Postdoctoral Scholar-Fixed Term
About The Position
The Lundquist Laboratory Group is seeking a Researcher & Laboratory Manager to play a pivotal role in advancing our research on plastoglobule lipid droplets and their involvement in photosynthetic and phospho-regulation. In this dual-capacity role, you will dedicate approximately 20% of your time to operational leadership, ensuring seamless daily lab function through budget management, chemical/supply inventory control, safety protocol adherence, and digital outreach. The other 80% of your time will be dedicated to active scientific investigation, where you will integrate wet-lab techniques (e.g., immunoblotting, protein phosphorylation assays, cellular ultrastructure investigation, lipidomics, proteomics, etc.) with computational approaches (e.g., protein-protein interaction and structural modeling) to drive impactful discoveries.
Requirements
- PhD in biochemistry, molecular biology, cell biology or related field.
- Demonstrable experience with design, execution and communication of bench (wet-lab) research.
- Excellent organizational and management skills.
- Excellent multi-tasking and time-management skills.
Nice To Haves
- Demonstrated experience with plant biochemical or molecular biological research such as gene cloning, in vitro kinase assays, lipid profiling, protein-protein interaction assays.
- Familiarity with gene cloning, heterologous protein expression, in vitro kinase assays, immunoblotting, photosynthetic measurements and/or confocal and electron microscopy.
Responsibilities
- Manage daily laboratory operations, resource purchasing, and maintenance of chemical and supply inventories.
- Ensure full compliance with institutional environmental health and safety (EHS) protocols and guidelines.
- Maintain and update the laboratory website to reflect current research, publications, and team updates.
- Plan and perform advanced biochemical, molecular, cellular, and computational experiments to investigate plastoglobule function.
- Conduct specialized assays, including protein phosphorylation studies, immunoblotting, lipidomics, proteomics, protein-protein interaction studies and/or cellular ultrastructural investigations.
- Train and supervise undergraduate and graduate trainees in experimental design, wet-lab protocols, and data analysis to ensure research quality and laboratory safety.
- Assist in preparation of scientific manuscripts and research talks.
- Utilize bioinformatic and computational tools for structural modeling and protein-protein interaction analyses.
Benefits
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
Ph.D. or professional degree
