Department:
SOM KC Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics

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Ni Lab Staff
Position Title:
Post Doctoral Fellow
Job Family Group:
Professional Staff
Job Description Summary:
We are seeking a highly motivated, enthusiastic, and team-oriented individual to join an academic laboratory, assist in laboratory management, and contribute to research projects related to fatty liver disease, liver injury, obesity and tumor development in mammalian model systems.
The research is housed in modern laboratory space with state-of-the-art equipment, and will build on a long history of innovative service to the KUMC research community.
Job Description:
Required Qualifications
Education: PhD in a biological science major or equivalent doctoral degree

Work Experience:

• Previous research experience in liver research and metabolism.

• Experience in animal handling, mouse blood and organ collection, molecular cloning, cell culture, immunoblot analysis, immunohistochemistry staining, PCR, and RNA extraction.

Preferred Qualifications

Education: PhD or equivalent doctoral degree in Physiology or Molecular and Cellular Biology

Work Experience: Experience in molecular and cellular biology, rodent models, liver and adipose physiology, data evaluation, data presentation and scientific writing skills.

Skills: Mouse tail vein inject, oral gavage, liver perfusion, confocal imaging, electron microscopy and metadata set analysis.

Job Duties Outlined:

• Design and perform experiments to evaluate how diet and exercise impact fatty liver, obesity-related metabolic syndrome, tumor development, and the mechanism studies in mice.

• Actively participate in successful planning, execution, publication, and presentation of experiments.

• Perform interpretation of experimental results and analysis of data.

• Prepare manuscripts for publication in scientific journals based on experimental results.

• Routine lab maintenance and animal model generation and maintenance.

• Work independently in the design and performance of experiments, making graphs, doing statistics, and interpretation and dissemination of data.

• Perform other duties assigned by PI.

Required Documents:

• Resume/CV

• Cover Letter

Comprehensive Benefits Package:

KUMC offers a range of great benefits that support employees and eligible family members.

Our health insurance benefits begin on hire date and KUMC offers other exciting benefits such as paid parental leave, generous employer retirement contributions and other resources to improve health and well-being. 

For more information, please visit https://www.kumc.edu/human-resources/benefits.html

Employee Type:
Regular
Time Type:
Full time
Rate Type:
Salary
Pay Range:
$47,476.00 - $80,000.00

Minimum

$47,476.00

Midpoint

$66,000.00

Maximum

$80,000.00