Advice for Contacting Faculty
Your arrangements for interviews will be more successful if you begin reaching out to UCSF faculty today, as you consider applying to Path to Postdoc.
(Plus, maybe they will find your CV delightful and will interview you independently from Path to Postdoc!)
Concerned about how to reach out to faculty?
Here is a helpful article on how to email a potential PI.
You may also want to review our guide to finding a postdoctoral advisor.
Managing Expectations
What you want to get out of your Path to Postdoc experience is up to you. Most participants will schedule full-day interviews with both the faculty mentor and the lab members, and will be expected to present a 30-45 minute research talk to the prospective lab. We advise asking your potential faculty mentor about their expectations for the interview. We recommend making arrangements to interview with approximately 2-3 labs during the two weeks of Path to Postdoc programming.
An alternative approach would be to set up several shorter 1-2 hour meetings to "speed interview" with the intent of being invited for a more formal full-day interview at a later time. We will let you choose your strategy, but expect that you will meet at least two faculty during the 2-week course of the program.
Helpful Hints
As you know, faculty are busy! Take note of who each faculty's administrative assistants are and be sure to copy them on your outreach email. Also, if you haven't heard back from them, be persistent and follow up in a week to bring your email back to their attention.
Finding Labs
Applicants may choose any UCSF and/or Gladstone Institutes faculty (including those not mentioned below) to contact as you set up your interview schedule for Path to Postdoc. We understand that finding faculty to interview with at an institution the size of UCSF is daunting.
Not sure where to begin? Below, find a list of faculty that are interested in participating:
UCSF Faculty
Faculty Name | Research Area | Website |
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Adam Abate, PhD | Single cell genomics, bioengineering, microfluidics | Abate Lab |
Tamara Alliston, PhD | Skeletal Mechanobiology | Alliston Lab |
Kamran Atabai, MD | Matrix degradation, tissue fibrosis, lipid homeostasis, insulin resistance | Atabai Lab |
Sourav Bandyopadhyay, PhD | Cancer systems biology and therapeutics | Bandyopadhyay Lab |
Scott C Baraban, PhD | Neuroscience | Baraban Lab |
Anil Bhushan, PhD | Immune surveillance, aging, senescence | Bhushan Lab |
Trever Bivona, MD, PhD | Signal transduction, cancer biology and therapeutics | Bivona Lab |
Brian Black, PhD | Cardiovascular development and regeneration | ZFIN Website |
Rohit Bose, MD, PhD | Tumor evolution and heterogeneity, prostate cancer | Bose Lab |
Andrew Brack, PhD | Muscle stem cell regeneration and aging. | Brack Lab |
Abigail Buchwalter, PhD | Cell biology of the genome | Buchwalter Lab |
Jeff Bush, PhD | Morphogenesis and basic mechanisms of structural anomalies | Bush Lab |
Tammy T. Chang, MD, PhD | Liver Tissue Engineering | Tammy Chang |
Andy Chang, PhD | Oxygen and metabolic sensing | Chang Lab |
Myriam Chaumeil, PhD | MR Imaging; Neurological Disorders; Brain metabolism; Metabolic Imaging | Chaumeil Lab |
Winston Chiong, MD, PhD | Neurology/cognitive neuroscience | Decision Lab |
Seemay Chou, PhD | Microbiology, Biochemistry, Vector biology | Chou Lab |
Carlo Condello, PhD | Neuroscience, Neurobiology of disease, Glial cell biology, optical imaging | Carlo Condello |
Markus Delling, PhD | Primary cilia, cell signaling, physiology | Lab Website |
Tejal Desai, PhD | Biomaterials, drug delivery, nanotechnology | Desai Lab |
Shawn Douglas, PhD | DNA nanotechnology | Douglas Lab |
Dena Dubal, MD, PhD | Aging, Neurodegenerative Disease, X-based sex differences | Dubal Lab |
Sophie Dumont, PhD | Cell Biology & Biophysics | Dumont Lab |
Fanny Elahi, MD, PhD | Vascular contributions to neurodegenerative disease and dementia | Fanny Elahi |
Michael Evans, PhD | Chemical biology, molecular imaging | Evans Lab |
Stephen Fancy, PhD, DVVM | Neuroscience. Oligodendrocyte biology and CNS myelination and remyelination | Steve Fancy Lab |
Brian Feldman, MD, PhD | Stem cell biology and endocrinology | The Feldman Laboratory |
Felix Feng, MD | Cancer biology and genomics | Feng Laboratory |
