There is an open post-doctoral position in the laboratory of Samuel Young at The University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA. https://young.lab.uiowa.edu/ Twitter @samyounglab. In collaboration with the laboratory of Dr. Marlan Hansen https://medicine.uiowa.edu/oto/profile/marlan-hansen we are focused on overcoming the significant knowledge gap in and tools for translational approaches to develop treatments for sensorineural hearing loss. Our goal is to develop viral vector gene therapy approaches for specific classes of these disorders that are caused by mutations in genes that exceed the limited packaging capacity of Adeno-Associated Virus.

Interested candidates should contact Dr. Samuel Young at Samuel-m-young@uiowa.edu. Please include Gene Therapy Hearing Disorders in the subject line. The Young laboratory is affiliated with the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology at the University of Iowa and located within the Pappajohn BioMedical Discovery Building. Dr. Young is a member of the Iowa Neuroscience Institute https://medicine.uiowa.edu/iowaneuroscience/ , Pappajohn Biomedical Institute https://medicine.uiowa.edu/pbi/ , and has a joint appointment within the Department of Otolaryngology and is part of the Center for Auditory Regeneration and Deafness https://medicine.uiowa.edu/center-auditory-regeneration-and-deafness . In addition, The University of Iowa provides an outstanding intellectual environment and access to a wide range of cutting-edge technologies which gives individuals multiple opportunities to take advantage of the diverse knowledge, techniques, expertise of the local community, and incorporate it into their research project. In particular, the University of Iowa offers a rich and highly collaborative group of researchers focused on auditory neuroscience that spans across several colleges involving both basic science and clinical departments Finally, Dr. Young and Dr. Hansen are committed to the career development of trainees as previous postdoctoral fellows have successfully continued their careers in academia and industry.