Postdoctoral Positions at Emory University

The Long-term goal of our NIH -funded research is to elucidate the mechanisms of the spectral tuning of visual pigments and adaptive evolution of dim-light and color vision.

Selected References:

Yokoyama, S., Tada, T., Zhang, H. and Britt, L. (2008) Elucidation of phenotypic adaptations: molecular analyses of dim-light vision proteins in vertebrates. PNAS 105: 13480-13485.

Tada, T., Altun, A. and Yokoyama, S. (2009) Evolutionary replacement of UV vision by violet vision in fish. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 106: 17457-17462.

Altun, A., Morokuma, K. and Yokoyama, S. (2011) Hydrogen-bond network around retinal regulates the evolution of ultraviolet and violet vision. ACS Chemical Biology (doi: 10.1021/cb200100f).

We are looking for recent graduates who are well versed in experimental molecular genetics/biotechnology. If you are interested, please send CV to Shozo Yokoyama ( syokoya@emory.edu ).