Postdoctoral Associate
for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections if posting has real specific content. We must not repeat job title as heading. Must not include Job ID etc. Must preserve all substantive info, no invented or summarizing away detail. Remove boilerplate like EEO, etc. Also remove navigation, cookie, legal, duplicated lines, application instructions. We need to parse the posting.
Let's extract content:
First paragraph: description of School of Medicine, background. That's likely "About the role" or "About the lab"? The posting is for a postdoctoral research fellow in Silver lab. So we can have sections: About the role (description of lab and project), Responsibilities (what the fellow will do), Requirements (minimum requirements), Qualifications (maybe additional qualifications), Skills (maybe techniques), Benefits (Duke benefits mentioned), Pay (not mentioned), Schedule (onsite mentioned). We must only include sections if posting has real specific content.
Let's see what content we have:
- "Be You. The Silver lab at Duke University School of Medicine seeks a highly motivated postdoctoral research fellow for a fully funded position in our lab." That's about the role.
- Description of lab investigates mechanisms... etc. That's about the role/research focus.
- "We Are Especially Interested In Understanding How does post-transcriptional control shape neural cell fate and disease?" etc. That's research interests.
- "Learn more about our interests, motivations and discoveries: https://sites.duke.edu/silverlab/."
- "We are especially interested in candidates excited to contribute to a new NIH program project with other Duke labs on kinase signaling across development."
- Minimum Requirements: PhD in Neurobiology, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, or a related field
- "This Position Is Onsite. The work is performed on-site or at a designated assignment location."
- "Be Bold. The successful applicant must be highly motivated, hard-working, collaborative, and passionate about brain development. Successful applicants must have a strong scientific record of productivity and creativity. Previous experience in cortical development is a plus, but not a prerequisite. However, experience in relevant fields of developmental neurobiology, RNA biology, organoids, or mouse genetics is helpful."
- "Choose Duke Why our lab and why Duke? The successful postdoctoral fellow will have the exciting opportunity to implement and integrate cutting edge approaches including: mouse genetics, pluripotent stem cells, organoids, fixed and live imaging, and functional genomics. They will gain conceptual and technical training in cortical development and in professional skills such as grant writing and presentations. Our lab offers a vibrant, rigorous, and supportive training environment, with a team of researchers passionate about brain development. We collaborate extensively with labs internationally and at Duke, and are a member of the Departments of Cell Biology, Molecular Genetics and Microbiology and Neurobiology, the Duke Center for RNA Biology, the Duke Center for Advanced Genomic Technologies, and Institute for Brain Sciences. Postdocs can take advantage of professional development opportunities at the Office of Postdoctoral Services as well as outstanding benefits. Duke University is in Durham within the Research Triangle, an affordable, vibrant and growing community. Learn more here: https://research.duke.edu/prospective-postdocs/."
- Job Code: 00003820 POSTDOCTORAL ASSOCIATE Job Level: 00 (metadata, drop)
- EEO boilerplate (remove)
- Essential Physical Job Functions (maybe we can include as a note? It's boilerplate about accommodation; likely remove as it's generic. The instruction says remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate. This is about accommodation, maybe considered legal boilerplate; better to remove.
Thus we have substantive content for sections:
- About the role (lab description, research focus, NIH project)
- Responsibilities (what they will do: implement approaches, gain training, etc.)
- Requirements (minimum PhD)
- Qualifications (maybe additional qualifications: experience in cortical development plus, experience in developmental neurobiology, RNA biology, organoids, mouse genetics helpful)
- Skills (techniques: mouse genetics, pluripotent stem cells, organoids, fixed/live imaging, functional genomics, grant writing, presentations)
- Benefits (outstanding benefits, professional development opportunities, location Durham Research Triangle affordable vibrant)
- Pay (not mentioned) -> omit
- Schedule (onsite mentioned) -> we can include Schedule section with "Onsite" content.
We must not create sections with filler like "not specified". So include Schedule only if we have specific content: "This Position Is Onsite. The work is performed on-site or at a designated assignment location." That's specific.
Now we need to format with headings and - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits, and
for prose.
We need to preserve ALL substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. So we must keep the exact details? We can rephrase but must not lose detail. Safer to keep the sentences as is, maybe break into paragraphs.
