Job Opportunities

The Nicoli lab in the Department of Genetics and Medicine (Section of Cardiology) at Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, is seeking applications for postdoctoral researchers.

The Nicoli lab studies how multi-cellular tissues are built and maintained, one of the most critical challenges in biomedical science. Tissue formation requires the coordination and regulation of complex cell behaviors through space and time. By combining in vivo and in vitro models of tissue growth (epithelial, connective, and nervous tissue) and regeneration together with state-of-the-art methods from cell biology, mechanobiology, bioengineering, and more, the Nicoli lab has begun to unpick the mechanisms that underpin tissue formation and resilience against changing environments. Specifically, we discover how biological systems (cells, tissues, organisms) use canonical mechanisms of post-transcriptional regulation to become resilient to macro-perturbations like oxygen tension or temperature, mechanical stresses, or micro-perturbations caused by the effect of genetic variants and to stem cells niche morphogens.

Our next ambition is to 1) build resilient tissues and organisms using new mechanisms of function for cytoplasmic mRNA (e.g., selective translation, transport, phase separation, localization); 2) define the mechanism of sexual dimorphism and how they influence susceptibility to environments.

Previous training in Bioengineering, Biomechanics, or RNA biology is preferable. Candidates from underrepresented groups and record of academic achievements (e.g., first-author publications or preprints) are strongly encouraged to apply. Please send your CV with a cover letter to Stefania.nicoli@yale.edu.