[Coral-List] Postdoctoral Position in Coral Immunity

[Mydlarz, Laura]

Postdoctoral Position in Coral Immunity at University of Texas at Arlington



The Biology Department at the University of Texas at Arlington invites applications for a postdoctoral fellowship with Laura Mydlarz beginning as soon as January 2011.


The successful candidate will work on projects investigating how environmental stressors affect scleractinian coral immunity. This is a collaboration with John Bruno at University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and Ernesto Weil University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez. The project will be based at the University of Texas at Arlington, but travel to La Parguera, Puerto Rico and Chapel Hill, NC will be necessary. The duties include field experiments including underwater and SCUBA work, lab analysis using a combination of molecular and histological techniques, and writing of manuscripts and proposals.



Candidates possessing a doctoral degree in a relevant field are invited to apply by emailing  a cover letter, detailed curriculum vitae, statement of research interests, contact information for three references, and reprints or pdfs of relevant publications to Mydlarz at uta.edu<mailto:Mydlarz at uta.edu>.. The position is for 2 years and includes benefits. Review of applications will begin October 1st and continue until the position is filled.  For additional information see the Department of Biology website  http://www.uta.edu/biology/ and Mydlarz lab website at  http://www.uta.edu/biology/mydlarz/index.htm.




Laura D. Mydlarz
Assistant Professor
University of Texas at Arlington
Department of Biology
501 South Nedderman
Arlington, TX 76019
office ph. 817 272-0397
lab ph. 817 272-1499
fax 817 272-2855

http://www.uta.edu/biology/mydlarz/index.htm