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Job Category: Staff & Executive - Research (Laboratory/Non-Laboratory)
Department: RWJ-Neuro & Cell Biology-PISC
Overview
New Jersey’s academic health center, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (RBHS) takes an integrated approach to educating students, providing clinical care, and conducting research, all with the goal of improving human health. Aligned with Rutgers University–New Brunswick and collaborating university wide, RBHS includes eight schools, a behavioral health network, and five centers and institutes that focus on cancer treatment and research, neuroscience, advanced biotechnology and medicine, environmental and occupational health, and health care policy and aging research.
Our faculty are teachers, clinicians, and scientists with unparalleled experience who advance medical innovation and provide patient care informed by the latest research findings. We offer an outstanding education in medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, public health, nursing, biomedical research, and the full spectrum of allied health careers.
Our clinical and academic facilities are located throughout the state—at Rutgers University–New Brunswick, including Piscataway; and at locations in Newark, Scotch Plains, Somerset, Stratford, and other locations. Clinical partners include Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, Newark’s University Hospital in Newark, and other affiliates.
Through this community of healers, scientists, and scholars, Rutgers is equipped as never before to transform lives.
Posting Summary
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is seeking a Postdoctoral Associate for the department of Neuroscience & Cell Biology at the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.
A newly established neuroscience lab at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School is looking for motivated Postdoctoral Associates. The lab is interested in the molecular mechanisms of the body’s biological clocks and how clock dysfunction is involved in pathogenesis of psychiatric disorders including autism and depression. The lab has an excellent track record of postdoctoral training. Former postdoctoral trainees were successful in prestigious journals such as PNAS Neuron, and Molecular Psychiatry. This position will have opportunities to work with genetically modified mice and solve scientific problems utilizing a combination of molecular, cellular, and behavioral approaches.
Key Responsibilities
- Conducts laboratory research in Neuroscience projects.
- Designs and performs experiments; collects and analyzes data.
- Prepares manuscripts for publication in peer-reviewed journals.
- Engages in scientific communication and the training of junior personnel.
- Performs other related duties as assigned.
Position Status
Full Time
This position requires a fully on-site work arrangement.
Minimum Qualifications
- PhD in neuroscience, biochemistry, or molecular biology, or in a related biomedical sciences field required.
- Experience required in behavioral neuroscience, e.g., mouse behavior tests and stereotaxic mouse brain surgery.
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Excellent scientific writing and communication skills in English; self-motivated and hard-working.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in molecular and cellular neuroscience, e.g., neuronal or brain slice culture, protein or RNA work, cellular signal transduction, confocal microscopy, electrophysiological recording (intracellular or whole-cell patch-clamp), or viral-mediated gene silencing.
Physical Demands and Work Environment
- Physical Demands: Standing, sitting, walking, talking or hearing. No special vision requirements.
- Work Environment: Radioactivity is used in the laboratory. Lab environment; moderate noise.
Special Conditions
All offers of employment are contingent upon successful completion of all pre-employment screenings.
Supplemental Questions
- * Do you have a Bachelor's degree in Neuroscience, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology or relevant biological sciences?
Required Documents
Optional Documents
- Cover Letter/Letter of Application
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