Tufts Graduate School Career and Professional Development News - June 28, 2023

 

Career and Professional Development News June 28, 2023

NEWS AND EVENTS

Van Andel Institute Postdoc Preview September 21 - 23, 2023 Register here. Van Andel Institute again will offer our fully funded Postdoc Preview event on Sept. 21–23, 2023. Postdoc Preview helps prospective postdocs determine if VAI will be a good fit for them. The deadline to apply is July 30. VAI also offers fully funded individual visits year-round. For more information, see the website. View All Events

POSTDOC OPPORTUNITIES

Postdoctoral Fellowship in Labs of Cognitive Neuroscience, Boston Children’s Hospital/Harvard School of Medicine (Charles A. Nelson, Ph.D.) The Laboratories of Cognitive Neuroscience, under the direction of Charles A. Nelson, Ph.D., seek several highly qualified postdoctoral scientists with an interest in neurodevelopment and expertise in early adversity. Postdocs will have the opportunity to engage in various studies, both domestic and international. Eligible postdocs should have training in clinical or developmental psychology or developmental cognitive neuroscience and experience with young children. For more information, see the job description. Research Opportunities at Cincinnati Children's Apply here. Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center is a Top 3 Ranked Pediatric Hospital in the Nation and one of America’s Greatest Workplaces for Diversity and New Grads, and we are ready to hire you! Over 300 roles have immediate openings for BA, BS, MS, and Doctoral graduates in the life sciences, psychology, and related fields. For more information, see the flyer. Postdoctoral Fellowship in Nephrology at Johns Hopkins University We are seeking a highly motivated and hardworking fresh PhD scientist for an immediate postdoctoral fellowship opportunity available at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Division of Nephrology. The postdoctoral fellow will be involved in NIH-funded research to investigate the role of a novel immune checkpoint molecule, TIGIT, in acute kidney injury (AKI). For more information, including application instructions, see the job description.

Postdoctoral Fellowship in Cardiovascular Sciences at the Medical College of Wisconsin The Medical College of Wisconsin's Cardiovascular Center is looking for postdoctoral fellows. The program provides up to 3 years of broad-based, personalized, supportive, and rigorous training in specific areas of scientific excellence in a highly-integrated research environment incorporating mentoring teams with access to an extensive research infrastructure at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee. For more information, see the website and the flyer. Opportunities at St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, TN, offers exceptional training for postdoctoral fellows who benefit from leading-edge science, world-class facilities and resources, and a deeply collaborative culture. St. Jude trains approximately 280 fellows at one time, a proportion of which are supported by one of four NIH T32 training grants in Infectious Diseases Therapeutics, Cancer Survivorship, Hematological Malignancies, and Immuno-Oncology and Immunotherapy. St. Jude is committed to career development and support for its postdocs. Their salary now begins at $70,000. A link to open postdoc positions can be found here. Postdoctoral Fellow in Spatial Transcriptomics We are recruiting a postdoctoral fellow for the Moffitt laboratory at Harvard Medical School and Boston Children’s Hospital to leverage multiplexed-error robust fluorescence in situ hybridization (MERFISH) to reveal new insights into the cellular and molecular structure of human nociception and chronic pain. Working in collaboration with scientists at the Harvard PRECISION Pain Center—a new NIH-funded collaborative center that brings together scientists from Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Mass General Hospital, Boston Children’s Hospital, and Harvard Medical School—this postdoctoral fellow will apply MERFISH and other spatial transcriptomics technologies—Visium and Stereo-Seq—to discover, define, and chart the cell types and states associated with human nociception and their disorders in the context of chronic phantom limb pain associated neuromas. For more information, see the full job description. To apply, send a CV and the names of two references to jeffrey.moffitt@childrens.harvard.edu. Postdoctoral Fellowship - Kreidberg-Schumacher Laboratory This is an opportunity to join a friendly and supportive scientific environment and become part of a team performing cutting edge molecular biology research related to kidney disease. The laboratory studies the molecular biology of kidney disease, including translational studies aimed at repairing injured kidneys. Our focus is how injury of a key cell type known as podocytes results in changes in the transcriptome, resulting in either repair or cell detachment. We are performing mechanistic studies on specific transcription factors. An additional focus is on how changes in adhesion result in activation of transcription factors. Our studies utilize mouse models and in vitro models of kidney injury. For more information, see the job description. Postdoctoral Fellowships - Tufts University School of Dental Medicine, Chen Lab Apply here. Tufts University School of Dental Medicine is seeking two postdoctoral fellows in the field of translational medicine using cell and molecular biological approaches. The applicant should have profound experience in one or two of the following research areas: epigenetic regulation on gene expression including microRNA and long noncoding RNA (lncRNA); mechanisms of diabetes and osteoporosis; regenerative medicine using mRNA strategy; experimental pathology of disease models; using nanomaterials to deliver therapeutic molecules; application of 10 transgenic and gene knockout mouse lines generated in the Chen Lab. The postdoctoral fellows will be working under the supervision of Dr. Jake Chen and supported by his current NIH grants. Dr. Chen’s laboratory is conveniently located in downtown area of Boston, MA. For more information or to apply, see the job description. For assistance with uploading applications, please contact Dr. Jake Chen at jk.chen@tufts.edu Visit the website for more information about the Tufts University School of Dental Medicine and Dr. Chen’s research.

