Important Info
Faculty Sponsor First name:
David
Faculty Sponsor Last Name:
Cornfield
Stanford Departments and Centers:
Pediatrics, Pulmonary Asthma and Sleep Medicine
Postdoc Appointment Term:
One year, with option to extend by mutual agreement
Appointment Start Date:
As soon as possible
Group or Departmental Website:
How to Submit Application Materials:
Submit all application materials via this form.
Does this position pay above the required minimum?:
No. The expected base pay for this position is the Stanford University required minimum for all postdoctoral scholars appointed through the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs. The FY27 minimum is $79, 056.
The Laboratory of David Cornfield, MD at Stanford University School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics is currently accepting applications for a postdoctoral fellow to work on lung biology focused research.
Required Qualifications:
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Highly motivated postdoctoral research with:
- Expertise in pulmonary vascular biology, immunology, cell, molecular, or developmental biology
- Prior experience with mouse models of disease
- Intellectual curiosity, enthusiasm, have extremely strong written and oral communication skills, be highly motivated, able to work independently, and function well as part of a team
- Strong track record of research productivity, presentations, and publications
- Priority will be given to applicants with prior training in pulmonary, vascular or endothelial biology
- Expertise in primary cell isolation and culture, FACS, confocal imaging, and mouse genetics is preferred
- Experience with transcriptomics and programming language suitable for computational analysis (e.g. R or Python) is desired
- Doctoral degree (PhD, MD, or equivalent) conferred by start date
Required Application Materials:
- Curriculum Vitae
- Cover letter detailing research interests and career goals
- Up to three relevant papers
- Contact information for three references