Postdoc Pos
itions Focusing on the Roles of RNA m5C Regulation in Normal
and Malignant Hematopoiesis
Postdoctoral positions are available in the research laboratories of Dr. Mingjiang
Xu (https://directory.uthscsa.edu/academics/profile/xum1) at University of Texas
Health San Antonio and Dr. Chuan He (
https://he-group.uchicago.edu
) at
University of Chicago. The candidate will carry collaborative projects between the
Xu and the He labs to investigate the
roles of
RNA m
5
C
in the regulation of
hematopoietic stem/progenitor cell function and in the development of
hematological malignancies. These studies will be the extension of a recent
discovery by the He and Xu labs published in Nature
(https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07969-x). The candidate will define
the impact of RNA m
5
C marks on the regulation of a diverse physiological and
pathological processes including transcription, translation, aging and
transformation, focusing on the hematopoietic system. The unique tools are
ranging from m
5
C writers/erasers/reader modulations and m
5
C profiling to
animal modeling and primary human sample testing.