08/10/2025
🎓 Join Our Research Team!
We’re seeking motivated and curious researchers to join our interdisciplinary lab exploring neuronal resilience in aging and neurodegenerative disease.
🧠 Position Details:
• The position is for a Researcher, with a starting salary of 41,000 THB per month, along with typical benefits for university academic staff.
• Contracts are renewed annually, and meeting performance goals can lead to long-term employment.
• This position is part of a structured research career path, with opportunities to advance to a senior research position.
🔬 What you’ll work on:
• Optimizing motor neuron differentiation from iPSCs for disease modeling and drug screening.
• Investigating molecular and epigenetic mechanisms that support neuronal resilience under aging and stress.
• Studying how mitochondria and the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) coordinate neuronal health.
• Testing novel small-molecule therapeutics for neuroprotection.
👩🔬 Who we’re looking for:
• PhD in biochemistry, molecular genetics, or a related biological field
• Strong background in molecular biology and biochemistry (mandatory).
• Experience with stem cell models or iPSC generation (highly desirable).
• Analytical, collaborative, and enthusiastic individuals ready to learn and explore
• Proficeint in English
• Previous international experience, even for a short period, is desirable
• Foreign researchers are very welcome to help foster a healthy, multicultural environment
🌟 This is a great opportunity to work at the interface of epigenetics, metabolism, and neurodegeneration, contributing to innovative strategies to protect the aging brain.
💌 Interested or know someone who might be?
Please get in touch at: lopiccolo.l@cmu.ac.th
🏛️ The Team:
The Functional Genomics Unit (FGU), led by Dr. Luca Lo Piccolo, is one of four research units within the Center of Multidisciplinary Technology for Advanced Medicine (CMUTEAM), Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University.
We investigate the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying neurodegeneration and brain aging. Using fruit fly models of human brain disorders, we study how neurons respond to pathological stress and how epigenetic and metabolic pathways influence resilience and survival.
We are currently establishing a human stem cell facility and developing standardized protocols (SOPs) for patient-derived iPSCs, including motor neurons, cortical glia, and dopaminergic neurons, to validate our findings and explore potential therapeutic strategies.
Our ultimate goal is to translate these insights into approaches that protect the aging brain and combat neurodegenerative disease.
https://w2.med.cmu.ac.th/omics/luca/
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Luca-Lo-Piccolo?ev=hdr_xprf
