Postdoctoral Positions
Why come to CSHL for your Postdoc?
CSHL has long been recognized as a place for nurturing young scientists, with postdoctoral researchers being integral parts of the discovery process. CSHL’s relatively small size—around 55 labs—combined with its collaborative and multidisciplinary research programs creates a unique environment for the next step in your scientific career.
Scientific excellence
CSHL is one of the leading biomedical research institutions in the U.S., with research in five main areas: cancer biology, neuroscience, plant biology, quantitative biology, and genomics. In addition, CSHL is an NCI Cancer Center dedicated to studying the fundamental biology of human cancer, and translating these breakthroughs from bench to bedside. Across the entire community at CSHL, there is a distinct spirit of scientific pursuit and interactions, resulting in innovative and productive collaborations.
Resources
CSHL’s postdocs have access to all the scientific resources available on campus. This includes Core Facilities that feature the latest technology and expertise. These Cores are fast, reliable, and cost-effective, offering in-house support that can be customized and collaborative to spur the development of novel technological applications and creative research.
Career development
Your training as a postdoc at CSHL extends beyond the bench. There is a suite of Career Development offerings, including short courses, workshops, lectures, and seminars that provide opportunities for scientific enrichment and professional development. In addition, there are programs in career exploration and opportunities to develop skills such as leadership, mentoring and communication.
Extramural meetings & courses
CSHL’s extensive Meetings & Courses Program brings top scientists from around the world to campus to present and discuss the latest research in a wide variety of scientific. This is great opportunity to network and meet with colleagues.
A vibrant community
The Laboratory offers a collegial and collaborative work environment as well as a beautiful location just a short train ride from New York City. CSHL has several postdoctoral and student-led groups, including an active Postdoctoral Liaison Committee (PDLC), whose purpose is to represent the interests of and advocate for the CSHL postdoctoral community.
Onsite child care center
CSHL has an excellent and affordable, licensed, on-site childcare center that serves children from six weeks to six years old.
Compensation & benefits
CSHL offers an excellent comprehensive benefits program, an onsite Wellness Center, a Fitness Center, subsidized dining experiences and complimentary shuttle service. The CSHL Housing Office can help postdocs find affordable housing, either through a shared-housing program, or through local realtors. In addition, all postdoctoral fellows are eligible for relocation reimbursement and a family allowance. The Postdoctoral Fellows are compensated based on their years of experience. The salaries can be accessed at “Postdoctoral Stipend Schedule.” (PDF)
Postdoctoral Fellow opportunities
Postdoctoral Fellow – Banerjee Lab – 00399
Our lab is interested in how the brain accomplishes the ongoing transformation from sensation to action during natural behaviors. Vocal communication is ideally suited to study natural and flexible sensorimotor transformations. During a conversation, our brain must interpret what we hear and control our vocal response. Recently, we have discovered that a neo-tropical rodent, Alston’s singing mouse, engages in fast vocal interactions, even under laboratory settings.
Postdoctoral Fellow – Furukawa Lab – 807
The Furukawa Laboratory is actively seeking a postdoctoral researcher. We explore the molecular underpinnings of neurotransmission, neuroplasticity, and neuron-targeted autoimmunity triggered by cancer. We employ a multidisciplinary approach, integrating structural biology, high-resolution imaging, and electrophysiology. While expertise in cryo-electron tomography (cryo-ET), single-particle cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM), x-ray crystallography, patch-clamp, slice electrophysiology, or molecular neuroscience is advantageous, it is not a prerequisite for application.
Postdoctoral Fellow – Hou Lab
The laboratory of Dr. Helen Hou at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (houlab.org) focuses on the latest technologies in neuroscience to study how the brain controls movements and natural behaviors. This includes, but is not limited to, research on how the brain coordinates muscles of facial expressions to convey internal states. We welcome inquiries from individuals who are passionate about contributing to this exciting research program. If you are interested in future opportunities with the Hou Lab, we encourage you to reach out directly to Dr. Hou to be considered for upcoming openings at [email protected].
Postdoctoral Fellow – Janowitz Lab – 01196
The Janowitz Laboratory at CSHL is seeking a highly motivated, creative, and interactive postdoctoral researcher with strong experimental and analytical skills to help discover molecular mechanisms that cause the whole-body response to cancer. We employ pre-clinical and clinical research to develop and test new treatment strategies combining body reprogramming and anti-cancer medications and to discover fundamental biological interactions between tumors and host organ systems.
Computational Postdoctoral Fellow – Koulakov Lab – 03057-R
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory is looking for outstanding candidates to fill postdoctoral positions in theoretical neuroscience. The position is open under specific projects as well as general research involving the application of methods from theoretical physics, mathematics, and machine learning with the goal to understand the brain function.
Postdoctoral Fellowships – L.Zhang Lab – 03248-R
Dr. Lingbo Zhang’s Laboratory at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) is part of a $75 million Center for Therapeutics Research at CSHL. There are multiple fully funded postdoctoral fellowships available in the Zhang Laboratory to investigate roles of nervous system activities and micronutrients in regulating hematologic cancers and to develop novel therapeutic strategies for these diseases.
Computational Post Doc – Navlakha Lab – 1460
We are looking for a post-doc broadly interested in studying biological information processing from an algorithmic perspective. The goal is to discover new ideas for computation by studying problem solving strategies used in nature and to ground these ideas by fostering deep collaborations with experimental biologists. Most recently, we have been interested in neural circuit computation and plant architecture optimization, but new areas, particularly in molecular biology, immunology, and genomics, are welcome.
Postdoctoral Fellow – Tollkuhn Lab – 1405
The Tollkuhn lab has an open position for a postdoctoral researcher to develop projects on hormonal regulation of gene expression in the brain. Our lab studies the transcriptional mechanisms of nuclear receptors in the context of brain development, innate behavior, and disease risk. Gonadal hormones such as estrogen and testosterone are the principal regulators of sex differences in the vertebrate brain, but the regulatory strategies used by hormone receptors in the brain remain largely unexplored. We seek a colleague to apply cutting edge molecular biology approaches to fundamental questions in neuroscience. Tollkuhn lab postdocs are expected to lead their own projects, mentor others, and collaborate. Our laboratory offers a dynamic and interdisciplinary research environment, and is welcoming to all.
Postdoctoral Fellow – Trotman Lab – 00607
The Trotman Lab at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory is seeking applications for postdoctoral candidates with a strong background in neurobiology. We study lethal metastatic cancer. The project aims to define how peripheral nerves in the metastatic tumor environment interacti with cancer cells and affect progression, therapy and disease outcome.
Postdoctoral Fellow – Yeh Lab – 02869-R
A Postdoc Fellow position is available at The Yeh Laboratory at CSHL Cancer Center. We are recruiting new members passionate about drug discovery and chemical biology. Our lab is working to understand the molecular mechanisms leading to efficient elicitation of tumor vulnerability for potent cancer targeting. We develop Targeted Protein Degradation (TPD) therapeutic strategies to abrogate or rewire cancer cell signaling. We have recently established a new discovery platform to expand the landscape of TPD E3 ligases and targeting modalities beyond conventional small molecules (Genes & Development (2022) 36:1031-1042.; Genes & Development (2023) 37: 1-17). For this open position, the project direction will be focused on continuing developing and validating novel TPD molecules to target undruggable proteins.