January 15, 2024: Next Generation Fellowship, Centre for Trophoblast Research, University of Cambridge, UK. Competitive 3-year fellowship aimed at providing a stepping-stone to research independence in reproductive and placental biology. The fellowship provides a salary, consumables budget and international visa sponsorship for applicants of all nationalities. The application deadline is February 13, 2024. Find out more at https://www.trophoblast.cam.ac.uk/ngf-overview and here.

January 10, 2024: Postdoctoral position, L’UMR 1280 Physiolpathologies des Adaptations Nutritionelles (PhAN), Nantes Université-INRAE, France. UMR PhAN’s research focuses on nutrition during the first 1,000 days and the mechanisms by which it can regulate fetal and postnatal growth and neurodevelopment, thus conditioning cognitive capacities and metabolic outcomes via the phenomenon of nutritional programming. The aim of the project is to study the effect of external exposures during pregnancy on the regulation of placental function and the consequences on the development of neurodevelopmental disorders. This will involve a multi-omics approach combining transcriptomics and epigenomics of the placenta with metabolomic/lipidomic analysis of the mother-placenta-fetus triad and anlysis of the childrens’ microbiota. 22 months, beginning March 2024. More information here. Contact veronique.ferchaud-roucher@univ-nantes.fr and valerie.amarger@univ-nantes.fr

December 27, 2023 : Postdoctoral recruitment for the Integrated Transporter Elucidation Center (InTec)/USA, multiple locations. InTEC is a consortium between multiple universities to advance our understanding of how placental transporters impact the disposition of endobiotics, xenobiotics, and overall pregnancy health. Funded by NICHD, InTEC utilizes novel technologies to profile the SLC and ABC transporter proteome, predict and validate novel substrates and regulators of placental transport, and simulate maternal-fetal disposition using a vascularized placenta-on-a-chip. Each site within InTEC is hiring postdoctoral fellows to participate in this consortium. Positions are available at Rutgers University in New Jersey, the University of North Carolina, University of Pennsylvania and Tulane University in New Orleans. More information here.