Adam R. Ferguson, PhD | Neurobiology, Translational Medicine, Data Science | Adam R Ferguson |
Aaron Fields, PhD | Biomechanics, regenerative medicine, machine learning, MRI | Fields Lab |
Stephen Floor, PhD | RNA biology, cellular stress, post-transcriptional gene regulation, protein synthesis - in health and disease | Floor Lab |
James Fraser, PhD | Structural Biology, Drug Discovery, Biophysics | Fraser Lab |
Ying-Hui Fu, PhD | Sleep, Genetics, Molecular Biology, Neuroscience | Ying-Hui Fu |
Danica Fujimori, PhD | Chemistry, chemical biology, biochemistry | Fujimori Lab |
Maria Glymour, ScD, MS | Epidemiology | Maria Glymour |
Hani Goodarzi, PhD | Post-transcriptional regulation in cancer and neurodegeneration | Goodarzi Lab |
John Gordan, MD, PhD | Signal transduction in cancer | Gordan Lab |
Erin Gordon, MD | Molecular mechanisms of asthma genetic loci | Erin Gordon |
Douglas Gould, PhD | Matrix Biology, Vascular Biology, Vascular Cognitive Impairment, Cell/Matrix Interactions | Gould Lab |
Ari Green, MD | Translational Neuroscience; biological validation of biomarkers,;CNS repair and remyelination | The Green Lab |
John Greenland, MD, PhD | Lung transplantation immunology and airway biology | John Greenland |
Lea Grinberg, MD, PhD | Neurodegenerative Diseases | Lea T. Grinberg Lab |
Lisa Gunaydin, PhD | Neuroscience (neural circuits underlying anxiety-related behaviors) | Gunaydin Lab |
Frederick Hecht, MD | Integrative medicine, mindfulness-based interventions, acupuncture, yoga, nutrition, access to integrative health care | Frederick Hecht |
Jill Hollenbach, MD, PhD | Immunogenetics | The Hollenbach Lab |
Edward Hsiao, MD, PhD | Human skeletal development | The Hsiao Lab |
Guo Huang, PhD | Molecular control of heart regeneration in development and evolution | Huang Lab at UCSF |
Bo Huang, PhD | Advanced fluorescence microscopy, cell biology, bioengineering | Huang Lab |
Natalia Jura, PhD | Structure-function studies of signal transducers | Jura Lab |
Aimee Kao, MD, PhD | Neurobiology, neurodegeneration | Kao Lab |
Ophir Klein, MD, PhD | Developmental and stem cell biology, Stem cells, Regenerative biology, Craniofacial development, Craniofacial syndromes, Intestinal stem cells | Klein Lab |
Sarah Knox, PhD | Organogenesis, regeneration, aging, cancer | Knox Lab |
Suneil Koliwad, PhD | Immuno-Metabolism and lipid, glucose, and energy homeostasis | Koliwad Lab |
Tanja Kortemme, PhD | Computational Protein Design, Biophysics, Molecular and Cellular Engineering | Kortemme Lab |
Deanna Kroetz, PhD | Pharmacogenomics, Peripheral Neuropathy | Kroetz Lab |
Matt Kutys, PhD | Morphogenesis, mechanobiology, organs-on-chip, vascular/cancer biology | Matthew Kutys |
Noelle L'Etoile, PhD | Neuroscience learning and memory and sleep | L'Etoile Lab |
Diana Laird, PhD | Reproduction, stem cells, development, environment, aging | Laird Lab |
Aparna Lakkaraju, PhD | Cell biology of neurodegenerative diseases (age-related macular degeneration, Alzheimer's disease-related dementias) | Lakkaraju Lab |
Wilson Liao, MD | Human genetics, genomics, bioinformatics, precision medicine | Liao Lab |
Hiten Madhani, MD, PhD | Epigenetics and host-pathogen interactions | Madhani Lab |
Pratik Mukherjee, MD, PhD | Neuroscience, Neuroimaging | Pratik Mukherjee |
Maxence Nachury, PhD | Cell biology and biochemistry of cilia | The Nachury Lab |
Elphège Nora, PhD | Chromosome folding and long-range transcriptional regulation | The Nora Lab |
Yvonne Ou, MD | Vision science, neuroscience, retina | Ou Lab |
Rushika Perera, PhD | Cancer cell evolvolution, adaptation and migratration | Perera Lab |
Tien Peng, MD | Stem cell/regeneration | Peng Lab |
Ashish Raj, PhD | Computational neuroscience, neurology, neuroimaging, machine learning | Raj Lab |
Adam Renslo, PhD | Chemical biology | Renslo Lab |
Oren Rosenberg, MD, PhD | Microbial Pathogenesis, Structural biology | Rosenberg Lab |
Shuvo Roy, PhD | Bioartificial organs | Roy Lab |
Rada Savic, PhD | Drug Development | Savic Lab |
William Seeley, MD | Neurodegenerative disease | Seeley Lab |
Kevin Shannon, MD | Cancer biology and therapeutics | Shannon Lab |
Yin Shen, PhD | Functional genomics in human health and diseases | The Shen Lab |
Catherine Smith, MD | Leukemia, therapeutic resistance, kinase signaling | Catherine Smith |
