Postdoctoral Associate- Neuroendocrine, Neuroscience Job at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

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  • Baylor College of Medicine
  • Houston, TX

Job Description

Summary

A postdoctoral position is available in Dr. Chunmei Wang’s laboratory at Children’s Nutrition Research Center at Baylor College of Medicine (Houston). The Wang group has been using Cre-loxP/Flp-frt and CRISPR strategy to manipulate genes of interest and use chemogenetics/optogenetics strategy to manipulate neuronal activities in specific neuron populations in specific time window in mice. In combination with fiber photometry, electrophysiology and neurotracing approaches, The Wang group explores the functions of hypothalamic neurons in energy and glucose balance under different physiological conditions. Candidates need to have a doctoral degree in neuroscience, physiology, endocrinology, molecular biology, or other related disciplines. The postdoc associate will carry out ongoing projects independently and/or in collaboration with other lab members as directed by the PIs. They will take an active role in drafting manuscripts resulting from the research work and may have chance to apply for fellowship grants. Please send a cover letter, curriculum vitae, and 3 references to: Dr. Chunmei Wang, Children’s Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine. Email: chunmeiw@bcm.edu.

Job Duties

  • Performs literature search to identify the gap of knowledge in the field of brain control of metabolism.
  • Develops testable hypotheses and designs scientific experiments to test these hypotheses.
  • Performs mouse surgeries and collect data from various experiments, including metabolic characterizations, behavior tests and molecular analysis.
  • Composes manuscripts, abstracts, posters or PowerPoint presentations for publications or other scientific communications.
  • Provides hands-on training to other lab members (e.g. graduate students, summer students and lab staff).

Minimum Qualifications

  • MD or Ph.D. in Basic Science, Health Science, or a related field.
  • No experience required.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Ph.D. in neuroscience, veterinary medicine, genetics, molecular biology, pharmacology, or related fields.
  • Experience with mouse studies.
  • Should be highly motivated in research and have a Ph.D. in neuroscience, veterinary medicine, genetics, molecular biology, pharmacology, or related fields upon the job start date.
  • Experience in mouse surgeries, preferably in neurosurgeries.
  • Good understanding of genetics or molecular biology.

 

 

Baylor College of Medicine is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Equal Access Employer.

 

 

 

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Job Tags

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