Research Fellow - Cardiovascular Medicine - Zahid lab

Mayo Clinic • Rochester, MN

16h • Onsite

About The Position

Dr. Maliha Zahid's lab is seeking a Research Fellow to work with novel cell penetrating peptides that target the lungs. The lab has a family of lung targeting peptides that target different cell types. This role will involve small animal experiments, setting up and performing routine lab procedures, establishing mouse models of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, and performing echocardiography. The fellow will also be responsible for maintaining lab notebooks, updating protocols, summarizing data, presenting findings, assisting with lab upkeep, and contributing to manuscript and grant preparation.

Requirements

• Ph.D., M.D., or equivalent doctoral degree in a field deemed relevant by the program.
• Completed no more than one prior postdoctoral fellowship, at Mayo Clinic or elsewhere.

Responsibilities

• Working with novel cell penetrating peptides that target the lungs.
• Performing small animal (mouse) experiments including tail vein injections, organ harvest for ex-vivo IVIS imaging, cryoembedding, cryosectioning, immunostaining, and confocal microscopy.
• Setting up and performing routine lab procedures in support of lab goals, including cell/tissue culture, RNA extraction, qPCR, FACS experiments.
• Establishing two-and three-hit mouse models of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, perform echocardiography in mice, as well as perform RNA extraction for downstream RNA sequencing.
• Maintaining lab notebooks, updating protocols, summarizing data, and presenting at lab meetings, institutional seminars, and national/international meetings.
• Assisting with the upkeep of the laboratory including equipment maintenance and inventory and ordering of supplies/reagents.
• Assisting with manuscript preparation, submission, etc. as a lead author, and assisting with preparation of grants.

What This Job Offers

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