Postdoctoral Associate - Immune Mechanisms

University of Miami • Miami, FL

9d • Onsite

About The Position

The Postdoctoral Associate performs scientific research and studies under the supervision of managing staff. Moreover, the Postdoctoral Associate promotes institutional recognition through literal contributions to the scientific community. The successful candidate will lead a project investigating the immune mechanisms involved in cardiac and vascular remodeling in heart failure. Key responsibilities and qualifications include designing and executing in vitro and in vivo experiments in collaboration with immunology and cardiovascular physiology teams. Techniques will include molecular and cellular immunological and physiological approaches, mouse models of disease, primary cell culture from mouse and human tissues, and analysis of existing data sets. The role also involves analyzing data, presenting findings at internal and external scientific meetings, preparing manuscripts for peer-reviewed publication, and developing and writing fellowship proposals. Additionally, the Postdoctoral Associate will contribute to mentoring of trainees and fostering a collaborative, respectful, and welcoming lab environment, while keeping track of data, protocols, and overall progress in updated laboratory notebooks and data folders shared with the laboratory manager and Principal Investigator. Mining large sequencing data sets is also a key function.

Requirements

• Doctorate degree Medicine (MD) required
• PhD in Molecular Biology, Immunology, Physiology or related field
• Experience working with mice (especially models of cardiovascular disease, acute/chronic inflammation or cancer).
• Experience with mammalian cell culture, protein and RNA extraction, knock down and overexpression vector expression, flow cytometry, tissue sectioning, and immunofluorescence
• Strong background in immunology and/or cardiovascular and cancer biology.
• Skill in collecting, organizing, and analyzing data.
• Ability to recognize, analyze, and solve a variety of problems.
• Ability to exercise sound judgment in making critical decisions.
• Effective communication and organizational skills, growth mindset, team work, problem solving and attention to detail.

Nice To Haves

• No previous experience required

Responsibilities

• Conducts research on specific areas of study as assigned.
• Prepares research reports and technical papers for publishing.
• Investigates the feasibility of applying a wide variety of scientific principles and theories.
• Maintains substantial knowledge of state-of-the-art principles and theories.
• Develops advanced analytical models and systems and provides solutions and analyses to support strategic and tactical decisions.
• Adheres to University and unit-level policies and procedures and safeguards University assets.
• Design and execute in vitro and in vivo experiments in collaboration with immunology and cardiovascular physiology teams.
• Analyze data, present findings at internal and external scientific meetings, prepare manuscripts for peerreviewed publication, and develop and write fellowship proposals.
• Contribute to mentoring of trainees and fostering a collaborative, respectful, and welcoming lab environment.
• Keep track of data, protocols and overall progress in updated laboratory notebooks and data folders shared with the laboratory manager and Principal Investigator.
• Mining large sequencing data sets.

Benefits

• medical
• dental
• tuition remission

What This Job Offers

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