Postdoctoral Fellow, Basic Science & Transitional Research

JOB DESCRIPTION:     
The postdoctoral fellow will conduct, report and present research in his/her field of study under the supervision of a faculty mentor. This is a training position and is not expected to be a permanent position.

Essential Job Functions:

• Culture of human and bacterial cells and preparation of co-infection experiments
• Isolation and quantification of bacterial DNA and RNA
• Preparation of human and bacterial samples for proteomic and metabolomic analyses
• Microfluidic organ-on-chip fabrication 
• Collaborate with wet-lab teams on organ-on-chip simulations.
• Integrate genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics and functional assay data into biological networks.
• Identification of biomarkers and therapeutic targets for preterm birth.
• MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
• Ph.D., M.D. or Doctoral equivalent in any field. Scientific research experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in isolation and characterization of extracellular vesicles and 
• Knowledge and experience of working with organ-on-chip microfluidic devices and bioinformatics.
• Experience with analyzing multi-omics data for developing predictive models.
• Ability to link computational outputs with experimental insights.
• Background in preterm birth research and feto-maternal interface biology.
• Experience curating training datasets from literature/experiments.

SALARY:Commensurate with experience.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY:
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