Postdoc and research associate positions available in the Min Lab at the Bioland Laboratory
Multiple postdoc and research associate positions are available in the Min Lab in the Center for Cell Lineage and Atlas (CCLA) at the Bioland Laboratory (Guangzhou Regenerative Medicine and Health Guangdong Laboratory, GRMH-GDL), starting fall 2021. The Bioland Laboratory, founded on 22nd December 2017, operates as a public research institution in Guangdong Province. It is one of the first provincial laboratories to be developed as a national laboratory.
Research in the Min lab is focused on understanding how cells make fate decisions based on their genetic blueprints, internal cell states and environmental signals. Cells and their lineages transform the genetic information into living organisms. Cell fate decisions lie in the heart of the developmental processes that build the organisms, and the homeostatic processes that facilitate their adaptation to changing environments. We seek to understand how these decisions are regulated in the temporal and spatial domain. To do this, we use high-throughput live-cell microscopy and cell tracking to collect quantitative information. We probe the causal organization of cells by temporally controlled perturbations and modeling. Our long-term goal is to establish quantitative and predictive theories of cell fate decision. We hope to provide a framework to understand how molecular interactions at the microscopic scale are connected to cellular phenotypes, and how diseases arise when these processes are mis-regulated.
Duties and responsibilities
You will be expected to engage in defining specific research programs in any of the above research areas and undertake these with colleagues in a multi-disciplinary team. Considerable independence is expected, with anticipation of a growing role in leadership of the research project. In addition, you will be expected to contribute substantially to writing scientific papers and to attracting external research funding.
Essential requirements
Postdoc and research associate: you will hold (or be close to completing) a PhD in biology, math, physics or engineering. You will be curious, ambitious, and passionate to tackle challenging problems. You must have excellent communication skills. Experience in cell biology, developmental biology, image processing, single-cell omics data analysis, or light sheet microscopy is highly desirable.
Salary and benefits
We provide internationally competitive salary: Research Associates 350,000+ RMB per annum; Postdocs 300,000+ RMB per annum per annum according to experience. Social security, health insurance and other benefits will be provided in high standard.
Interested candidates should send a cover letter describing their interest in the position and their career plans, CV, and names of at least two references to Dr. Mingwei Min at min_mingwei@grmh-gdl.cn,Informal enquires can also be made by contacting Mingwei.