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 – Beyaz Lab – 01839
We are looking for an experienced and highly motivated scientist to join a collaborative team of scientists in our lab. The successful candidate will work on developing novel approaches to enhance the efficacy of immunotherapy in treatment resistant cancers by modulating nutrient metabolism. This exciting project is funded by a National Cancer Institute R37 MERIT Award (R37CA292807). In addition, the successful candidate will have the opportunity to work in collaboration with a leading US-based venture capital firm and biotech company for developing new skills on the process of translating discoveries from bench to bedside.
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].
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.
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.