We must not repeat job title as heading. So no heading for "Postdoctoral Research Fellow". Use sections as above.
We must not include Job ID etc.
We must not include duplicated lines.
Let's craft.
First, maybe a brief intro paragraph about the lab and role as About the role.
We'll have:
About the role
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Then Responsibilities: list of duties (implement approaches, gain training, etc.) as - .
Requirements: maybe a
- for PhD requirement.
Qualifications: maybe a
- for preferred experience.
Skills: maybe a
- for techniques and professional skills.
Benefits: maybe a
- for outstanding benefits, professional development opportunities, location.
Schedule:
This Position Is Onsite. The work is performed on-site or at a designated assignment location.
We need to ensure we don't lose any substantive info: Let's extract all substantive sentences.
From text:
- "Established in 1930, Duke University School of Medicine is the youngest of the nation's top medical schools. Ranked sixth among medical schools in the nation, the School takes pride in being an inclusive community of outstanding learners, investigators, clinicians, and staff where interdisciplinary collaboration is embraced and great ideas accelerate translation of fundamental scientific discoveries to improve human health locally and around the globe. Composed of more than 2,600 faculty physicians and researchers, nearly 2,000 students, and more than 6,200 staff, the Duke University School of Medicine along with the Duke University School of Nursing, and Duke University Health System comprise Duke Health, a world-class academic medical center. The Health System encompasses Duke University Hospital, Duke Regional Hospital, Duke Raleigh Hospital, Duke Health Integrated Practice, Duke Primary Care, Duke Home Care and Hospice, Duke Health and Wellness, and multiple affiliations."
That's background about Duke; could be part of About the role.
- "Be You. The Silver lab at Duke University School of Medicine seeks a highly motivated postdoctoral research fellow for a fully funded position in our lab."
- "Our lab investigates mechanisms by which the brain is assembled during embryonic development, as well as how development is disrupted in neurodevelopmental disease and co-opted during brain evolution. We employ a multifaceted strategy to bridge developmental neurobiology, RNA biology, and evolution."
- "We Are Especially Interested In Understanding How does post-transcriptional control shape neural cell fate and disease? We have discovered canonical and non-canonical mechanisms by which RNA regulation controls development and disease. (Eg. PLoS Genetics, 2025 and Cell Reports, 2024)."
- "How are sub-cellular functions and gene expression compartmentalized in cortical progenitors? We have discovered that mRNA localization and local translation in polarized neural progenitors is essential for development. (Eg. Neuron, 2023 and bioRxiv, 2025)."
- "How is human-specific brain development achieved? We have discovered human-specific enhancers that control neural progenitor potency and brain size. (Eg. Nature, 2025 and Cell Stem Cell, 2026)."
- "Learn more about our interests, motivations and discoveries: https://sites.duke.edu/silverlab/."
- "We are especially interested in candidates excited to contribute to a new NIH program project with other Duke labs on kinase signaling across development."
- Minimum Requirements: "PhD in Neurobiology, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, or a related field"
- "This Position Is Onsite. The work is performed on-site or at a designated assignment location."
- "Be Bold. The successful applicant must be highly motivated, hard-working, collaborative, and passionate about brain development. Successful applicants must have a strong scientific record of productivity and creativity. Previous experience in cortical development is a plus, but not a prerequisite. However, experience in relevant fields of developmental neurobiology, RNA biology, organoids, or mouse genetics is helpful."
- "Choose Duke Why our lab and why Duke? The successful postdoctoral fellow will have the exciting opportunity to implement and integrate cutting edge approaches including: mouse genetics, pluripotent stem cells, organoids, fixed and live imaging, and functional genomics. They will gain conceptual and technical training in cortical development and in professional skills such as grant writing and presentations. Our lab offers a vibrant, rigorous, and supportive training environment, with a team of researchers passionate about brain development. We collaborate extensively with labs internationally and at Duke, and are a member of the Departments of Cell Biology, Molecular Genetics and Microbiology and Neurobiology, the Duke Center for RNA Biology, the Duke Center for Advanced Genomic Technologies, and Institute for Brain Sciences. Postdocs can take advantage of professional development opportunities at the Office of Postdoctoral Services as well as outstanding benefits. Duke University is in Durham within the Research Triangle, an affordable, vibrant and growing community. Learn more here: https://research.duke.edu/prospective-postdocs/."
