{"id":12107,"date":"2020-02-10T17:02:22","date_gmt":"2020-02-10T22:02:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/biochemcellbio\/?p=12107"},"modified":"2026-01-07T15:14:03","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T20:14:03","slug":"positions-available-cifuentes-laboratory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/biochemcellbio\/2020\/02\/10\/positions-available-cifuentes-laboratory\/","title":{"rendered":"Cifuentes Laboratory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Postdoctoral positions are available for highly talented and motivated candidates willing to address <strong>fundamental questions of <\/strong><strong>RNA regulation in viruses and vertebrate systems<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The available projects focus on the study of post-transcriptional RNA regulators such as microRNA and other small non-coding regulatory RNAs, RNA-binding proteins and epitranscriptomic modifications with the goal to integrate these mechanisms into a single post-transcriptional regulatory framework. To address this goal, the lab combines high-throughput genetic, genomic, and proteomic approaches applied to two independent but technically interconnected areas: vertebrate development and viral replication, using zebrafish and filoviruses as primary model systems. Additional information can be found at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/biochemcellbio\/people\/faculty\/daniel-cifuentes\/\">www.bumc.bu.edu\/biochemcellbio\/people\/faculty\/daniel-cifuentes\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Candidates should have a Ph.D., M.D., or equivalent degree and at least a first author publication. Strong experience in molecular biology is required and knowledge of computational biology will be a plus, but even more important is their motivation to learn and problem-solving skills to adapt to the scientific challenges and become positive members of the lab. The position is funded for at least two years, contingent on performance.<\/p>\n<p>To apply please send to Dr. Cifuentes (<a href=\"mailto:cifulab@bu.edu\">cifulab@bu.edu<\/a>) a cover letter stating research interests, CV, and contact for three references.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Postdoctoral positions are available for highly talented and motivated candidates willing to address fundamental questions of RNA regulation in viruses [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1191,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4653],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/biochemcellbio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12107"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/biochemcellbio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/biochemcellbio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/biochemcellbio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1191"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/biochemcellbio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12107"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/biochemcellbio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12107\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15913,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/biochemcellbio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12107\/revisions\/15913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/biochemcellbio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/biochemcellbio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/biochemcellbio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}