POSTDOCTORAL POSITIONS TO STUDY:

1) THE MOLECULAR MECHANISMS REGULATING THE FUNCTION OF MYOGENIC STEM CELLS
2) THE GENETIC BASIS OF STRAIN-DEPENDENT PHENOTYPES OF MUTANT MICE.

Positions in the following areas are available immediately:

(1) An NIH-funded Postdoctoral position is available to investigate the role of the MyoD-family of transcription factors in the formation and function of myogenic stem cells in skeletal muscle (Genes Dev. 10, 1173; P.N.A.S. 96: 220-225; J. Cell Biol. 144: 631-643). We are conducting investigations into the molecular mechanisms that regulate the determination, proliferation, and differentiation of myogenic stem cells that form a population distinct from their myoblast daughter cells. Gene chip methodology will be employed to elucidate patterns of gene expression and for gene discovery.

Potential experimental approaches include gene targeting, transcriptional studies, analysis of receptor signaling, and cell cycle regulation. Experience in cellular and molecular biology is highly desirable.

Please send curriculum vitae, research summary, and three letters of reference to:

Dr. Michael A. Rudnicki
Institute for Molecular Biology & Biotechnology
McMaster University
1280 Main Street West
Hamilton, Ontario
Canada L8S 4K1

e-mail: [email protected]

Post-doctoral fellows and graduate students

Applications are being sought to fill the following positions as a result of the transfer of the laboratory from McGill University-Montreal Children's Hospital to the University of Calgary Faculty of Medicine. The positions would start in the summer or fall term of 1999.

Trainees are being recruited in both areas. Project selection will follow an introductory short term project (for graduate students) and will be based on the developing interests and career objectives of the trainees.

Interested candidates should send their CV and names of three referees to Dr. Roy Gravel by email at [email protected] or by mail at the Montreal Children's Hospital Research Institute, 4060 Sainte-Catherine St W, Second Floor, Montreal, QC H3Z 2Z3 (phone 514-934-4358) or by FAX at 514-934-4331.