoria Sork in Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology seeks a Postdoctoral-Scholar within two areas: environmental data science or landscape genomics. The position will be Full-time for 24 months, subject to satisfactory work performance review after one year. The position can start as early as April 1, 2023 (negotiable). The Postdoctoral-Scholar in environmental data science will develop a data management system for a 20-year provenance (AKA common garden) of valley oak families grown from acorns collected from 564 trees located throughout the species range. Each year for the last 10 years, data has been collected on growth, survivorship, and focal phenotypic traits resulting in several publications. With funding from the National Science Foundation LTREB program, our goal is to set up an integrative data base and...

POSITION DESCRIPTION The McKinnon group at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is seeking to hire a postdoctoral scholar in climate science. The position will be funded by the Packard Foundation, and features considerable flexibility in the research direction. The ideal candidate is self-driven and excited to actively contribute to our research group at the nexus of climate science and statistical methods. We are particularly interested in candidates who would like to pursue research in the following directions: past and future climatic controls on wildfire dynamical responses to anthropogenic forcing, with a focus on causal factors for extreme events paleo perspectives on extreme events predictability in the climate system emulating and detecting changes in internal variability The successful candidate will be advised and mentored by Professor Karen McKinnon, and be part of an active, interdisciplinary research group that spans the...

POSITION DESCRIPTION The Department of Radiological Sciences at UCLA is seeking a highly motivated researcher to join the Brain Tumor Imaging Lab as a Postdoctoral Scholar. The successful candidate will work closely with Dr. Jingwen Yao and a cross-disciplinary team to develop and translate novel MRI techniques for brain tumors, movement disorders, epilepsy, and other brain diseases. The research will involve different aspects of biomarker development, including image acquisition and reconstruction, post-processing, quantitative image analysis, pre-clinical investigation, and clinical translation and evaluation. Key Responsibilities: • Lead independent research projects and support collaborative projects • Design, implement, and test novel MRI sequences and analysis methods for research and clinical translation • Author scientific publications and grant proposals • Supervise trainees and maintain research infrastructure • Comply with UCLA...

POSITION DESCRIPTION Postdoctoral Scholar in Microbiology and/or Immunology: The Postdoctoral Fellow in the laboratory of Dr. Nicholas Bernthal will perform translational research to understand how pathogens promote chronic implant associated infections and how the host immune system recognizes and responds to pathogens in the unique bone-implant microenvironment. Successful candidates will conduct innovative research to understand the mechanisms underlying this host-pathogen interaction and attempt to uncover novel translational modalities for clinical prevention and therapy. This position requires a Ph.D. in immunology, microbiology, or a related field. The Postdoctoral Scholar position is a non-Senate position for 12-months in the first instance. Step is commensurate with experience. Specific Responsibilities include: Responsibilities of this position include protocol maintenance, study design, animal work, data acquisition, statistical computation, and literature...

POSITION DESCRIPTION The G.O. Discovery Laboratory at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is seeking a Postdoctoral Scholar. The laboratory is affiliated with the UCLA Eli and Edythe Broad Cell Research Center, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, and the Molecular Biology Institute. This appointment will be under the supervision of Professor Sanaz Memarzadeh, M.D., Ph.D., in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine. Applications are being sought from recent Ph.D., M.D., or M.D./Ph.D. graduates with a strong background in molecular and cell biology. Candidates are expected to have experience with microscopy, immunohistochemistry, FACS analysis, virology, and immunology. Experience with small animal surgical procedures are strongly preferred. The ideal candidate should be highly motivated and have publications in peerreviewed journals with at least two being the first author. The candidate will be joining a...

POSITION DESCRIPTION The G.O. Discovery Laboratory at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is seeking a Postdoctoral Scholar. The laboratory is affiliated with the UCLA Eli and Edythe Broad Cell Research Center, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, and the Molecular Biology Institute. This appointment will be under the supervision of Professor Sanaz Memarzadeh, M.D., Ph.D., in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine. Applications are being sought from recent Ph.D., M.D., or M.D./Ph.D. graduates with a strong background in molecular and cell biology. Candidates are expected to have experience with microscopy, immunohistochemistry, FACS analysis, virology, and immunology. Experience with small animal surgical procedures are strongly preferred. The ideal candidate should be highly motivated and have publications in peer reviewed journals with at least two being the first author. The candidate will be part of a...

