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Education: Postdoctoral and Visiting Scientists

The Wadsworth Center, a research-intensive public health laboratory affiliated with the New York State Department of Health, provides a unique and dynamic postdoctoral training environment. Basic and applied research programs at Wadsworth focus on infectious disease and immunology, molecular genetics, neuroscience, structural and cell biology, and environmental health sciences among others. Supplementing this training environment are state-of-the-art core facilities; an NIH-supported national biotechnical Resource for the Visualization of Biological Complexity; broad-based graduate programs in the biomedical and environmental sciences with University at Albany, State University of New York; and initiatives in biodefense and emerging infections, genomics, and structural and computational biology.

Wadsworth also sponsors a number of events and activities specifically designed to enhance the overall postdoctoral training experience. These include an active seminar program, annual postdoc retreat, annual postdoctoral research appreciation day, grantsmanship course, training in oral and written communication, career workshops, and instructorship appointments at U Albany for those who want to teach. In addition, the institute provides memberships for its fellows in regional and national organizations that focus on issues of interest to postdocs, particularly career development. The Center strongly supports the Wadsworth Postdoctoral Association (PDA), which serves the informational and logistic needs of its fellows. Wadsworth has consistently been named by The Scientist Magazine as one of the Best Places to Work for Postdocs or Best Places to Work in Academia.

The Center is located in upstate New York in Albany, a mid-sized city about 3 hours by car or train from New York City and Boston. Surrounded by rivers, lakes, and mountains, Albany is an ideal location for outdoor activities year round.

To apply, contact: Donal Murphy, PhD, Office of Research & Technology, Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, PO Box 509, Albany, NY, 12201-0509. Email: murphy@wadsworth.org

Training Programs

Postdoctoral Positions

Investigator/Interests Project/Description
Rajendra Agrawal. Structural aspects of mitochondrial protein synthesis.
Marlene Belfort. Mobile introns and inteins; DNA-protein interactions.
Liang Chu. Heterogeneous atmospheric reactions on ice
Keith Derbyshire. Bacterial transposition/Molecular genetics of mycobacteria.
Xinxin Ding. Function and regulation of drug-metabolism enzymes.
Griselda Hernandez. Measurement and modeling of protein flexibility.
Laura Kramer. Ecology and evolution of arboviruses.
David Lawrence. Autoantibody-induced neuroinflammation.
Hongmin Li. Viral RNA methylation by flavivirus methyltransferase.
Zheng Liu. Calcium channel structure.
Nicholas Mantis. Host responses and vaccines to enteric pathogens.
Kathleen McDonough. TB gene regulation and pathogenesis / Differential gene expression in Yersinia pestis.
Anne Messer. Gene/Antibody therapies for neurological diseases.
Randy Morse. Transcription and chromatin in yeast
Haydeh Payami. Gene-environment interactions in Parkinson's disease.
Gerwin Schalk . Brain-computer interface/Neural engineering research.
Richard Seegal. Neuroimmune interactions in Parkinson's disease.
Robert Turesky. Biomonitoring dietary and environmental carcinogens .
Joe Wade Impact of pervasive transcription of bacteria
Gary Winslow. Cellular and humoral immunity to intracellular bacteria.
Jonathan Wolpaw. Activity-dependent spinal cord plasticity/Brain-computer Interfaces.
Lei Zhu. Kinetics and photochemistry of atmospheric reactions.