Postdoctoral Research Fellow : Jacksonville, FL, United States

THE DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSCIENCE AT MAYO CLINIC INJACKSONVILLE, FL, IS SEEKING AN OUTSTANDING POSTDOCTORALAPPLICANT WITH A BACKGROUND IN NEUROSCIENCE, AGING, AND/ORINFLAMMATION

The ideal candidate for this position will be an individual with basic or translational experience in the fields of neuroscience, aging, and/or CNSinflammation/innate immunity. Skill sets should include basic molecular biology techniques such as gene cloning, RT-qPCR, Western blotting, ELISAs, immunostaining, etc. Additional expertise utilizing in vivo mouse work and cell culture is highly desirable. The candidate for this position will be expected to have demonstrated scientific excellence in the form of publications in well-regarded journals.

The projects will be focused on disease mechanisms underlying Alzheimer’s disease, particularly related to metabolism of tau and consequences of abnormal tau accumulation such as the innate immune response mediated by microglia. This project is funded by the NIH, State of Florida, and Mayo Foundation.

THE MAYO DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSCIENCE is a prominent neuroscience department and hosts NIH-designated Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center and Udall Center of Excellence for Parkinson's Disease Research.

MAYO CLINIC is ranked number one by U.S. News and World Report in more specialties than any other hospital in the nation for 2015-2016. Mayo Clinic has a large number of world class faculty laboratory and state-of-the-art shared resource facilities, including those for microscopy and imaging, cell and molecular biology, animal models, production of iPS cells and clinical grade MSCs, biomedical engineering and mathematics, materials testing, a Medical Genomics Facility, a Mouse Modeling Facility, Molecular and Microscopic Core Facilities, and unique Human Disease Tissue Banks.

Qualified candidates must have a Ph.D or M.D./Ph.D. degree and must have the ability to design, conduct, and report on controlled research experiments. Excellent verbal and written communication skills are essential.

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