Postdoctoral Fellow - Alexander Lab New

  • Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
  • Cold Spring Harbor, New York
  • Full Time
Postdoctoral Fellow - Alexander Lab

Salary

$74,300.00 Annually

Location

1 Bungtown Road, Cold Spring Harbor- Main Campus

Job Type

Full Time

Job Number

1737

Process Level

Scientific Laboratory

Department

Alexander Laboratory

Opening Date

06/30/2025

DESCRIPTION

BENEFITS

Position Description

The Alexander Lab seeks a highly-motivated postdoctoral researcher to independently drive research projects, collaborate across disciplines, and help foster an interactive and dynamic research community. Research in the Alexander Lab spans scales of biology as well as experimental and computational approaches. The ideal candidate will have a strong interest in gene regulatory mechanisms, with a track record of creative research in molecular biology, cell biology, genomics, imaging approaches and/or bioinformatics.

If selected for this position, you will be expected to:

Develop and drive an independent research project in the general area of nuclear-speckle-based gene regulation with input and direction from Dr. Alexander

Design and conduct scientifically rigorous experiments that address key open questions in the field of speckle biology

Contribute to an intellectually stimulating and collaborative laboratory environment

For additional background on Alexander Lab interests, please see the following publications:

CTCF/RAD21 organize the ground state of chromatin-nuclear speckle association. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. ISSN 1545-9993

Nuclear speckles regulate functional programs in cancer. Nature Cell Biology. ISSN 1465-7392

p53 mediates target gene association with nuclear speckles for amplified RNA expression. Molecular Cell, 81 (8). 1666-1681.e6. ISSN 1097-2765

Position Requirements

Ph.D. degree in a life science discipline. Preferred candidates will be within ~1 year of completing their Ph.D.

Supplemental Information
Job ID: 483930606
Originally Posted on: 7/3/2025

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