Postdoctoral Fellow-MSH-30020-319

Mount Sinai Health System • New York, NY

8d • Onsite

About The Position

The Mount Sinai Health System is seeking a Postdoctoral Fellow to join the Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine department. This role involves contributing to research focused on identifying and characterizing novel mechanisms and translational outcomes in human pluripotent stem cell-derived hematopoiesis. The fellow will be responsible for a range of technical duties, including mouse colony management, cell culture, molecular biology techniques, data analysis, and contributing to publications. The position requires a PhD or MD in a life sciences field and offers a salary range of $74,692.00 - $80,000.00 annually.

Requirements

• PhD or MD in a life sciences or related field.
• Solid understanding of general biological principles.
• Prior expertise in human pluripotent stem cells, or hematopoiesis (preferred but not required).
• Strong motivation and interest in hematopoiesis and stem cell biology.
• Desire to be challenged.
• Excellent organizational and communication skills, encompassing both oral and written.
• 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, and organized.
• 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

• 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 numerous mouse strains.
• Contributing to experimental design, including blood and tissue collection, injections, anesthesia, and husbandry.
• Obtaining protocol approvals, conducting experiments, collecting and analyzing data, and documenting study procedures and results.
• Performing cell culture of pluripotent stem cells and their directed differentiation, requiring experimental manipulation on weekends/holidays.
• Assessing differentiation potential using flow cytometry, gene, and protein expression.
• Performing molecular biology and biochemical analyses such as DNA and RNA extraction, PCR, RT-PCR, and Western blot.
• Contributing to the publication of study outcomes.
• Sharing responsibility for maintaining the laboratory within federal, state, and university guidelines for Animal Safety and Environmental Health and Safety.
• Maintaining complete and organized records/reports.
• Utilizing troubleshooting skills, independent analytical thinking, and research planning skills.
• Analyzing and interpreting data and communicating findings clearly and concisely.
• General lab maintenance and organization, including restocking, aliquoting, maintaining inventory, ordering reagents and supplies, and maintaining lab equipment.
• Interacting with vendors to coordinate new purchases.
• Utilizing computer literacy and various software packages for data analysis, including R, Word, Excel, BLAST, NCBI, PubMed search, and RNA-seq analysis.

Benefits

• Salary range complies with New York City Law on Salary Transparency in Job Advertisements.
• Actual salaries depend on a variety of factors, including experience, education, and operational need.
• The salary range or contractual rate listed does not include bonuses/incentive, differential pay or other forms of compensation or benefits.

What This Job Offers

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