Raymond Swanson, MD | Neuroscience | Swanson Lab |
Alejandro Sweet-Cordero, MD | Cancer Biology | Sweet-Cordero Lab |
Asmin Tulpule, MD, PhD | Pediatric cancer, DNA damage, cancer signaling | Tulpule Lab |
An "Joseph" Vu, PhD | NexGen ultra-high-resolution 7T MRI | More Info |
Orion Weiner, PhD | Cell shape and movement | Weiner Lab |
Lauren Weiss, PhD | Genetics of ASD (analytical and/or hiPSC models) | Weiss Lab |
Arun Wiita, MD, PhD | Blood cancers and proteomics | The Arun Wiita Lab |
Jeremy Willsey, PhD | Genetics and systems biology | Willsey Lab |
Torsten Wittmann, PhD | Neuronal cell biology | Wittmann Lab |
UCSF ImmunoX Faculty
Faculty Name | Research Area | Website |
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Mark Anderson, MD, PhD | Immunology, immune tolerance | Anderson Lab |
Mark Ansel, PhD | Molecular Immunology | Ansel Lab |
Mallar Bhattacharya, MD | Macrophages in mouse models of disease | Bhattacharya Lab |
Jayanta (Jay) Debnath, MD | Autophagy in cancer progression and metastasis; autophagy and exosomes | Debnath Lab |
Joanne Engel, MD, PhD | Microbial Pathogenesis, Host-pathogen interactions, Pseudomonas, Chlamydia, Acinetobacter | Joanne Engel |
David Erle, MD | Asthma, airway epithelial cell biology, genomics | Erle Lab |
Joel Ernst, MD | Immunity to infectious diseases | Joel Ernst |
Justin Eyquem, PhD | Immunology | Justin Eyquem |
John Fahy, MD, MSc | Asthma and airway biology | Fahy Lab |
James (Jay) Gardner, MD, PhD | Immunology | James Gardner |
Andrei Goga, MD, PhD | Cancer Biology | Goga Lab |
Max Krummel, PhD | Imaging of Tumor Microenvironments | Krummel Lab |
Averil Ma, MD | innate immunity, autoimmune/inflammatory disease, cell signaling | Averil Ma |
Michael T McManus, PhD | Molecular Biology and Genetics | McManus Lab |
Ari Molofsky, MD, PhD | Tissue Immunology | Ari Molofsky Lab |
Melanie Ott, MD, PhD | Infectious Diseases | The Ott Lab |
Nadia Roan, PhD | HIV transmission and pathogenesis | Roan Lab |
Minnie Sarwal, MD, PhD | Immunology, transplantation, bioinformatics, genomics, single-cell seq | Sarwal Lab |
Tiffany Scharschmidt, MD | Immunology/Microbiology/Microbiome | Scharschmidt Lab |
Anthony Shum, MD | Human and mouse studies of Mendelian autoimmune and autoinflammatory diseases | Shum Lab |
Gladstone Institutes is pleased to announce the Embark Presidential Postdoctoral Program, a career development opportunity aimed to provide a select group of postdocs specialized access to career and professional support, mentoring, and community-building activities. Contact Sudha Krishnamurthy or Anne Sufka for more information about how to get connected!
Gladstone Institutes Faculty
Faculty Name | Research Area | Website |
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Katerina Akassoglou, PhD | Neuroimmunology, Blood-brain barrier | Akassoglou Lab |
Benoit Bruneau, PhD | Gene regulation in heart development | Bruneau Lab |
Bruce Conklin, MD | CRISPR and stem cells | Lab Website |
Christof Fellmann, PhD | CRISPR-Cas9, cancer, glioblastoma, functional genomics, neuro-oncology | Fellmann Bio |
Nevan Krogan, PhD | Cell Mapping, Infectious Diseases, Tauopathies, Heart Disease, Psychiatric Disorders | Krogan Lab |
Anatol Kreitzer, PhD | Neuroscience | Kreitzer Lab |
Todd McDevitt, PhD | Stem cell engineering | McDevitt Lab |
Ken Nakamura, MD, PhD | Mitochondria and metabolism in neurodegeneration | Nakamura Lab |
Jorge Palop, PhD | Neuroscience | Palop Lab |
Jeanne Paz, PhD | Neuroscience | Paz Lab |
Katie Pollard, PhD | Bioinformatics | Pollard Lab |
Seth Shipman, PhD | Molecular Engineering | Shipman Lab |
The Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education is recruiting for their postdoctoral fellowship program which connects fellows to a network of over 50 research faculty. Contact Anne Sufka for more information about how to get connected!
Faculty Name | Research Area | Website |
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Mehrdad Arjomandi, MD | Exposure-related lung diseases, COPD | Mehrdad Arjomandi |
Carolyn Calfee, MD, MAS | Molecular phenotyping of critical illness | Carolyn Calfee |
Pamela Ling, MD | Tobacco control, Young Adults, Social Marketing, New Tobacco Products (including e-cigarettes), Program Director | SOUL Lab |