Research Fellow (Ciolino)

Mass General Brigham • Boston, MA

26d • Onsite

About The Position

Mass General Brigham relies on a wide range of professionals, including doctors, nurses, business people, tech experts, researchers, and systems analysts to advance our mission. As a not-for-profit, we support patient care, research, teaching, and community service, striving to provide exceptional care. We believe that high-performing teams drive groundbreaking medical discoveries and invite all applicants to join us and experience what it means to be part of Mass General Brigham. Job Summary The Ciolino Lab at Schepens Eye Research Institute is a multidisciplinary research group that performs basic, translational, and clinical research investigating a variety of corneal diseases. The Postdoctoral Research Associate who will conduct researching the area of corneal wound healing. The postdoc will investigate molecular and cellular mechanisms involved in cell-cell communication between the different corneal layers. More specifically, they will investigate the role of extracellular vesicles in corneal wound healing and determine if extracellular vesicles can be “loaded” with certain “cargo” (i.e. growth factors, cytokines, or drugs) that would be useful as therapeutics to promote healing with minimal generation of scar forming myofibroblasts.

Requirements

• Doctoral degree (MD or PhD) with >6 months of pre/postdoc lab research experience.
• Experience with extracellular vesicles required.

Responsibilities

• Design and execute in vitro and in vivo experiments required to achieve research aims in the project.
• Meet regularly with the mentor to review project status, and contribute novel scientific ideas for the progression of the research project.
• Read, analyze and summarize published literature to know current research work and gain intellectual and technical expertise in the field.
• Write and submit grant applications for continued research funding. Application for individual fellowships is strongly encouraged.
• Write and submit manuscripts to peer reviewed journals.
• Complete sponsor-mandated reports on research progress.
• Prepare presentations and exhibit research work in various national and international scientific meetings and conferences.
• Continue career development under the auspices of the mentor, including coursework

What This Job Offers

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