Postdoctoral Associate

Required Qualifications: (as evidenced by an attached resume)

Doctoral Degree (or foreign equivalent) in Molecular Biology, Biological Science, Biochemistry, or a closely related field. The ideal post-doctoral fellow must know how to perform the protein hydroxylation assay using aspartate beta-hydroxylase, 5hmC, and 5mC assays. The incumbent should have experience in immunology research, TET1 in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, TET1 in alcoholic liver disease, and TET1 in liver cancer progression. Besides, the ideal candidate must have experience in studying aspartate beta-hydroxylase in liver disease progression.

Preferred Qualification:

Experience in cancer research, single cell isolation, spleen, thymus, lymph node collection.

Job Description:

The Postdoctoral Associate will assist the Principal Investigator in the Department of Medicine-Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology. The incumbent will conduct research and ensure that all experiments are appropriately conducted following the policies and procedures of Stony Brook University.

The successful incumbent will have excellent interpersonal skills, exercising strong organizational and time-management skills with exceptional attention to detail. Essential for this role is the adeptness to work independently as well as part of a team with a collaborative approach to problem solving.

Specific Duties:

● Within the predetermined research scope and methodology, conduct research experiments in the field of chronic liver disease.

● Collect and analyze data, including periodical/literature search and utilizing specialized skills in related field to analyze the collected data.

● Participate/assist in manuscript writing for publication in scientific journals and/or presentations. May also assist in grant writing.

● Lab maintenance, including equipment maintenance and ordering of supplies as needed.

● Other duties as assigned, which may include attending Scientific Conferences and Meetings.

Special Notes:

The Research Foundation of SUNY is a private educational corporation. Employment is subject to the Research Foundation policies and procedures, sponsor guidelines and the availability of funding. FLSA Exempt position, not eligible for the overtime provisions of the FLSA. Minimum salary threshold must be met to maintain FLSA exemption.

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Resume/CV and cover letter should be included with the online application.

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The starting salary range (or hiring range) to be offered for this position is noted below, it represents SBU’s good faith and reasonable estimate of the range of possible compensation at the time of posting.