<div dir="ltr"><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">For those that may be interested:</span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><span style="font-size:12.8px">A postdoctoral scholar position is available immediately in the Steele lab in the Department of Biological Chemistry at UC Irvine to work on a project funded by the Biological Control Program of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). The project is entitled “Breaking the code: engineering neural controllers in Hydra”. The project is being carried out by a consortium of seven laboratories at five institutions in the United States. The project will be funded for four years if progress is satisfactory. The goal of the project is to build synthetic behavior in Hydra by genetically re-engineering its nervous system.</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Applicants for the position must have a Ph.D., extensive molecular biology experience, a record of research productivity, independent thinking skills, and be highly motivated. Applicants with experience with Hydra, other cnidarian models, or other invertebrate models are desired. Preference will be given to applicants who can start soon.</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Applications should be submitted through the recruitment portal at </span><a href="https://recruit.ap.uci.edu/apply/JPF03341" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" style="font-size:12.8px">https://recruit.ap.uci.edu/app<wbr>ly/JPF03341</a><span style="font-size:12.8px">. Address questions about the position to Rob Steele at </span><a href="mailto:resteele@uci.edu" target="_blank" style="font-size:12.8px">resteele@uci.edu</a><span style="font-size:12.8px">.</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><p style="font-size:13px;margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-family:arial;color:rgb(118,118,118)">Postdoctoral Researcher</p><p style="font-size:13px;margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-family:arial;color:rgb(118,118,118)">Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution</p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal"><span style="font-size:13px;color:rgb(118,118,118);font-family:arial">266 Woods Hole Road</span></p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal"><font color="#767676" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:13px">Woods Hole, MA 02543-1050 U.S.A.</span><br></font></p><p style="font-size:small;margin:0px"><font color="#767676" face="Arial"><a href="http://rebeccarhelm.com/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">rebeccarhelm.com</a></font></p></div></div>
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