UNIV - Post Doctoral Scholar - Regenerative Medicine

Medical University of South Carolina • Charleston, SC

8d • Onsite

About The Position

The Postdoctoral Scholar will work with the PI in the Delgado Lab with minimal supervision to engineer and carry out a variety of projects. The role involves managing research direction, designing and implementing projects, and assisting with basic lab maintenance. Responsibilities include managing the animal research colony, supervising junior lab members, and preparing manuscripts for publication and dissemination of results through conference presentations.

Requirements

• Doctorate degree in chemistry, biology, medicine or other natural, life or health care science directly related to the assigned area of research.
• Two years advanced journal level work experience in a clinical or research setting.
• Analysis and interpretation of results from independent projects.
• Corroborating results with literature and independently designing next steps.
• Communicating work with the lab during meetings.
• Experience supporting graduate students, postdocs and all technical laboratory staff regarding guiding data and result interpretation as well as troubleshooting.
• Immediate experience maintaining and managing animal colonies, animal protocol development, institutional biosafety protocol development and maintaining the lab in compliance with all institutional guidelines.
• Experience with live animal survival surgeries and procedures.
• Teaching other lab members procedures and surgeries.
• Experience in histochemical techniques, proteomics, tissue culture and advanced microscopy.
• Experience training and supporting junior members of the lab.
• Experience communicating and disseminating research results via conferences, publications and presentations.
• Experience and knowledge of institutional resources regarding core facilities.
• Excellent multitasking skills.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a valid driver's license.
• Computer literacy.
• Ability to learn and use new processes, tools and equipment as required.

Nice To Haves

• Ability to work alone in isolated areas, such as darkrooms.

Responsibilities

• Independently design, execute, troubleshoot and interpret complex experiments using murine models and patient samples, molecular, cellular and computational approaches.
• Coordinate and manage multiple parallel research projects ensuring timely completion of research milestones.
• Conduct, implement and teach complex survival surgeries and procedures on immunocompromised and immunocompetent mice.
• Perform independent data analysis, including analysis of multispectral immunohistochemical images from mouse and patients, flow cytometry, RNA sequencing, and proteomics.
• Develop innovative and independent research questions and experimental approaches that complement and advance the objectives of the laboratory.
• Lead collaborations with other investigators throughout the institution and extramural institutions.
• Contribute scientific expertise, preliminary data and written content to support grant applications.
• Lead the preparation, development, submission and revision of independent peer-reviewed research articles.
• Work with the Division of Laboratory Animal Resources and current laboratory staff to develop novel transgenic mouse strains.
• Ensure compliance with institutional, federal, and regulatory requirements pertaining to animal research, biosafety and responsible conduct of research.
• Provide scientific leadership by managing and mentoring junior personnel in the lab.
• Represent the lab’s research at local, national and international meetings delivering oral presentations and poster presentations.
• Digest, read and interpret state-of-the-art research articles to bring new techniques, directions, input and perspective to the laboratory.
• Work synergistically with laboratory support staff to maintain safe and efficient lab operations.
• Transfer skills to junior members of the lab, ensuring all members are trained in specialized techniques.

Benefits

• Medical University of South Carolina participates in the federal E-Verify program

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree