Employment within the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry
Research Scientist/Technician Positions ▪ Post-Doctoral Positions ▪ Staff

Post-Doctoral Positions (General Openings)

The following faculty of the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine seek applications for research associates and post-doctoral fellows to study the molecular aspects of a variety of human diseases.

The following research labs and projects currently have openings:

• Douglas Andres, PhD
  Ras protein signal transduction;  neurodegenerative disorders and oncogenesis.

• Luke Bradley, PhD
  Central nervous system protein recognition, specificity, and design.

• Trevor Creamer, PhD
  Computational and biophysical studies of protein unfolded states and protein-protein interactions.

• Robert Dickson, PhD
  Signal transduction pathways and membrane trafficking mediated by sphingolipids.

• Rebecca Dutch, PhD
  Mechanisms of membrane fusion promoted by viral fusion proteins.

• Lou Hersh, PhD
  Protease re-engineering for gene-therapy.

• Harry LeVine, PhD
  Conformational polymorphisms of Abeta amyloid in transgenic mouse models and Alzheimer’s disease brain.

• Dan Noonan, PhD
  Molecular mechanism(s) of human lung cancers.

• Sabire Ozcan, PhD
  Analysis of molecular defects in glucose metabolism leading to diabetes.

• Kevin Sarge, PhD
  Stress-induced gene transcription;  SUMO-1 modification of proteins.

• H Peter Speilmann, PhD
  Protein prenylation and combinatorial drug synthesis.

• Tom Vanaman, PhD
  Molecular basis of calcium/calmodulin dependent regulation of transcription.

• S W Whiteheart, PhD
  Molecular basis of platelet function.

• Deneys van der Westhuyzen, PhD
  The role of lipoprotein receptors in cholesterol metabolism and atherosclerosis.