Position Details

Position Information

Recruitment/Posting Title	Postdoctoral Fellow
Job Category	Staff & Executive - Research (Laboratory/Non-Laboratory)
Department	NJMS-Pharmacology
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. Rutgers RBHS is an anchor institution that boasts locations in Newark, New Jersey, a city of promise.
Posting Summary	Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey is seeking a Postdoctoral Fellow in Pharmacology , Physiology & Neuroscience at New Jersey Medical School. The Olarerin lab is interested in identifying how certain sequence motifs in RNA regulate gene expression in response to stimuli such as pathogen infection or drug treatment. The Postdoctoral Fellow will help develop and test hypothesis related to this research question using and developing computational and wet lab techniques. This will involve, for example, the integration of multiple large-scale gene expression datasets and sequence data to generate unbiased, novel, and exciting hypotheses about gene expression regulation. We will then test the most fundamental and disease relevant of these hypotheses to discover new gene regulation principles that can provide insight into disease states such as cancer and viral infections. Among the key duties of this position are the following: Designing, conducting and troubleshooting experiments. Thorough and accurate record keeping of all experimental methods, procedures and results including reproducible computer code used in data analysis. Applying for individual fellowships and providing data for laboratory grant applications. Collecting, interpreting and publishing results. Assisting with the instructing and training of fellows, students, research assistants and laboratory technicians in computational and wet-lab laboratory techniques. As directed, assisting in the implementation of programs and projects in special areas of interest to the division or department, conferring with the individuals involved. Assisting with the preparations of proposals, formal applications and justification for grant application. Participating in lab and departmental meetings including journal clubs, work in progress presentations, seminars and conferences.
Position Status	Full Time
Hours Per Week
Daily Work Shift	Day
Work Arrangement
FLSA	Exempt
Grade	99S
Position Salary	56,484
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	Temporary Staff Appointment - Salaried 12 Month
Position Pension Eligibility	ABP

Qualifications

Minimum Education and Experience	Ph.D. in the life or biomedical sciences (e.g. cell biology, genetics, computational biology, etc).
Certifications/Licenses
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities	Scientific communication skills as demonstrated in primary authored publications and conference/seminar presentations required. Experience with common wet lab techniques (PCR, cloning, cell culture, western blotting, etc) required.
Preferred Qualifications	Programming experience with R, Python, Perl or related language, especially for analyzing large genomics datasets preferred.
Equipment Utilized
Physical Demands and Work Environment
Special Conditions

Posting Details

Posting Number	23ST2840
Posting Open Date	10/20/2023
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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