Postdoctoral Fellow; Biological Sciences_YanLab

The Postdoctoral Fellow will report to Dr. Shan Yan and will be a senior member of the Yan group, supporting projects through original research, collaboration with other team members, and mentoring of students. The employee will also contribute to additional proposal efforts, thereby strengthening UNC Charlotte’s ability to attract external funding. The Postdoctoral Fellow’s principal research responsibilities will be investigating the molecular mechanisms of genome integrity. The employee will confer with Dr. Shan Yan on overall research direction and strategy but will exercise a considerable amount of independent judgment and original thinking in carrying out research that contributes to original knowledge and advances the University’s reputation in research. The employee will publish research results, in collaboration with Dr. Shan Yan in recognized journals. The employee will share student mentoring with Dr. Shan Yan and will participate in departmental seminars and other professional activities as assigned. The Yan lab in Department of Biological Sciences at University of North Carolina at Charlotte is interested in the molecular mechanisms of genome integrity and cancer etiology using Xenopus egg extracts and mammalian cells as model systems. In particular, the Yan lab has made contributions to a better understanding of innovative and molecular aspects of DNA damage repair, DNA damage response, single-strand break repair and signaling, and cancer therapeutics (Trends in Cell Biology, 2023; Nature Communications, 2024; Nature Structural & Molecular Biology, 2019; Nucleic Acids Research, 2018, 2020, 2022; PNAS, 2013, 2017; Cell Molecular Life Sciences, 2014; eLife, 2023; Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2020, 2024). More information of the Yan lab can be found from this website: https://pages.charlotte.edu/shan-yan/ or https://sites.google.com/view/shanyanlab