JOB POSTINGS

Program Lead - Tufts Summer Research Experience The Tufts Pre-College team is currently seeking a Program Lead to assist in managing our 6-week Tufts Summer Research Experience (TSRE). These programs, offering residential, commuter, and virtual learning opportunities, will welcome high school juniors and seniors to an exciting summer research experience under the mentorship of Tufts’ world-class researchers and their teams.TSRE offers more advanced science students the opportunity to work on real, cutting edge research while deepening basic lab skills.  For more information, see the job description.

Senior Research Tech Position - Allen Taylor Lab The mission of the Nutrition and Vision Research Laboratory (LNVR) is to discover mechanisms of aging in the eye and seek nutritional and other means to delay age-related vision impairments. After training by senior researchers, the technician will conduct routine and specialized laboratory experiments. Precision and accuracy are essential. Techniques include histology, genotyping, enzyme assays, protein analysis, and ELISAs. The technician, in consultation with senior lab members, will be expected to make decisions regarding the appropriate protocol or procedure necessary to achieve desired results, the reliability and accuracy of results, and whether modification or repetition is necessary. They will record test results and analyze data derived from experiments. Some basic statistical analysis is essential for this task. The technician is responsible for maintaining the mice colonies and performing required experiments on the animals, following appropriate training. The technician will maintain laboratory equipment and supplies and ensure that all laboratory, chemical, radioactive, and biohazard standards are being met. The technician will also be expected to search out, read and interpret scientific literature, including co-authoring manuscripts from this group. A year of prior experience and/or a MS degree in biochemical sciences will be advantageous, and because entry to our building requires USA citizenship or special clearance, preference will be given to US citizens.  Contact allen.taylor@tufts.edu with questions.

RESOURCES

Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education Job Postings The Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) currently has over 600 active postings for graduate, postgraduate and postdoctoral internship and fellowship opportunities in STEM research, policy, and supporting disciplines. Students can search using our application system at www.Zintellect.com or using our free mobile app on Apple and Google Play - ORISE GO.   ORISE connects talented and diverse undergraduate and graduate college students, recent graduates, postdocs, and faculty to programs at a variety of research facilities, including those managed for the U.S. Department of Energy and other federal agencies such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the U.S. Department of Defense, the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the U.S. Forest Service and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Sign up for TOTAL Careers The TOTAL app offers trainees in biomedical sciences the opportunity to attend career development events at a variety of institutions in Boston. To sign up, see the instructions below: Android: Visit mytotalcareers.org on your phone and there will be a popup with the option to add the App to your Home Screen (with the option after to receive notifications). iOS: Visit mytotalcareers.org in Safari (this will not work on Google). Click the “share” button in the bottom middle of the Safari screen and click “Add to Home Screen.” Visit here for more instructions on how to add to your iOS phone.

Questions about GSBS Career Development? Email alexandra.israel@tufts.edu.