Post Doc Lawson Lab

Postdoctoral Position — Lawson Lab, UMass Chan Medical School

Location: Worcester, MA, UMass Chan Medical School, Department of Molecular, Cell, and Cancer Biology

Posting Date: 2 days ago

Salary Range: $58,656.00 – $

A postdoctoral position is available in the Lawson Lab at the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School. The lab utilizes zebrafish as a model system to study the development of the circulatory and lymphatic systems.

• Developmental nature of vascular anomalies: determining how developmental defects associated with known human mutations result in defective vascular or lymphatic function. This includes identifying molecular targets, linking cellular mechanisms and defects to disease phenotypes, and performing small‑molecule screening to identify therapeutics.
• Understanding vascular mural cell development: dissecting transcriptional regulatory networks required for pericyte development by genetically analyzing candidate transcription factors to determine how they regulate pericyte specification.

Develop and apply cutting‑edge approaches such as conditional genetics, CRISPR‑based gene editing, single‑cell molecular analyses, and in‑vivo time‑lapse imaging for all projects.

• Strong experience in molecular biology, evidenced by an exceptional publication record.
• Prior expertise in genome editing in model systems; experience with other model organisms preferred.
• High motivation and technical competence demonstrated through outstanding research achievements.

Name: Nathan

D. Lawson, Ph.D.
Title: Professor
Department: Molecular, Cell, and Cancer Biology
Email: nathan.lawson

The University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School welcomes all qualified applicants and complies with all state and federal anti‑discrimination laws.