Open Positions

The McLoughlin Lab is actively recruiting a lab technician! 

We are looking for motivated postdocs, grad students, and undergraduate students interested in neurodegenerative disease research. 

GRADUATE STUDENTS

Our group is currently accepting rotating graduate students from Neuroscience, Human Genetics, Cellular & Molecular Biology, and PIBS.  If you're a graduate student in another department at the University of Michigan and interested in rotating/joining, reach out and I can pursue faculty affiliation to allow for working with my group during your degree program. 

The McLoughlin lab is no longer accepting rotation students for Winter 2024. In an effort to find the best-fit students for the few rotation slots, rather than a first come first serve scenario, the current lab members and I created a rotation student intake form that we are asking all interested to complete. We intend to fill the first two rotation (fall cycle 1 and late-fall cycle 2) slots by the end of June 2023, if not sooner! We will not be accepting rotation students this summer due to lots of papers/grant applications going out and travel plans that will occupy this summer. In addition to filling out the form, please do reach out to Dr. McLoughlin via e-mail for more information about the lab.

If you are not yet a University of Michigan graduate student, you can read more about applying to the Department of Human Genetics here or the Neuroscience Graduate program here. Please feel free to email me with any questions! 

MEDICAL STUDENTS

My joint appointments within the Department of Neurology and Human Genetics provide opportunities for medical students to get involved in research projects in the lab. We have diverse research projects active in the lab and I'm happy to discuss potential projects with you.  

POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS

Postdoctoral fellows who are interested in working in neurodegenerative disease research should be recent PhD and/or MD graduates.  If interested, please send Dr. McLoughlin your CV and a cover letter detailing your past/ongoing research interests, your plans for future projects, and your long-term career goals.  Please also include contact information (name, email, phone) for at least two references. I'm very happy to discuss how we can carve out independent research questions for your own career development.  

UNDERGRADUATES

We are actively recruiting an undergraduate research assistant to assist with molecular wet lab studies in the lab. Please send an e-mail with a short note about your interest in our lab, roughly how much time you would have available for research, your CV, and a transcript highlighting any relevant coursework to Dr. McLoughlin in case a position were to come open. 

STAFF

We are actively recruiting a lab behavior technician in the lab. Individuals who are interested in the lab should reach out directly with a cover letter, CV, and list of two references to Dr. McLoughlin.