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Los Angeles, California job with University of California, Los AngelesThe Division of Cardiology in the Department of Medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA invites applications for a position at the level of Postdoctoral Scholar/Fellow in the laboratory of Dr. Marmar Vaseghi.
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Call for Research Projects in Health and Life SciencesSuitable candidates may choose from a wide variety of innovative, interinstitutional projects proposed by Project Leaders of the Alliance. Alternatively, applicants are also welcome to define their own research project with at least two PIs at different partner institutions. The priority area for Alliance support is basic and translational research in the areas of cancer research, cardiovascular research, neuropsychiatric diseases, genomics, synthetic immunology, molecular engineering, medical technologies, and novel applications of AI approaches in health and life science research. Candidates must hold a PhD, MD or MD/PhD degree at project start.Accepted fellows will be provided a 2-year contract at an Alliance partner institution with earliest start date in August/September 2024. Clinician scientists will receive 12 months of funding from the Alliance for the research project over a period of 24 months during the"Facharztausbildung"/specialist medical training
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Dallas delay talking projects for $1.25 billion bond after mayor memoThe lack of discussion Wednesday means residents won’t get a clear idea of specific citywide projects the City Council supports getting bond money until Feb....
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Disney Announces Big Upcoming Projects for 2026Disney has announced some big upcoming projects that should lead to 2026 being the studio's best box office haul in decades.
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