Positions Open
Laboratory Research Positions
Please contact me if you are a pre-doctoral or
post-doctoral fellow interested in studying the actions of alcohol and abused inhalants on brain ion channels.
Some of the techniques currently in use in the lab include:
- Patch-clamp electrophysiology combined with rapid perfusion to
study wild-type and recombinant ion channels expressed in transfected
HEK cells
- Whole-cell recordings of spontaneous and evoked currents in primary cultures of
neurons
- Patch-clamp recording combined with DIC/IR imaging in acute brain slices and those maintained in culture
- Single cell imaging techniques (confocal microscopy,
calcium imaging) to study the expression/distribution of ethanol/solvent sensitive ion channels
- Multi-electrode extracellular recording of neuornal activity in anesthetized and awake animals
If you are interested in applying for a position, send me an email (woodward@musc.edu) containing
your CV and the names of three references and a brief description of your research experience and interests.
NIH Funded Training Fellowship Positions
MUSC holds NIH sponsored training grants from both NIDA
(drug abuse) and NIAAA (alcohol) that offer individuals advanced
training in research related to addiction. Dr. Woodward (woodward@musc.edu)
serves as Director of the NIAAA Training Grant and Dr. McGinty
(mcginty@musc.edu) is Training
Director for the NIDA Training Grant. Contact either one of us
for more information on how to apply for a Research Fellowship
in Addiction Research. Click here for a
one-page flyer (in pdf format) listing the training opportunities
at MUSC.
Note: NIH funded training grant positions are open to US citizens or permanent residents only. NIH funded research grant do not have a citizenship eligibility rule.