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We strongly value mentorship and part of our mission is to foster a supportive, diverse and inclusive lab environment where trainees can thrive. In addition to scientific and technical training, we will be truly committed to your success and will support you in your next career step, whatever that may be.
See below for open positions but feel free to inquire regardless of what is available. We value inclusion, motivation, creativity, reliability, and honesty. If this resonates with you, contact us at emilia.favuzzi@yale.edu. Please provide some information on your background, goals, and research interests. We’ll move the conversation on from there.
Update for those seeking a short internship in 2025: Unfortunately, we are currently not able to accept new high-school and undergraduate interns for short internships in Summer 2025 as that requires 1:1 training and all mentors in the lab already have a new trainee. Our priority is to ensure that everyone has a meaningful and productive experience in the lab.
Exciting Joint Postdoc Opportunity: WTI Postdoctoral Fellowship
If you're passionate about interdisciplinary research and looking for an opportunity to join the Favuzzi lab, consider applying for the Wu Tsai Institute Postdoctoral Fellowship.
This fellowship offers:
3 years of salary and benefits
Relocation costs covered
Research funds provided
As a WTI fellow, you will select two WTI mentors and work on an innovative and interdisciplinary project.
Note that the application will be to the Wu Tsai Institute and finalists are chosen by the institute, not individual labs. However, if you are a good match for the lab (and vice-versa), I will be happy to support you and work with you on preparing a competitive application!
Applications open in November, with a potential start date in the following year.
Stay connected if you're interested in applying!
Graduate Students
INP and IBIO students interested in a lab rotation are encouraged to reach out.
If you are not an INP or IBIO student (yet) but would like to do your PhD in the Favuzzi lab:
To be a PhD student in the Favuzzi lab, you would first need to be admitted to a Yale PhD program. We can only recruit students from within a Yale PhD program (generally from neuroscience and immunobiology but those from MCGD are welcome). For example, you would need to apply to the Yale BBS PhD program in December to start your PhD in the Fall the following year. Admissions are competitive and evaluated by an admission committee.
Here is some info and links regarding the PhD program at Yale: https://medicine.yale.edu/inp/academics/apply/ and https://medicine.yale.edu/bbs/apply/.
Postdoctoral position
We are seeking a Postdoctoral Associate with expertise in-vivo two photon imaging and optogenetics.
The ideal candidate will have a background in vivo optical physiology and a Ph.D. in neuroscience, engineering or related disciplines (or will graduate within the next 6 months). You will have the opportunity to apply your previous skills to neuroimmune interactions as well as expand your skillset and be trained in multi-omics molecular approaches.
In addition to scientific and technical training, we will be truly committed to your success and will support you in your next career step.
Yale provides an outstanding environment for conducting successful and rigorous postdoctoral training. The neuroscience community at Yale is highly active and involves interdisciplinary collaborations across multiple academic units including the Departments of Neuroscience, Immunobiology, Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology and more. The Wu Tsai Institute provides excellent opportunities for training and cross-disciplinary dialog.
The position is initially for a period of 1 year, with possible multi-year renewal. Candidates will be reviewed on a rolling basis until the position is filled.
Yale University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer. Yale values diversity among its students, staff, and faculty and strongly encourages applications from women, persons with disabilities, protected veterans, and underrepresented minorities. International applicants are welcome to apply.