POSITION DESCRIPTION The Division of Digestive Diseases in the Department of Medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and the VA Greater Los Angeles Health System are seeking applicants for a full-time Postdoctoral Scholar position in the Stress-Neurogastroenterology laboratory. The candidate will participate in projects involving anatomical profiling of neuronal circuits in the pelvic organs-autonomic nervous system, using tracing, immunohistochemistry, image reconstruction and molecular biology assays. The position will offer the candidate an excellent opportunity to advance their career path and to obtain training in new methodological approaches. A PhD, DVM or MD is required with some experience and interest in neuroanatomical and immunohistochemical studies and in microscopy and imaging processing. Knowledge and experiences preferred in autonomic nervous system, microscopy, and image processing. The candidate must be enthusiastic, have strong written...

POSITION DESCRIPTION UCLA Anderson anticipates hiring a postdoctoral scholar in the summer 2023 to work closely with Professors Margaret Shih, Miguel Unzueta, and other faculty in the Management and Organizations area. This position is intended to promote career growth and broad impact for scientists interested in innovative, rigorous, and applied behavioral science research. This position will have a term of up to 3 years, conditional on satisfactory annual evaluations of research activity. The position is designed to support talented scientists in making behavioral research contributions that can substantially advance both theory and practice in organizational behavior and social psychology (with an emphasis on equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI), intergroup relations, diversity science, and social justice-related research). Before starting this position, the postdoctoral scholar must have their PhD (or at least a successful dissertation defense) in a discipline...

POSITION DESCRIPTION UCLA Anderson plans to hire a postdoctoral scholar to join the Management & Organizations area in the summer of 2023. The position will have an expected term of 2 years: a 1-year initial appointment and then a subsequent reappointment conditional on a satisfactory evaluation of research activity in the first year. This postdoctoral scholar position is intended to support a talented scholar doing research relevant to management. The Management & Organizations group currently has strengths in social psychology and organizational behavior. Candidates whose research interests intersect with one of these strengths will be preferred. Before beginning this position, fellows must have completed a PhD (or at least a successful dissertation defense) in a discipline related to management (e.g., organizational behavior, psychology, sociology) and have demonstrated an interest in and ability to advance organizational behavior-relevant research....

POSITION DESCRIPTION We are enthusiastically recruiting postdoctoral scholars dedicated to investigating the cellular and electrophysiologic bases of dynamic sensory coding and hypofunction by vestibular epithelia in the laboratory of Dr. Larry Hoffman, Adjunct Professor and Director of the Vestibular Neuroscience Laboratory at David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. This work is highly translational and harbors many opportunities for developing new strategies for investigating peripheral sensory neurobiology and neurorehabilitation. The principal responsibilities associated with this position include investigating the cellular substrates of dynamic sensory coding and hypofunction. The strategies associated with this approach include immunohistochemistry, tract-tracing, high-resolution quantitative imaging, and behavioral analyses. We are seeking to incorporate contemporary methods of transcriptional analyses. The translational experimental design will integrate...

POSITION DESCRIPTION We are enthusiastically recruiting postdoctoral scholars dedicated to investigating the cellular and electrophysiologic bases of dynamic sensory coding and hypofunction by vestibular epithelia in the laboratory of Dr. Larry Hoffman, Adjunct Professor and Director of the Vestibular Neuroscience Laboratory at David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. This work is highly translational and harbors many opportunities for developing new strategies for investigating peripheral sensory neurobiology neurorehabilitation. The principal responsibilities associated with this position include single-neuron electrophysiology, vestibulo-ocular reflex recording, and computational analyses of sensory spiketrains in rodent models of peripheral vestibular hypofunction. Applicants must hold a Ph.D. degree or equivalent to apply. Relevant experience should include one or more of the following: systems neurophysiology, computational neuroscience, and/or neurosensory...

POSITION DESCRIPTION The lab of Dr. Sandra Orsulic at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine seeks a Post Doctoral Scholar for a multiple year research appointment. The grant funded position will work under Dr. Orsulic’s direction in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Gynecologic Oncology. Dr. Orsulic’s research focuses on the development of mouse models in which ovarian cancer can be induced and studied during its early stages of growth and metastatic progression. Her laboratory has generated multiple syngeneic mouse ovarian cancer cell lines with defined genetic alterations that recapitulate the development and pathophysiological manifestations of human ovarian cancer as well as the complexity of cancer-stroma interactions. These models are used to determine the functional contributions of individual molecular pathways to cell transformation, immune response to cancer progression, recruitment of cancer-associated fibroblasts, and...

