Postdoctoral Research Fellow Job Description
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow Job Description
- Preparation of tables, graphs, and figures
- Ability to maintain detailed records and to train others on the set-up and maintenance of detailed record keeping systems for data analysis
- Writing first drafts of manuscripts to be submitted for publication for which the Postdoctoral Research Fellow played a lead role in analyzing data (with opportunity to be first-author)
- Co-authoring other manuscripts by providing substantial collaboration with design, data analysis and interpretation, and/or manuscript preparation in consultation with others in the lab
- Assistance with all phases of grant preparation, including discussion of design in consultation with PI, grant writing assistance, and feedback
- Assistance with acquisition of fMRI data, particularly for off-hours scans when a Baylor College of Medicine MRI technician is not available, but also at other times when appropriate to provide oversight or quality control assurance for fMRI data acquisition
- Assist PI in managing and training other lab trainees (grad students, full-time research assistants, and undergraduate students and research assistants) on implementing study procedures, coding paradigms, and learning and implementing relevant analysis techniques
- Assistance with writing and revising IRB protocols, training others in the writing and revising of IRB protocols
- Attending regular lab meetings to present and discuss relevant ideas and data
- Attending relevant intra- and inter-departmental meetings and colloquia
- Experience in brain slice electrophysiology and synaptic physiology and/or
- Experience with use of viral vectors, stereotaxic surgery and optogenetics/chemogenetics
- Experience with microendoscopy/optical recording of brain activity in vivo a plus
- Experience in computer programming a plus
- Ability to meet aggressive timelines and deliverables
- Strong commitment to collaborative teamwork
Postdoctoral Research Fellow Job Description
- Develop translational research primarily related to epigenomics and applied to solid tumor cancer research under the general supervision of the Director of Molecular Oncology
- Assist postdoctoral fellows and organization of the department programs
- Develop approaches related to epigenomic and genomic research
- Collect and analyze data from the literature and from ongoing experimentation to support hypotheses
- Aid the investigator in managing research staff and maintaining research facilities on an as-needed basis
- Sequence in Illumina
- Learn to lead R&D programming
- You will attend the annual Stanford Immunology Department retreat and have regular interactions with colleagues in Dr
- You will be actively encouraged to publish in high-impact journals and to present your research at internal and external meetings
- The assignment length is expected to be 3 years
- High passion in basic biomedical research
- PhD with 3 years or less of postdoctoral experience or met all the requirements for a PhD by May 2017
- Scientific experience in membrane biochemistry / biophysics, drug metabolism and peptide chemistry
- Ability to work with model membrane and cell based assays to study peptide- membrane interactions
- Ability to integrate quantitative chemical and biological data to understand structure transport relationships
- Ability to design and interpret experiments, and establish study plans to drive scientific understanding and problem solving
Postdoctoral Research Fellow Job Description
- A record of science innovation and creativity plus the ability and willingness to incorporate novel ideas and approaches
- A strong background and substantial experience in the analysis of global ocean observations and/or model results
- Be expected to apply for external funding within 2 years of assignment and expected to submit at least one 1st author manuscript within the first 3 years of assignment
- Perform complex biomedical experiments in support of a research activity or specialized scientific service laboratory
- Be expected to exercise independent judgment in developing methods, techniques and evaluation criteria for solving problems
- Collaborate internally and externally to develop and implement new approaches to monitor identified potential key biomarkers at real-time to support on-line process control, medium and process optimization
- Publications on ‘omics analyses and models based on MVDA approaches
- Guiding research projects through experimental design, conducting experiments, and analyzing data
- Maintaining detailed documentation of experimental work
- Presenting data within and outside of the laboratory group at meetings and symposia
- A track record of first author publications in peer-reviewed scientific journals that are well recognized in their respective fields
- Strong oral and written communication skills with a history of publications in peer-reviewed journals
- Experienced with mass spectroscopy and other bioanalytical procedures
- Experience working collaboratively in cross-functional teams
- PhD in the field of computational biology or related discipline (ex
- PhD in Biochemistry, Structural Biology, Immunology, Infectious Disease or related field with 3 years or less of postdoctoral experience or met all the requirements for a PhD by May 2017
Postdoctoral Research Fellow Job Description
- Plan and develop a research project that supports the mission of the college
- Participate in planning and designing of experiments followed by conducting experiments in the research project
- Write manuscripts and grants on the above project
- Guide and assist students, associates and faculty in research activity
- Assist in maintenance of research laboratory
- Perform other duties as required by the college to promote research
- Supervise research activities and provide guidance to research assistants, technicians and associates working in the laboratory
- Study Conceptualization and Design
- You will collect and analyze drug safety data suitable Personalized Health Care (PHC) components with the intension to extract knowledge and develop new models and tools supporting Personalized Safety (PS) Concepts
- You will work on the Back Translation and Forward Translation of information and newly derived knowledge at the interface between clinical and preclinical data / Information
- Experience in biochemical and immunological assays
- PhD in Neuroscience, Cell Biology, Bio-engineering or related discipline with 3 years or less of postdoctoral experience or met all the requirements for a PhD by May 2017
- Established skills in culturing and expanding induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) lines
- Experience with in vitro (or ex vivo) high content imaging
- Soft skills include a track-record of working flexibly between independent goals and collaboratively within teams, being a clear communicator to enable synergies between individuals
- PhD in Organic Chemistry, Physical Chemistry, Natural Products Chemistry or a related discipline with 3 years or less of postdoctoral experience or met all the requirements of a PhD by May 2017
Postdoctoral Research Fellow Job Description
- Designing and implementing novel antibody and non-Ig scaffold binding protein libraries by employing molecular biology, biochemistry, and structural modeling
- You will collaborate with external academic experts in data interpretation and application of machine learning principles in the analysis of the collected data
- You will drive and support the implementation of novel technologies bioinformatics tools and algorithms into the Research
- Survival surgery in mice (Destabilization of medial meniscus, DMM)
- Isolation of multiple joint tissues (articular cartilage, meniscus, bone, synovial tissue) for mRNA extraction, followed by gene array analyses and RT-PCR
- The work will require also the design, initiation and evaluation of different pain-behavioral responses from animals with or without osteoarthritis
- Isolation, expansion and treatment of primary culture of chondrocytes from human knees (either OA tissue or normal)
- A doctorate (or will shortly satisfy the requirements of a PhD) in a relevant discipline area, such as Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or similar
- Demonstrated experience in network security, privacy, and trust methods, including blockchain
- Knowledge of IoT network issues relating to resource-constraints, scalability, and disruption-tolerance
- Experience in structure elucidation
- PhD in Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Materials Sciences, Pharmaceutical Sciences or a related discipline with less than 3 years of postdoctoral experience or met all the requirements for a PhD by May 2017
- PhD in Computational Biology, Biostatistics, Immunology, Infectious Disease, Molecular and Cellular Biology with strong quantitative training, or other closely related field with 3 years or less of postdoctoral experience or met all the requirements for a PhD by May 2017
- PhD in Analytical Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Biochemistry, Chemical Engineering, or related field with 3 years or less postdoctoral experience or met all the requirements for a PhD by May 2017
- PhD in Organic Chemistry, Physical Chemistry, Natural Products Chemistry or a related discipline with 3 years or less of postdoctoral experience or met all requirements of a PhD by May 2017
- PhD in Chemistry, Physics, Biology, Material Sciences, Pharmaceutical Sciences or related fields with 3 years or less postdoctoral experience or met all the requirements for a PhD by May 2017