Postdoctoral Fellow-MSH-30020-319
About The Position
The Postdoctoral Fellow position in Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine at The Mount Sinai Health System will focus on identifying or characterizing novel mechanisms and/or translational outcomes to human pluripotent stem cell-derived hematopoiesis. The role involves extensive research, including mouse colony management, cell culture, molecular biology techniques, data analysis, and contributing to publications. The candidate will work under the supervision of Christopher Sturgeon, PhD, and will be responsible for maintaining laboratory standards and documentation.
Requirements
- PhD or MD in a life sciences or related field with a solid understanding of general biological principles.
- Strong motivation and interest in hematopoiesis and stem cell biology and desire to be challenged.
- Excellent organizational and communication skills, encompassing both oral and written, with strong attention to detail.
- Ability to work effectively independently and as a member of a diverse group of researchers, faculty, students, and support staff.
- Must be self-motivated, a quick learner, technically adept, reliable, accurate, flexible, efficient, organized, and must keep detailed records.
- Ability to work under deadlines.
- Ability to perform technical procedures, interpret results, and recognize irregularities in experimental outcomes.
- Excellent attendance and reliability.
- Excellent verbal and written English communication skills.
Nice To Haves
- Prior expertise in human pluripotent stem cells, or hematopoiesis.
- Previous experience and publication(s) in a basic research laboratory setting (in hematopoiesis/hematology, immunology, developmental biology or stem cell biology).
Responsibilities
- Mouse breeding, genotyping, and maintaining mouse strains.
- Contributing to experimental design, including blood and tissue collection, injections, anesthesia, and husbandry.
- Obtaining protocol approvals.
- Performing experimentation, data collection, and analysis.
- Documentation of study procedures and results.
- Performing cell culture of pluripotent stem cells and their directed differentiation, including weekend/holiday experimental manipulation.
- Assessing differentiation potential by flow cytometry, gene, and protein expression.
- Performing molecular biology and biochemical analyses (DNA and RNA extraction, PCR, RT-PCR, and Western blot).
- Contributing to the publication of study outcomes.
- Sharing responsibility in maintaining the laboratory within federal, state, and university guidelines for Animal Safety and Environmental Health and Safety.
- Maintaining complete and organized records/reports.
- Possessing troubleshooting skills, independent analytical thinking, and research planning skills.
- Analyzing and interpreting data and communicating data in a clear, concise manner.
- General lab maintenance and organization, including restocking, aliquoting, maintaining inventory of common reagents and supplies, ordering reagents and supplies, maintaining lab equipment, and interacting with vendors.
- Utilizing computer literacy for data analysis using software packages such as R, Word, Excel, BLAST, NCBI, PubMed search, and RNA-seq analysis.
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
Ph.D. or professional degree