POSITION DESCRIPTION The Epeldegui lab, which is in the UCLA AIDS Institute, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA seeks a Post-Doctoral Scholar for a multiple year research appointment. The NIH grant funded position will work under the director of Marta Epeldegui, Ph.D., M.S., Associate Professor-in-Residence. Dr. Epeldegui’s research focuses in the role of immune dysfunction and cancer, especially AIDS-associated B cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma (ARL). ARL remains a significant problem even in the era of combination anti-retroviral treatment (cART). Her research work and others have shown that B cell activation and microbial translocation precede the development of ARL, with elevated levels of biomarkers associated with B cell activation and microbial translocation seen prior to ARL diagnosis. Moreover, biomarkers of inflammation, B cell activation and microbial translocation are also associated with cancer prognosis. Her laboratory studies how inflammation,...

POSITION DESCRIPTION Position: Postdoctoral fellow position in functional genomics of neuronal-glial mechanism and drug targets for neurodegenerative dementias. Rexach Lab, UCLA Neurology, Neurogenetics, Human Genetics. Job Description: Seeking an outstanding applicant with strong research track-record for a competitive post-doctoral fellowship in functional genomics of neurodegenerative disease in the Rexach Lab in the UCLA department of Neurology and Human Genetics. The Rexach group uses integrative multiomics analysis, including single nuclear ATAC and RNA sequencing, to identify glial and immune-related drivers of neurodegenerative dementias, and then studies their function in disease model systems, including human iPSC-derived spheroids. The goal of this work is to identify and validate new therapeutic targets for neurodegenerative dementias, including Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders, none of which have effective cures or treatments. This fellow...

POSITION DESCRIPTION The Division of General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research, Medicine-Pediatrics Section, Department of Medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA invites applications for a Postdoctoral Position. This position is for a pre-licensed mental health professional with a Ph.D. in either clinical or counseling psychology to provide evidence-based clinical intervention in the field of addiction medicine. This individual will support primary care physicians by using an interdisciplinary, collaborative treatment model to address substance use disorders in patients seen across an acuity spectrum; from residential treatment to outpatient settings, including an intensive outpatient program. The individual in this position will have an opportunity to accrue postdoctoral hours towards CA licensure as this individual will be supervised by a faculty member who is a licensed clinical psychologist with expertise in interdisciplinary,...

POSITION DESCRIPTION The Brain-Gut Interaction Laboratory, CURE/Digestive Disease Research Center in the Division of Digestive Diseases at the University of California Los Angeles is seeking a full time Post-Doctoral Research Fellow for a project funded through the NIH OT2 SPARC (Stimulating Peripheral Activity to Relieve Conditions) initiative. The research project is focused on 3D imaging and computational quantitation of extrinsic and intrinsic innervation and nerve-mast/glial cell spatial relationship in the human colonic mucosa for neuromodulation in patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). The Post-Doctoral Research Fellow will apply cutting-edge technologies and softwares related to confocal microscopy, imaging, 3D reconstruction, tracing and segmentation by using Imaris and Neurolucida to quantitate extrinsic and intrinsic innervation of IBS phenotypes in relation with MCs-EGCs spatial configuration in 3D structure of the sigmoid colonic biopsies in healthy...

POSITION DESCRIPTION The Jacobs Laboratory in the UCLA Microbiome Center and the Division of Digestive Diseases, Department of Medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, is seeking applicants for a post-doctoral position in microbiome science. The laboratory studies the role of intestinal microbes in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and other gastrointestinal diseases using a combination of multi-omics analysis of human cohorts to define microbiome-phenotype associations and in vivo models to elucidate underlying biological mechanisms. The candidate will investigate the hypothesis that IBD-associated genetic variants disrupt pathways that regulate the intestinal microbiota, thereby creating a microbial pre-disease susceptibility state. This will be pursued through the use of gene edited and conditional knockout mice to model the effect of IBD-associated genetic variants on the microbiome. The relevance of these microbial shifts will be further investigated...

POSITION DESCRIPTION The Center for Neurobiology of Stress and Resilience in the Division of Digestive Diseases at the University of California Los Angeles is seeking a full time Post-Doctoral Research Fellow for a U54-funded project studying sex-related differences in the brain-gut-microbiome interactions related to visceral pain. This project is focused on the sex-specific effect of gut microbial metabolites, and estrogen levels on ascending arousal pathways originating in distinct brainstem nuclei to change the activity and connectivity of brain networks involved in symptom generation in irritable bowel syndrome. As a part of an multidisciplinary research team the fellow will apply advanced computational, neuroimaging, biostatistical, and bioinformatics approaches to assess the interaction between various levels of biological data (e.g., microbiota, metabolites, sex hormones, multimodal brain and brainstem imaging data), clinical variables (symptom severity,...