Postdoctoral Fellow Biological Sciences_YanLab

Position Information

General Information

Position Number

POST40

Working Title

Postdoctoral Fellow; Biological Sciences_YanLab

Division

Academic Affairs

Department

College of Science (Col)

Work Unit

Biological Sciences

Work Location

Woodward Hall

Vacancy Open To

All Candidates

Position Designation

Post Doc

Employment Type

Temporary - Full-time

Hours per week

40

Work Schedule

Monday-Friday

Pay Rate

60,000

Minimum Experience/Education

The postdoctoral appointee must have earned Ph.D. degree within the past five years from an accredited university in one of the following fields: Biology, Biological Sciences, Biophysics, Biochemistry, Chemical Biology, Molecular Genetics, or Cell and Molecular Biology.

Departmental Preferred Experience, Skills, Training/Education:

A strong experimental background with evidence of experimental skills related to biochemistry, molecular biology, and cell biology is preferred. Previous working experience with mammalian cells (e.g., cell culture, immunofluorescence analysis, gene knock-down and/knockout technologies, Comet assays) is preferred, but are not required.

Duties and Responsibilities

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: or

Other Work/Responsibilities

A Postdoctoral Fellow (""postdoc"") is a professional apprenticeship designed to provide recent Ph.D. recipients with an opportunity to develop further the research skills acquired in their doctoral programs or to learn new research techniques, in preparation for an academic or research career. In the process of further developing their own research skills, it is expected that Postdoctoral Fellows will also play a significant role in the performance of research at the University and augment the role of graduate faculty in providing research instruction to graduate students. A Postdoctoral Fellow works under the supervision of a regular faculty member, who serves as a mentor to the Fellow, and it is expected that the faculty mentor will impart the realities, and variety, of scientific careers, and will encourage experiences outside the laboratory to broaden postdocs' aspirations. Within the confines of the particular research focus assigned by that faculty member, the Postdoctoral Fellow functions with a considerable degree of independence and has the freedom (and is expected) to publish the results of his or her research or scholarship during the period of appointment. Thus, the role of Postdoctoral Fellows is clearly differentiated from full-time technical employees.

Postdoc appointments are characterized by all of the following conditions:

* the appointee was recently (within the last eight years) awarded a Ph.D. or equivalent doctorate (e.g., Sc.D., M.D.);

* the appointment is temporary;

* the appointment involves substantially full-time research or scholarship;

* the appointment is viewed as preparatory for a full-time academic and/or research career;

* the appointee works under the supervision of a faculty member; and

* the appointee has the freedom and is expected to publish the results of his or her research or scholarship during the period of appointment.

As an EOE/AA employer and an ADVANCE Institution that strives to create an academic climate in which the dignity of all individuals is respected and maintained, the University of North Carolina at Charlotte encourages applications from all underrepresented groups. Applicants subject to criminal background check.

Necessary Licenses or Certifications

Proposed Hire Date

09/01/2025

Contact Information

Expected Length of Assignment

12 months

Posting Open Date

05/28/2025

Posting Close Date

12/31/2025

Special Notes to Applicants

Please upload the following documents with your electronic submission: (1) Cover letter, (2) Curriculum Vita containing contact information for three references. For questions, please email Dr. Shan Yan ().