We seek to preserve a balance between work and life activities, reflected in our on-site fitness and daycare facilities and comprehensive benefit package. A postdoctoral position for the study of cardiovascular science is available. The major area of study is the mechanism of calcium action on the metabolism of the heart. Research is focused on the role of calcium in augmenting mitochondrial metabolism and how this influences the bioenergetics of the heart. Other general areas of research include the role of calcium in the failing heart.
Experimental models employ the perfused rat heart, isolated myocytes and isolated mitochondria.
Experience using fluorescence and single-cell techniques preferred but not required. The Milton S. Hershey Medical Center PO Box 850 Hershey, PA 17033. The Hershey Medical Center, located in south central PA, is one hour from Baltimore and two hours from Philadelphia. For your health, Hershey Medical Center is a smoke-free campus. A postdoctoral position is available to work in a research laboratory whose current research involves studies of transcription mechanisms of growth in the gastrointestinal tract.