Position Details

Position Information

Recruitment/Posting Title	Postdoctoral Fellow
Job Category	Staff & Executive - Research (Laboratory/Non-Laboratory)
Department	RSDM-Oral Biology
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 School of Dental Medicine (RSDM) is seeking a Postdoctoral Fellow for the Department of Oral Biology. The Postdoctoral Fellow will perform research centered around the laboratory’s investigation of the effect that biomedical implant degradation products have on the activation of host immune surveillance mechanisms employing cellular and murine disease models. The goal is to develop novel pharmacological treatments and therapies to alleviate the burden of peri-implant disease, periodontal disease and chronic low-grade inflammation leading to systemic inflammatory disease. The ideal candidate must be extremely self-motivated, organized and detail-oriented but also possess the ability to synergistically interact with other laboratory members. Essential duties and responsibilities: Performs experiments for gene expression, and protein expression in vitro and in vivo. Performs cell culture (oral stem cells, neural crest cells, primary mouse and human cells and immortalized cells). Performs generation of titanium particles from biomedical implant and their characterization. Performa immunostaining for paraffin tissue sections or frozen tissue sections. Maintains laboratory equipment to meet unique needs of the research activity. Assists with preparation of grant proposals, presentations and publications. Actively seeks new collaborative projects within the department and externally. Supervises the undergraduate or master’s students. Understands and adheres to Rutgers’ compliance standards as they appear in RBHS’s Corporate Compliance Policy, Code of Conduct and Conflict of Interest Policy. Performs other related duties as assigned.
Position Status	Full Time
Hours Per Week
Daily Work Shift	Day
Work Arrangement
FLSA	Exempt
Grade	99S
Position Salary
Annual Minimum Salary	0.000
Annual Mid Range Salary	0.000
Annual Maximum Salary	0.000
Standard Hours	37.50
Union Description	Non-Union
Payroll Designation	PeopleSoft
Benefits	Rutgers offers a comprehensive benefit program to eligible employees. For details, please go to http://uhr.rutgers.edu/benefits/benefits-overview . Rutgers also offers a benefit program to eligible full-time postdoctoral fellow students. For details, please go to https://finance.rutgers.edu/healthcare-risk/insurance/postdoctoral-health-insurance.
Seniority Unit
Terms of Appointment	Staff - 12 month
Position Pension Eligibility	ABP

Qualifications

Minimum Education and Experience	Ph.D. in physiology, molecular biology, pulp biology, or a related field. Experience with a broad range of molecular biology and biomedical engineering, gene and protein expression, and histology; experience in animal care and surgery in mice.
Certifications/Licenses
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities	Ability to plan and carry out a research projects and to work on own initiative and take personal responsibility for delivery of work. Ability to interact effectively with staff at all levels using excellent interpersonal, communication and presentational skills. Understanding of methods and approaches relating to survival surgery in mice.
Preferred Qualifications
Equipment Utilized
Physical Demands and Work Environment
Special Conditions

Posting Details

Posting Number	23ST2146
Posting Open Date
Special Instructions to Applicants
Regional Campus	Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (RBHS)
Home Location Campus	Newark (RBHS)
City	Newark
State	NJ
Location Details

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