We need to preserve all that info. We'll embed it appropriately.
Now, we must not include boilerplate like EEO, Essential Physical Job Functions, etc.
Now produce HTML.
Let's structure:
About the role
Established in 1930, Duke University School of Medicine is the youngest of the nation's top medical schools. Ranked sixth among medical schools in the nation, the School takes pride in being an inclusive community of outstanding learners, investigators, clinicians, and staff where interdisciplinary collaboration is embraced and great ideas accelerate translation of fundamental scientific discoveries to improve human health locally and around the globe. Composed of more than 2,600 faculty physicians and researchers, nearly 2,000 students, and more than 6,200 staff, the Duke University School of Medicine along with the Duke University School of Nursing, and Duke University Health System comprise Duke Health, a world-class academic medical center. The Health System encompasses Duke University Hospital, Duke Regional Hospital, Duke Raleigh Hospital, Duke Health Integrated Practice, Duke Primary Care, Duke Home Care and Hospice, Duke Health and Wellness, and multiple affiliations. Be You. The Silver lab at Duke University School of Medicine seeks a highly motivated postdoctoral research fellow for a fully funded position in our lab. Our lab investigates mechanisms by which the brain is assembled during embryonic development, as well as how development is disrupted in neurodevelopmental disease and co-opted during brain evolution. We employ a multifaceted strategy to bridge developmental neurobiology, RNA biology, and evolution. We Are Especially Interested In Understanding How does post-transcriptional control shape neural cell fate and disease? We have discovered canonical and non-canonical mechanisms by which RNA regulation controls development and disease. (Eg. PLoS Genetics, 2025 and Cell Reports, 2024). How are sub-cellular functions and gene expression compartmentalized in cortical progenitors? We have discovered that mRNA localization and local translation in polarized neural progenitors is essential for development. (Eg. Neuron, 2023 and bioRxiv, 2
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits, and
for prose. We need to preserve ALL substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. So we must keep the exact details? We can rephrase but must not lose detail. Safer to keep the sentences as is, maybe break into paragraphs. We must not repeat job title as heading. So no heading for "Postdoctoral Research Fellow". Use sections as above. We must not include Job ID etc. We must not include duplicated lines. Let's craft. First, maybe a brief intro paragraph about the lab and role as About the role. We'll have:
About the role
...
Then Responsibilities: list of duties (implement approaches, gain training, etc.) as- .
Requirements: maybe a
- for PhD requirement.
Qualifications: maybe a
- for preferred experience.
Skills: maybe a
- for techniques and professional skills.
Benefits: maybe a
- for outstanding benefits, professional development opportunities, location.
Schedule:
This Position Is Onsite. The work is performed on-site or at a designated assignment location.
We need to ensure we don't lose any substantive info: Let's extract all substantive sentences. From text: - "Established in 1930, Duke University School of Medicine is the youngest of the nation's top medical schools. Ranked sixth among medical schools in the nation, the School takes pride in being an inclusive community of outstanding learners, investigators, clinicians, and staff where interdisciplinary collaboration is embraced and great ideas accelerate translation of fundamental scientific discoveries to improve human health locally and around the globe. Composed of more than 2,600 faculty physicians and researchers, nearly 2,000 students, and more than 6,200 staff, the Duke University School of Medicine along with the Duke University School of Nursing, and Duke University Health System comprise Duke Health, a world-class academic medical center. The Health System encompasses Duke University Hospital, Duke Regional Hospital, Duke Raleigh Hospital, Duke Health Integrated Practice, Duke Primary Care, Duke Home Care and Hospice, Duke Health and Wellness, and multiple affiliations." That's background about Duke; could be part of About the role. - "Be You. The Silver lab at Duke University School of Medicine seeks a highly motivated postdoctoral research fellow for a fully funded position in our lab." - "Our lab investigates mechanisms by which the brain is assembled during embryonic development, as well as how development is disrupted in neurodevelopmental disease and co-opted during brain evolution. We employ a multifaceted strategy to bridge developmental neurobiology, RNA biology, and evolution." - "We Are Especially Interested In Understanding How does post-transcriptional control shape neural cell fate and disease? We have discovered canonical and non-canonical mechanisms by which RNA regulation controls development