Postdoctoral Researcher - Pathology - Wang Lab [Req#: 976211, Position#: 118472]

Dallas, TexasPosted Sep 22, 2026

Job description

A postdoctoral training position is available in the laboratory of Dr. Yingfei Wang in Departments of Pathology and Neurology at UT Southwestern Medical Center to study Alzheimer’s disease and neurodegeneration. Wang lab studies 1) oxidative stress / mitochondrial dysfunction-induced neurodegeneration and neuronal cell death in aging-related neurological diseases (Wang Y et al .

, Science, 2016 ; Liu S et al ., Molecular Neurodegeneration , 2021; Zhou M et al., Nature Communications, 2025 ) and 2) role of PARPs and PARP-1-dependent cell death (PARthanatos) regulators in health and diseases (Yang M et al ., NAR 2022; Wang Y et al ., Nature Communications 2021; Ruan Z et al ., Cell Mol Life Sci 2021; Wang Y et al .

, Molecular Psychiartry , 2022 ). Our goal is to understand neurodegeneration and cell death induced by brain injury, mitochondrial dysfunction and/or aging-related genome instability. Additional information can be found on Wang lab website, http://www.utsouthwestern.edu/labs/wang-yingfei/ . I nformation on our postdoctoral trainin g pro g ram, benefits, and a virtual tour can be found at http://www.

utsouthwestern.edu/postdocs . Interested individuals should send a CV, statement of interests, and a list of three references to: Yingfei Wang, Ph.D. UT Southwestern Medical Center 5323 Harr y Hines Blvd. Dallas, TX 75390-9072 Yingfei.Wang@UTSouthwestern.edu Yingfei Wang Lab Yingfei Wang UT Southwestern Medical Center is committed to an educational and working environment that provides equal opportunity to all members of the University community.

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Candidates must hold a Ph.D. or Ph.D/M.D. degree in biological science or other related disciplines . Experience in Neuroscience and Molecular Biology leading to publication in peer-reviewed journals is desired.

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