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The Department of Cell Biology at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine announces annual

Harry Eagle Scholar Awards for
Outstanding Post-Doctoral Candidates

$50,000/year
 

  Applicants should be within 2 years of the completion of their PhD or MD-PhD degree and have a proven track record of excellence in research. The Department of Cell Biology and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine offer outstanding state-of-the-art facilities to conduct molecular and cellular biology studies. The College offers subsidized housing. The award is for two years with eligibility for a third year.  
     
  The following faculty are part of the program:  
     
  Barbara Birshtein Immunoglobulin gene rearrangement and expression.
  Eric Bouhassira Human embryonic stem cells, epigenetics, gene expression and silencing.
  Winfried Edelmann Mouse models to study DNA repair genes in cancer and meiosis.
  Dmitry Fyodorov Chromosome assembly and dynamics; biochemistry of ATP-dependent chromatin remodeling factors; Drosophila melanogaster.
  Michael Keogh The role of chromatin in RNA Polymerase II (RNApII) transcription elongation, DNA Double-Strand Break (DSB) repair and chromosome stability.
  Margaret Kielian Virus-membrane fusion; virus assembly; novel antiviral therapies; membrane protein structure and function.
  Richard Kitsis Fundamental mechanisms of cell death and their application to heart disease and cancer.
  Stanley Nathenson Structural and molecular basis for the regulation of T cells through costimulatory molecules.
  Charles Query Mechanism and modulation of spliceosome function.
  Matthew Scharff Molecular basis of mutation and switching of immunoglobulin genes and use of monoclonal antibodies in infections.
  Carl Schildkraut Epigenetic control of DNA replication and nuclear organization in mouse and human embryonic stem cells; reprogramming towards pluripotency.
  David Shafritz Liver-specific gene expression; hepatic stem cells; liver cell transplantation and gene therapy.
  Robert Singer RNA trafficking
  Arthur Skoultchi Chromatin structure and function; cancer cell biology; cell cycle; knock-out mice; human embryonic stem cells.
  Pamela Stanley Functions of mammalian glycans in development, cancer and notch signal transduction.
  Ulrich Steidl Transciptional Regulation of Leukemia Stem Cells
  Jonathan Warner Regulation of the biosynthesis and assembly of a molecular machine, the ribosome.
  B. Hilda Ye Oncogenes in normal and malignant hematopoiesis.
 
Interested individuals should contact one of the above faculty members at Department of Cell Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Jack and Pearl Resnick Campus, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, New York, NY 10461. Applications should submit a CV and three letters of recommendation. Application are evaluated throughout the year. Learn about faculty's research programs at 
http://www.aecom.yu.edu/cellbiology. EOE