美国天普大学干细胞生物学和心脏再生方向博后职位招聘

Job Description

Postdoctoral Research Scientist position
A position for a postdoctoral research scientist is available in the Stem Cell Biology and Cardiac Regeneration Laboratory of Dr. Mohsin Khan, Assistant Professor of Physiology and Center for Metabolic Disease Research at Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, USA. 
The laboratory conducts research in the field of stem cells and cardiac regeneration with the goal of identifying physiological mechanisms and cellular signaling pathways that regulate adult stem cell function under diseased and aged conditions. Using different stem cell models, aim is to characterize basic cellular properties and developing a exosome based translational approach for myocardial repair. Lab members have access to “state of the art” molecular biology, mouse physiology, metabolism and imaging facilities of the Department of Physiology and Center for Metabolic Disease Research.
The ideal candidate will be self-motivated, have the ability to create innovative ideas and perform experiments to address them, be able to work on a collaborative environment and demonstrate strong communication skills.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Design and perform experiments, analysis, data interpretation and presentation.
• Write manuscripts and grants.
• Interaction with senior and junior members of the Center.
• Interaction with graduate and undergraduate students.
• Involvement in primary molecular biological assays in vitro and in vivo (animal studies, tissue culture, qRT-PCR, immunoblotting, metabolic parameters analysis, cell transfection, molecular cloning etc.).

Desired Skills and Experience

• PhD degree in Molecular Biology, Biochemistry or related discipline with at least 4 years of lab experience.
• Hands-on experience with animals, RNA/DNA isolation, qPCR, cell culture, statistics. 
• Strong documentation skills and ability to work in fast-paced environment.
• Must be able to communicate both orally and in writing with staff and professional colleagues.