Postdoctoral Fellow-MSH

Salary: $74692.00/yr

Department: Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine

Physical work location: 1425 Madison Avenue New York NY 10029

Name PI or Supervisor: Christopher Sturgeon PhD / /

Web link to Lab: Contact: Stacy Paris /

Technical Duties:

1) Responsibilities include mouse breeding genotyping maintaining numerous mouse strains contributing to experimental design (blood and tissue collection injections anesthesia husbandry) obtaining protocol approvals experimentation data collection and analysis and documentation of study procedures and results.

2) The candidate will also perform cell culture of pluripotent stem cells and their directed will require experimental manipulation on weekends/holidays. Differentiation potential will be assessed by flow cytometry and gene and protein expression.

3) The candidate will perform molecular biology and biochemical analyses (DNA and RNA extraction PCR RT-PCR and Western blot).

4) The candidate will contribute to the publication of study outcomes.

5) The candidate will share responsibility in maintaining the laboratory within federal state and university guidelines for Animal Safety and for Environmental Health and Safety.

6) The candidate will maintain complete and organized records/reports.

7) Possess troubleshooting skills independent analytical thinking and research planning skills and the ability to analyze and interpret data and to communicate data in a clear concise manner.

8) General lab maintenance and organization including but not limited to restocking aliquoting and maintaining an up-to-date inventory of common reagents and supplies; ordering reagents and supplies as needed; maintaining lab equipment in good working order; and interacting with vendors to coordinate new purchases.

9) Computer literacy including the ability to use a variety of software packages to analyze data such as R Word Excel BLAST NCBI PubMed search RNA-seq analysis.

Educational and other Requirements for the position:

PhD or MD in a life sciences or related field with a solid understanding of general biological principles

Experience Required:

• Prior expertise in human pluripotent stem cells or hematopoiesis is preferred but not required.
• Strong motivation and interest in hematopoiesis and stem cell biology and desire to be challenged
• Excellent organizational and communication skills encompassing both oral and written with strong attention to detail and the ability to work effectively independently and as a member of a diverse group of researchers faculty students and support staff
• Must be self-motivated a quick learner technically adept reliable accurate flexible efficient organized and must keep detailed records
• Ability to work under deadlines
• Ability to perform technical procedures interpret results and recognize irregularities in experimental
• outcomes
• Excellent attendance and reliability

• Excellent verbal and written English communication skills

  Preferred: previous experience and publication(s) in a basic research laboratory setting (in hematopoiesis/hematology immunology developmental biology or stem cell biology)

Goals/Outcomes of the Research Project:

Successful completion of studies will have identified or characterized novel mechanisms and/or translational outcomes to human pluripotent stem cell-derived hematopoiesis.

Compensation Statement

The Mount Sinai Health System (MSHS) provides salary ranges that comply with the New York City Law on Salary Transparency in Job Advertisements. The salary range for the role is $74692.00 - $80000.00 Annually. Actual salaries depend on a variety of factors including experience education and operational need. The salary range or contractual rate listed does not include bonuses/incentive differential pay or other forms of compensation or benefits.

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