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 mutagenesis to study wild-type and recombinant ion channels expressed in transfected HEK cells
• Patch-clamp recording of neuronal activity in brain slices, slice cultures and dissociated neurons
• Imaging techniques (confocal microscopy, calcium imaging) to study the expression/distribution of ethanol/solvent sensitive ion channels
• In vivo imaging techniques using Cre-mediated expression of calcium and glutamate sensors such as GCaMPs and iGluSnFr
• Expression of optogenetic and DREADD constructs via viral vectors for input specific control of neuronal activity
• Operant based behaviors to assess cognitive actions of alcohol and abused inhalants

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. 

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 but do require the appropriate visa.

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