Full time
University of WisconsinMadison
Madison, WI, USA
Current Employees: If you are currently employed at any of the Universities of Wisconsin, log in to Workday to apply through the internal application process. Job Category: Academic Staff Employment Type: Regular Job Profile: Scientist I Job Summary: The Engin Lab in the Department of Biomolecular Chemistry is looking for a Scientist to contribute to our focus in understanding the mechanism of type 1 diabetes. The Engin Laboratory is focused on understanding how cellular stress response and organelle dysfunction plays a role in beta cell physiology and pathology. Current projects involve studying molecular mechanisms of cellular stress responses in pancreatic beta cells in autoimmune diabetes, ER-mitochondria communication, cellular senescence and the crosstalk between stressed beta cells and immune cells. The work involves working with the beta cell or immune cell-specific mouse models of the stress response genes and mechanistic studies using cell culture...

