What are the responsibilities and job description for the Post Doctoral Fellow - SMS 3757 position at SIU Medicine?
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Description
The Postdoctoral Fellow will provide advanced independent and/or directed research to achieve the objectives for the Hascup Neuroscience Laboratories. The primary purpose of postdoctoral training is to develop new or advanced research skills, increase publication record, gain experience in scientific writing, presentation skills, and mentoring of graduate students. Dr. Hascup studies aging, Alzheimer’s disease, and related disorders in rodent models using various behavioral testing, in vivo electrochemistry, immunohistochemistry and various cellular and molecular techniques. This Postdoctoral Fellow may also apply to external funding opportunities under the guidance of Dr. Hascup.
Examples of Duties
Administration 0%
Teaching 5%
Qualifications
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
If you require assistance, please contact the Office of Human Resources at hrrecruitment@siumed.edu or call 217-545-0223 Monday through Friday, 8:00am-4:30pm.
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Pre-employment background screenings required.
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Mobile: Google Chrome, Safari
Description
The Postdoctoral Fellow will provide advanced independent and/or directed research to achieve the objectives for the Hascup Neuroscience Laboratories. The primary purpose of postdoctoral training is to develop new or advanced research skills, increase publication record, gain experience in scientific writing, presentation skills, and mentoring of graduate students. Dr. Hascup studies aging, Alzheimer’s disease, and related disorders in rodent models using various behavioral testing, in vivo electrochemistry, immunohistochemistry and various cellular and molecular techniques. This Postdoctoral Fellow may also apply to external funding opportunities under the guidance of Dr. Hascup.
Examples of Duties
Administration 0%
Teaching 5%
- Supervise, assist, and train other lab members
- Design and develop project(s)
- Perform technical experiments
- In vivo electrochemical recordings in rodents
- Next generation sequencing
- Behavioral testing such as Morris water maze and novel object recognition
- Brain slicing/dissection
- Immunostaining
- Imaging
- Real time qPCR
- Western blot
- ELISA
- Perform data analysis
- Write manuscripts and grants
- May assist in writing IACUC and IRB protocols
- May assist in writing reports to funding agencies, etc.
- Present data at lab meetings and national or international scientific meetings
Qualifications
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
- PhD in neuroscience or a related research field
- Sensitive to the needs of underrepresented minority populations
- Preference will be given to applications with experience in rodent behavioral paradigms, stereotaxic surgery, RNA/DNA sequencing, molecular biology, or research related to cellular senescence.
If you require assistance, please contact the Office of Human Resources at hrrecruitment@siumed.edu or call 217-545-0223 Monday through Friday, 8:00am-4:30pm.
The mission of Southern Illinois University School of Medicine is to optimize the health of the people of central and southern Illinois through education, patient care, research and service to the community.
The SIU School of Medicine Annual Security Report is available online at https://www.siumed.edu/police-security . This report contains policy statements and crime statistics for Southern Illinois University School of Medicine in Springfield, IL. This report is published in compliance with Federal Law titled the
"Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Crime Statistics Act."
Southern Illinois University School of Medicine is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer who provides equal employment and educational opportunities for all qualified persons without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, protected veteran status or marital status in accordance with local, state and federal law.
Pre-employment background screenings required.