Research Fellow - Cardiovascular Medicine - Zahid lab

Mayo Clinic•Rochester, MN

1d•$67,282 - $78,711

About The Position

Mayo Clinic is a top-ranked healthcare provider dedicated to patient needs and employee well-being. They offer competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits, and opportunities for continuing education and career advancement. This specific role is within Dr. Maliha Zahid's lab, focusing on cardiovascular medicine research.

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, with a family of lung targeting peptides that target different cell types.
Conducting 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, and FACS experiments.
Establishing two-and three-hit mouse models of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, performing echocardiography in mice, and performing 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.