Center on Functional Genomics of Hypertension in the Cardiovascular Research Center  

Kamal Rahmouni, Ph.D. and Allyn Mark, M.D. in the Center on Functional Genomics of Hypertension in the Cardiovascular Research Center and Department of Medicine at the University of Iowa invite applicants for postdoctoral positions for NIH funded research grants (funded until 2012) on neurobiology of energy homeostasis, autonomic regulation and blood pressure control relating to obesity and hypertension. Qualified candidates for these positions are expected to have a strong publication record and excellent references from their Ph.D. research. A notable feature of this postdoctoral fellowship will be experience in combining state of the art genetic and molecular methods with sophisticated neural and cardiovascular physiologic techniques to address fundamental mechanisms of the neurobiology of autonomic and blood pressure regulation and energy homeostasis in mouse and rat models of obesity and hypertension. Experience in genetics, molecular biology, neurophysiology and/or cardiovascular physiology is relevant. A distinctive feature of our laboratory is an exceptional record of career development for postdocs. A recent survey of postdoctoral fellows by the journal The Scientist ranked the University of Iowa as the top research university for postdocs in North America and the fifth-best research institution overall. Send curriculum vitae and names of three references who can be contacted directly to Dr. Kamal Rahmouni 3135C MERF, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242-1101 or: kamal-rahmouni@uiowa.edu.