Post-doc position at Rutgers (New Brunswick)
The Sampath lab is actively looking for a postdoc to join the group immediately, for a position that is funded for at least 2 years. The project will be focused on delineating a role for intestinal lipids in modulating cell differentiation in the gut, using mouse models and mouse enteroids. The environment there is fantastic, with strong lipid scientists like George Carman and Judith Storch, and Harini Sampath is really nice.
The overarching goal of the Sampath Lab is to delineate the cellular alterations that occur during the development of metabolic diseases. In this way, we seek to identify pathways that can be targeted for nutritional and pharmaceutical therapies to preserve health and improve health outcomes.
We are particularly interested in the regulation of systemic metabolic health by dietary and cellular lipids, especially saturated and monounsaturated fatty acids, cellular processing of these lipids, and intra- and inter-organ communication by lipids. Recent studies are focused on intestinal sensing and processing of lipids and regulation of systemic metabolic health by intestine-derived signals, including lipids, enteroendocrine hormones, and the gut microbiome.
A list of our publications in these topic areas can be found at: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/1DApA9WyIW9QA/bibliography/public/
Interested PhD students/degree holders should send a CV and cover letter to harini.sampath[at]rutgers.edu