The Blind Lab is looking for an outstanding recent PhD looking to continue their training in structural biology, specifically focusing on crystallographic and/or other structural approaches to studying how small molecule drugs and lipids regulate nuclear receptors.
| Department | Biochemistry & Pharmacology |
| Full Description | The ideal candidate is a recent PhD with infectious, geeky enthusiasm for science who wants to work hard and play hard! We have a very healthy, happy lab culture that is extremely scientifically diverse. We are multidisciplinary to the bone: Five postdocs currently in the lab have done their PhDs in rainbow trout microbiome genomics, mechanical loading in computational biomedical engineering, cancer immune cell signaling, the thermodynamics of transcription factor binding on DNA and intestinal stem cell barrier integrity in inflammatory bowel disease. We also have two PhD students, one doing biophysics/structural biology and the other a computational chemist that wants to do more functional genomics. We also have ~15 undergrads. Our lab is about being open, curious, active, growth-oriented and training-focused. Website: Papers: If you're doubting your fit, take a shot and send me your CV! I got my postdoc at my number one choice lab with ZERO papers from my PhD (I eventually had 4 but not quite at the time I applied for postdocs), I only had good letters. Take a shot! If you don't get it, at least you tried. |
| Application Details | Send your CV to me at ray.blind@vanderbilt.edu, no need for a long cover letter, maybe just say why you're applying in the email. |
| Contact | Raymond Blind ray.blind@vanderbilt.edu |
| Posted | 2026-04-23 15:38:09 |