Postdoc: Developmental Metabolism & Bile Acid Signaling

University of Florida (UF); Gainesville (FL); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Life insurance

Retirement plan

Paid time off

Professional development

Tuition assistance

Public Service Loan Forgiveness

Job summary

The Karst laboratory at the University of Florida College of Medicine seeks a highly motivated postdoctoral associate to join a newly funded NIH R01 project examining how the early-life environment programs long-term metabolic health.

The successful candidate will explore mechanisms of bile acid signaling during lactation, focusing on adipose tissue development, progenitor trajectories, and lifespan metabolic outcomes, using mouse models, flow cytometry, lineage tracing, and single-cell

Qualifications

• PhD, MD/PhD, or equivalent doctoral degree in a relevant biomedical discipline.
• Strong background in biomedical sciences and demonstrated experience with hypothesis-driven research.
• Experience with molecular, cellular, or in vivo experimental approaches relevant to the project.

Responsibilities

• Investigate cellular and molecular mechanisms of developmental programming by bile acid signaling.
• Examine how postnatal bile acid signaling shapes adipose tissue architecture and progenitor trajectories.
• Employ mouse models, flow cytometry, cell sorting, lineage tracing, metabolic phenotyping, and single-cell omics.

Skills

Mouse models

Flow cytometry

Lineage tracing

Metabolic phenotyping

Single-cell sequencing

Epigenomics

In vivo experiments

Education

PhD or MD/PhD

Tools

Flow cytometry

DNA/RNA sequencing

Lineage tracing techniques

In vivo mouse work

Job description

The Karst laboratory at the University of Florida College of Medicine seeks a highly motivated postdoctoral associate to join a newly funded NIH R01 project examining how the early-life environment programs long-term metabolic health.

The successful candidate will explore mechanisms of bile acid signaling during lactation, focusing on adipose tissue development, progenitor trajectories, and lifespan metabolic outcomes, using mouse models, flow cytometry, lineage tracing, and single-cell