Postdoctoral Fellow, Neurology

**Galveston, Texas, United States**

Training & Education

UTMB Health

Requisition # 2501484

**MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:**

Ph.D., M.D. or Doctoral equivalent in any field. Scientific research experience.

**JOB DESCRIPTION:**

The postdoctoral fellow will conduct, report and present research in his/her field of study under the supervision of a faculty mentor. This is a training position and is not expected to be a permanent position.

**ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:**

+ Work on the continuation of NIH- and foundations-funded projects in Dr. Kayed’s lab focusing on Neurodegenerative tauopathies.
+ Investigate the biochemistry and cellular mechanisms for the formation and toxicity in protein aggregates.
+ Apply biochemical, biophysical, immunological, molecular methods to characterize amyloidogenic proteins and aggregates polymorphs
+ Investigate the diversity of the brai...