and disease. (Eg. PLoS Genetics, 2025 and Cell Reports, 2024)." - "How are sub-cellular functions and gene expression compartmentalized in cortical progenitors? We have discovered that mRNA localization and local translation in polarized neural progenitors is essential for development. (Eg. Neuron, 2023 and bioRxiv, 2025)." - "How is human-specific brain development achieved? We have discovered human-specific enhancers that control neural progenitor potency and brain size. (Eg. Nature, 2025 and Cell Stem Cell, 2026)." - "Learn more about our interests, motivations and discoveries: https://sites.duke.edu/silverlab/." - "We are especially interested in candidates excited to contribute to a new NIH program project with other Duke labs on kinase signaling across development." - Minimum Requirements: "PhD in Neurobiology, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, or a related field" - "This Position Is Onsite. The work is performed on-site or at a designated assignment location." - "Be Bold. The successful applicant must be highly motivated, hard-working, collaborative, and passionate about brain development. Successful applicants must have a strong scientific record of productivity and creativity. Previous experience in cortical development is a plus, but not a prerequisite. However, experience in relevant fields of developmental neurobiology, RNA biology, organoids, or mouse genetics is helpful." - "Choose Duke Why our lab and why Duke? The successful postdoctoral fellow will have the exciting opportunity to implement and integrate cutting edge approaches including: mouse genetics, pluripotent stem cells, organoids, fixed and live imaging, and functional genomics. They will gain conceptual and technical training in cortical development and in professional skills such as grant writing and presentations. Our lab offers a vibrant, rigorous, and supportive training environment, with a team of researchers passionate about brain development. We collaborate extensively with labs internationally and at Duke, and are a member of the Departments of Cell Biology, Molecular Genetics and Microbiology and Neurobiology, the Duke Center for RNA Biology, the Duke Center for Advanced Genomic Technologies, and Institute for Brain Sciences. Postdocs can take advantage of professional development opportunities at the Office of Postdoctoral Services as well as outstanding benefits. Duke University is in Durham within the Research Triangle, an affordable, vibrant and growing community. Learn more here: https://research.duke.edu/prospective-postdocs/." We need to preserve all that info. We'll embed it appropriately. Now, we must not include boilerplate like EEO, Essential Physical Job Functions, etc. Now produce HTML. Let's structure:About the role
Established in 1930, Duke University School of Medicine is the youngest of the nation's top medical schools. Ranked sixth among medical schools in the nation, the School takes pride in being an inclusive community of outstanding learners, investigators, clinicians, and staff where interdisciplinary collaboration is embraced and great ideas accelerate translation of fundamental scientific discoveries to improve human health locally and around the globe. Composed of more than 2,600 faculty physicians and researchers, nearly 2,000 students, and more than 6,200 staff, the Duke University School of Medicine along with the Duke University School of Nursing, and Duke University Health System comprise Duke Health, a world-class academic medical center. The Health System encompasses Duke University Hospital, Duke Regional Hospital, Duke Raleigh Hospital, Duke Health Integrated Practice, Duke Primary Care, Duke Home Care and Hospice, Duke Health and Wellness, and multiple affiliations. Be You. The Silver lab at Duke University School of Medicine seeks a highly motivated postdoctoral research fellow for a fully funded position in our lab. Our lab investigates mechanisms by which the brain is assembled during embryonic development, as well as how development is disrupted in neurodevelopmental disease and co-opted during brain evolution. We employ a multifaceted strategy to bridge developmental neurobiology, RNA biology, and evolution. We Are Especially Interested In Understanding How does post-transcriptional control shape neural cell fate and disease? We have discovered canonical and non-canonical mechanisms by which RNA regulation controls development and disease. (Eg. PLoS Genetics, 2025 and Cell Reports, 2024). How are sub-cellular functions and gene expression compartmentalized in cortical progenitors? We have discovered that mRNA localization and local translation in polarized neural progenitors is essential for development. (Eg. Neuron, 2023 and bioRxiv, 2
- for outstanding benefits, professional development opportunities, location.
Schedule:
- for techniques and professional skills.
Benefits: maybe a
- for preferred experience.
Skills: maybe a
- for PhD requirement.
Qualifications: maybe a
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Requirements: maybe a