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University of Utah Post Doc Res Assoc in SALT LAKE CITY, Utah
Postdoctoral position in the Pulst Laboratory to study neurodegenerative diseases using cell and animal models We are looking for a motivated and creative scientist to join our group as a postdoctoral research associate/fellow to study the role of the ATXN2 protein/RNA complex in neurodegeneration, specially in TDP43-mediated diseases like ALS, FTD, and LATE (Scoles et al, Nature 2017, Paul et al, Nature Com 2018) S.) pathological conditions using human stem cell-derived organoids (Wang et al., Nature Communications 2022).We particularly welcome applications from recent or ready-to-graduatePh.D. students with backgrounds in molecular or cellular biology or from physician-scientists with a background in clinical aspects or neuropathology of neurodegenerative diseases