Postdoctoral Associate - Molecular & Cellular Biology - Jason Lee
- Baylor College of Medicine
- Location: Houston, TX
- Job Number: 7091353 (Ref #: 9925-en_US)
- Posting Date: Jan 5, 2022
- Application Deadline: Open Until Filled
Job Description
Summary
Dr. Jason Lee in the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology at Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) is seeking a postdoctoral associate who will work on independent and collaborative projects, and who will contribute to the vibrant and team-oriented laboratory environment. Dr. Lee’s research focuses on understanding how and why contact sites form between membrane-bound organelles and mRNA-protein condensates in health and disease.
Dr. Lee is seeking new postdoctoral associates with research experience in membrane-bound organelles, such as the endoplasmic reticulum, mRNA-protein condensates, live-cell microscopy, RNA-seq, neuroscience, cancer, and/or viral trafficking.
The postdoctoral associate, under the mentoring of Dr. Lee, will be the person to perform all experiments to achieve the goal of their project(s).
https://www.jasonleelab.org
Job Duties
- Responsible for setting lab standards by selecting, evaluating, conceptualizing and applying common and novel techniques used in biomedical research; such as cell culture, live-cell and immunofluorescence microscopy, molecular biology, RNA seq library preparation, etc.
- Designs, optimizes and executes experiments to answer questions related to research projects, and to publish experimental results and interpretations.
- Communicates their findings with other scientists at scientific meetings.
- Other duties include;
- Live-cell Microscopy
- Immunofluorescence
- Cell fractionation
- Programming skills
- RNA seq
- Immunoprecipitation, Immunoblots
- Cloning, CRISPR
- Cell culture, pipetting
- Scientific writing and communication.
Minimum Qualifications
- MD or Ph.D. in Basic Science, Health Science, or a related field.
- Experience Required: None Required.
Preferred Qualifications
- PhD and/or MD in Cell biology, Molecular biology, Biochemistry/Biophysics.
Baylor College of Medicine requires employees to be fully vaccinated -subject to approved exemptions-against vaccine-preventable diseases including, but not limited to, COVID-19 and influenza.
Baylor College of Medicine is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Equal Access Employer.
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