Post-Doctoral Fellow
Rutgers University
Recruitment/Posting Title Post-Doctoral Fellow Job Category Staff & Executive - Research Support (Laboratory/Non-Laboratory) Department NJMS-Medicine-Infectious Diseases Overview New Jersey’s academic health center, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (RBHS) takes an integrated approach to educating students, providing clinical care, and conducting research, all with the goal of improving human health. Aligned with Rutgers University–New Brunswick and collaborating university wide, RBHS includes eight schools, a behavioral health network, and five centers and institutes that focus on cancer treatment and research, neuroscience, advanced biotechnology and medicine, environmental and occupational health, and health care policy and aging research.
Our faculty are teachers, clinicians, and scientists with unparalleled experience who advance medical innovation and provide patient care informed by the latest research findings. We offer an outstanding education in medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, public health, nursing, biomedical research, and the full spectrum of allied health careers.
Our clinical and academic facilities are located throughout the state—at Rutgers University–New Brunswick, including Piscataway; and at locations in Newark, Scotch Plains, Somerset, Stratford, and other locations. Clinical partners include Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, Newark’s University Hospital in Newark, and other affiliates.
Through this community of healers, scientists, and scholars, Rutgers is equipped as never before to transform lives. Posting Summary Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is seeking a Post-Doctoral Fellow for NJMS- Medicine.
Under the direction of the Principal Investigator, the Post-Doctoral Fellow will conduct genetic, microbiological, biochemical and animal studies to identify compounds that inhibit or kill Mycobacterium tuberculosis and to better understand their targets and mechanisms of action. The Fellow will also investigate the cellular mechanisms of drug synergy in M. tuberculosis.
Among the key duties of this position are the following: Cultures pathogenic viruses and quantitates using plaque and TCID 50 assays. Maintains viral stocks and confirms strain types by sequencing. Performs viral drug susceptibility tests. Tests novel viral and bacterial diagnostic assays Assists in animal infection and treatment studies of both viral and bacterial pathogens Uses conventional and novel methods including advanced robotics to screen libraries of M. tuberculosis for drug tolerance and drug resistance phenotypes. Performs MIC testing, kill curves and other microbiological tests to characterize M. tuberculosis and other BSL2 and BSL3 pathogens including select agents. Position Status Full Time Hours Per Week Daily Work Shift Work Arrangement FLSA Exempt Grade 99S Position Salary 61805 Annual Minimum Salary 0.000 Annual Mid Range Salary 0.000 Annual Maximum Salary 0.000 Standard Hours 37.50 Union Description AAUP Payroll Designation PeopleSoft Benefits Rutgers offers a comprehensive benefit program to eligible employees. For details, please go to http://uhr.rutgers.edu/benefits/benefits-overview.
Seniority Unit Terms of Appointment Staff - 12 month Position Pension Eligibility ABP
Our faculty are teachers, clinicians, and scientists with unparalleled experience who advance medical innovation and provide patient care informed by the latest research findings. We offer an outstanding education in medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, public health, nursing, biomedical research, and the full spectrum of allied health careers.
Our clinical and academic facilities are located throughout the state—at Rutgers University–New Brunswick, including Piscataway; and at locations in Newark, Scotch Plains, Somerset, Stratford, and other locations. Clinical partners include Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, Newark’s University Hospital in Newark, and other affiliates.
Through this community of healers, scientists, and scholars, Rutgers is equipped as never before to transform lives. Posting Summary Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is seeking a Post-Doctoral Fellow for NJMS- Medicine.
Under the direction of the Principal Investigator, the Post-Doctoral Fellow will conduct genetic, microbiological, biochemical and animal studies to identify compounds that inhibit or kill Mycobacterium tuberculosis and to better understand their targets and mechanisms of action. The Fellow will also investigate the cellular mechanisms of drug synergy in M. tuberculosis.
Among the key duties of this position are the following: Cultures pathogenic viruses and quantitates using plaque and TCID 50 assays. Maintains viral stocks and confirms strain types by sequencing. Performs viral drug susceptibility tests. Tests novel viral and bacterial diagnostic assays Assists in animal infection and treatment studies of both viral and bacterial pathogens Uses conventional and novel methods including advanced robotics to screen libraries of M. tuberculosis for drug tolerance and drug resistance phenotypes. Performs MIC testing, kill curves and other microbiological tests to characterize M. tuberculosis and other BSL2 and BSL3 pathogens including select agents. Position Status Full Time Hours Per Week Daily Work Shift Work Arrangement FLSA Exempt Grade 99S Position Salary 61805 Annual Minimum Salary 0.000 Annual Mid Range Salary 0.000 Annual Maximum Salary 0.000 Standard Hours 37.50 Union Description AAUP Payroll Designation PeopleSoft Benefits Rutgers offers a comprehensive benefit program to eligible employees. For details, please go to http://uhr.rutgers.edu/benefits/benefits-overview.
Seniority Unit Terms of Appointment Staff - 12 month Position Pension Eligibility ABP
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