Open Positions Prospective graduate students interested in joining the lab are encouraged to apply to the MU Graduate School through either the Nutritional Sciences Graduate Program or the Biochemistry Graduate Program. Students accepted into the University of Missouri-Columbia's Genetics Area Program or Integrated Plant Biology are also eligible to work in the Eide Lab. Undergraduates are also encouraged to make an appointment to discuss research opportunities. Ph.D. scientists interested in postdoctoral positions are encouraged to apply directly to Dr. Eide.
Funding is available from several on-campus programs.
Applicants are enouraged to apply for competitive national and international fellowships. Two postdoctoral positions are now available to study the molecular biology of metal ion transport in eukaryotic cells. Saccharomyces cerevisiae and mammalian cells. Our laboratory was the first to identify a novel family of metal ion transporters found in yeast, plants, and mammals. These genes are regulated at the transcriptional level in response to zinc and are induced in zinc-limited cells.