Postdoctoral positions are available in the laboratory of Dr. Xiaolu Yang at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine. The laboratory studies the molecular and cellular mechanisms that protect against cancer and neurodegeneration. Current research topics include: p53 family proteins, tumor cell metabolism, apoptosis or programmed cell death, and cellular systems that degrade misfolded proteins.

For more information on the laboratory and its research, please see the following publicationsand websites:

Molecular Cell 55:15-30, 2014 (cover article)
Nature 493:689-93, 2013
Nature Cell Biology 15:991 -1000, 2013 (cover article)
Nature Cell Biology 13:310-6, 2011 (cover article)
Molecular Cell 37:668-78, 2010 (cover article)
Cell 133:415-26, 2008
Molecular Cell, 31 :415-21 , 2008
Nature Cell Biology 8:855-62, 2006
Journal of Clinical Investigation 116:174-81 , 2006

http://www.med.upenn.edu/apps/faculty/index.php/g20000320/p20138
http://www.cbio.med.upenn.edu/bioTemplate.asp?pageID=12.

Interested candidates with an expected or recently earned Ph.D. and a strong record of
scientific productivity are encouraged to apply. Extensive experience in molecular biology,biochemistry, cell biology, cancer, and/or neurodegenerative diseases is preferred.

To apply, please forward a cover letter, a curriculum vitae, and names/contact information of three references to:

Xiaolu Yang, PhD
Professor, Department of Cancer Biology
Investigator, Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute
Member, Penn Medicine Neuroscience Center
Perelman School of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
653 BRB 2/3, 421 Curie Blvd
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6160
Email: xyang@mail.med.upenn.edu