The San Raffaele Telethon Institute for Gene Therapy is looking for a highly-motivated lab technician. Knowledge of animal handling and basic molecular techniques (PCR, cloning, nucleic acid extraction, etc.) is required.

2 post-doctoral positions are available in Prof. Juan S. Bonifacino's laboratory at the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) that will become available on October 1, 2015. Candidates must have a Ph.D., M.D. or equivalent degree, and no more than five years of research experience since receipt of their doctoral degree.

The project is focused on the identification of the mechanisms that control iron homeostasis in physiologic and pathologic conditions.

Project involves the use of iPSC-derived myogenic progenitors as a novel experimental tool to study regeneration-enhancing therapeutic approaches in muscular dystrophy

An editorial in Nature by Kendal Powell dwells on the uncertainties of career prospects by post-doctoral fellows, in the US and elsewhere