The Legleiter lab offers opportunities for scientists at several stages in their career development: postdoctoral fellows, graduate students, lab manager/technicians, undergraduates. The laboratory is well equipped and is housed in the Howard Medical Sciences building at UNR. The Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Department and the larger UNR community includes a large number of labs providing the opportunity for collaboration and interdisciplinary research. We are looking for focused, highly motivated people with a keen interest in studying nanoscale biophysics with a focus on understanding neurodegenerative diseases.

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Lab Openings:

Graduate Students: Positions are available for highly motivated graduate students interested in research in biophysics. Interested students currently enrolled at UNR should contact Dr. Legleiter directly via e-mail or by stopping by his office. For those interested in pursuing graduate studies at UNR in Molecular Biosciences, click here. Prospective graduate students considering attending UNR should also feel free to contact Dr. Legleiter via email for more information about our research.

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Undergraduate Students: Undergraduate students at UNR interested in performing research in our lab should contact Dr. Legleiter directly via e-mail or by stopping by his office. 

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