Job Title Research Associate

Position Title Research Associate

Position Number

Job Category University Faculty

Job Type Full-Time

FLSA Status Exempt

Campus Maywood-Health Sciences Division

Location Code PHARMACOLOGY (06230A)

Department Name PHARMACOLOGY

Is this split and/or fully grant funded? Yes

Duties and Responsibilities
The Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Therapeutics at Loyola University Chicago is recruiting postdoctoral and postgraduate scientists for a newly funded project investigating molecular and cellular precursors of stress-related psychiatric illness, including schizophrenia. The Department is located adjacent to the School of Medicine, in the new, state-of-art Center for Translational Research and Education.
The project includes pharmacological investigations of primary neuronal cells from transgenic mice and mice exposed to environmental stress, RNAseq analyses, analyses of mouse behavior, the identification of molecular genetic abnormalities in postmortem brain tissue and investigations of iPSC-derived neuronal cultures from psychiatric patients.
We are recruiting scientists with expertise in molecular and cellular biology and a background in neuroscience. Essential skills include PCR , western blotting, fluorescent imaging of synapses, behavioral analyses of transgenic mice and an understanding of genetics. Experience with human iPSC culture is desirable but not essential.

For more information about our research, please see http://sodhilaboratory.strikingly.com

Qualifications

Physical Demands

Working Conditions Animals

Minimum Education and/or Work Experience
For the postdoctoral position, a Ph.D. or MD/Ph.D. in neuroscience or psychiatric genetics is required, and at least one publication in a peer-reviewed journal as first author. For the graduate assistant position, a B.S. or M.S. with a major in genetics or cell biology, and prior laboratory experience are required.

Open Date 06/05/2017

Close Date

Special Instructions to Applicants
For more information about our research, please see http://sodhilaboratory.strikingly.com

Quick Link for Posting http://www.careers.luc.edu/postings/4767

Job Number 8550362

Organizational Location Provost Health Sciences Division

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