We are studying the mechanisms underlying morphogenesis using the model organism C. elegans. Our current area of focus is examining how cells invade through basement membranes, the thin dense sheet-like extracellular matrix that surrounds most tissues. We are developing a combination of functional genomic approaches with advanced live-cell imaging techniques to gain a fundamental understanding of the mechanisms underlying cell-invasive behavior in vivo. Future studies will utilize these techniques to tackle other crucial aspects of morphogenesis.
Postdoc candidates would be joining an exciting community of scientists at Duke University and in the research triangle park in North Carolina. Experience in either genetics, molecular biology, or cell biology would be useful.
If you are interested, please send a CV, one or more reprints of published work/preprints of work in preparation or in press, and the names and addresses of three people who can provide recommendations to the following address:

David Sherwood
DCMB Group, Department of Biology
Box 91000
LSRC Bldg.
Duke University
Durham, NC 27708