Postdoctoral Fellow at the NIA

Submitted: 11/26/2025
Submitted By: Dr. Alex DeCasien
Department: Laboratory of Neurogenetics
Institution: National Institute on Aging
Job type: Postdoc
Apply by: 01/31/2026
Application Email: alex.decasien@gmail.com
Application URL:

The COEVOLviNG lab at the NIA uses state-of-the-art computational approaches and large *omics datasets to illuminate how sex-related mechanisms impact neurodegenerative disease.

https://coevolvinglab.mystrikingly.com/
https://www.nia.nih.gov/about/staff/decasien-alexandra

We are looking for Postdoctoral Research Fellows to lead projects involving:

– analysis of molecular genetics and genomic data, including genome-wide genotype data, microarray-based expression datasets, whole exome sequencing, and full transcriptome sequencing (from bulk tissues and single cells)
– development and implementation of analytic pipelines for generating and analyzing multi-modal datasets
– collaboration with NIH scientists and other NIH collaborators
– compilation and analysis of new data from human and nonhuman primate samples
– preparation of manuscripts

Projects in this lab are focused on:

1) Neurodegenerative diseases – we study the molecular predictors and downstream impacts of neurodegenerative diseases to identify therapeutic targets
2) Sex effects on biology – we illuminate how sex-related traits (sex chromosomes, sex hormones) modulate brain health outcomes – comparative (evolutionary) variation
3) Comparative neuroscience – we compare human and nonhuman brains to better understand our evolutionary histories and the utility of different animal models

Qualifications:

PhD in and/or involving genomics, neuroscience, or computational biology. Experience with bioinformatic analysis is preferred but not required.

To apply:

Please email PI (alex.decasien@gmail.com) with a cover letter, CV, and writing sample (e.g., PDF of peer reviewed manuscript)