08 Postdoctoral Fellowship at University of British Columbia, Canada

Dr. Krassioukov is a Professor in the Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the University of British Columbia, the Associate Director of Rehabilitation Research for the International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries (ICORD), and a physician in the Spinal Cord Program at Vancouver Coastal Health’s GF Strong Rehabilitation Centre. He is the past President of the American Spinal Injury Association (2019-2021). His laboratory is internationally recognized for its contributions to autonomic research. More information can be found at: http://icord.org/researchers/dr-andrei-krassioukov/ The Krassioukov Lab is based at ICORD, a world leading spinal cord injury research centre located in Vancouver, BC, Canada. From the lab-based cellular level of understanding injury to rehabilitation and recovery, we are dedicated to the development and translation of more effective strategies to promote prevention, functional recovery, and improved quality of life after spinal cord injury. Located at Vancouver General Hospital in the Blusson Spinal Cord Centre, ICORD is a part of the University of British Colombia Faculty of Medicine and Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute. See the ICORD website for more information.

The Canadian group in the DarkLight collaboration has an immediate opening for a postdoctoral researcher to join us in a search for new bosons in the mass range from 10 to 20 MeV using the TRIUMF/ARIEL e-linac. The successful applicant will join a small international collaboration and be based at TRIUMF in Vancouver, BC. The brief and intense schedule for the DarkLight experiment means that this position provides a unique opportunity for a young postdoctoral researcher to participate in a particle physics experiment from the design stages right through data taking to a final result during their time at TRIUMF.

An early change in cardiac metabolism is considered a major culprit for diabetic cardiomyopathy (DCM). The metabolic shift in the diabetic heart includes reduced glucose consumption, and a switch to utilize more fatty acids for energy, a destructive adaptation implicated in cell death and DCM. The Rodrigues Lab is interested in examining the mechanism of how fatty acids are provided to the heart and how an excess can lead to cardiac disease. Appreciating this mechanism should allow the identification of novel targets for therapeutic intervention to prevent heart failure during diabetes. A full-time postdoctoral position is available in the laboratory of Dr. Brian Rodrigues, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, UBC. The individual will be responsible for the design and execution of research projects involved in investigating the switch in cardiac energy supply (from glucose to fatty acid) following diabetes. Applicants must therefore have extensive knowledge and experience in various lab techniques to investigate cardiac metabolism, using animal modeling, cell culture (primary endothelial cells and cardiomyocyte isolation), molecular biology, and biochemistry.

We are seeking a highly-motivated Postdoctoral Fellow with strong leadership ability and well-rounded, hands-on expertise in immunology, cell biology, and molecular biology. The successful applicant will work full-time under the supervision of Dr. David Granville for a two-year term with the possibility of extension. The position start date is flexible.

We are seeking an experienced, highly-motivated Postdoctoral Fellow with strong leadership ability and well-rounded, hands-on expertise in translational research with expertise in ischemia and reperfusion injury with interests in drug repurposing and entrepreneurship. The successful applicant will work full-time under the supervision of Dr. David Granville for a two-year term with the possibility of extension. The position start date is flexible.

The Sorensen laboratory is seeking a highly-motivated postdoctoral fellow with leadership ability and a strong background in one or more of the following fields, namely molecular biology, immunology, and mouse modeling studies. Expertise in bioinformatics analysis is a definite asset. This is a full-time position under the supervision of Dr. Poul Sorensen at the British Columbia Cancer Research Institute in beautiful Vancouver, British Columbia, part of the University of British Columbia, a consistent top 40 worldwide university. The work focuses on functional characterization of pathways involved in tumor cell adaptation to diverse stresses of the tumor microenvironment (TME), including metabolic stress, and how such adaptation leads to disease progression, in high-risk childhood cancers (e.g. PMIDs: 34021002; 35365367; 37611092; 25965573; 31668005; 33908607; 32406909; 25800057). The goal is to use this information to identify and implement novel therapies, including immunotherapeutic targets, for the treatment of these diseases, including Ewing sarcoma, osteosarcoma, neuroblastoma, and CNS tumors. The position start date is flexible but is available immediately for the successful candidate.

A postdoctoral position in complex flow cytometry is available at The University of British Columbia-affiliated BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute in Vancouver, Canada. Working with the Reid research team (https://www.bcchr.ca/greid), the successful applicant will lead the development of an industry-sponsored project to evaluate B cell maturation in antibody-producing cell cultures, and contribute to ongoing studies of immune reconstitution in patients after chemotherapy and pediatric leukemia.

The Department of Forest Resources Management, UBC-Vancouver campus, seeks a Postdoctoral Research Fellow (PDF) to lead research on cumulative effects of climate change, natural disturbances and forest management on ecosystem services. The successful applicant will work under the supervision of Dr. Gregory Paradis, in collaboration with partners from the Canadian Forest Service (Dr. Eliot McIntire), the BC Ministry of Forests (Dr. Ceres Barros), and other members of the Forest Resources and Environmental Services Hub (FRESH) lab. The project involves developing and implementing conceptual frameworks and software for simulating forest management, climate change and natural disturbances within the context of landscape-scale simulation experiments. Specific technical tasks will include implementing simulation models using the SpaDES toolkit, implementing software linkages to other modules within the SpaDES modelling environment, preparing and validating input datasets, running simulations and analyzing output, and co-authoring manuscripts for publication in peer-reviewed journals.