Post-Doc Research Associate - Ribeiro Lab

University of North Carolina, United States

Updated: over 1 year ago
Location: Chapel Hill, NORTH CAROLINA
Job Type: FullTime
Deadline: 04 Dec 2022

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Department Marsico Lung Inst - CF Center - 426401
Posting Open Date 12/01/2022
Application Deadline 12/04/2022
Open Until Filled No
Position Type Postdoctoral Scholar
Position Title Post-Doc Research Associate - Ribeiro Lab
Vacancy ID PDS003682
Full-time/Part-time Full-Time Temporary
Hours per week 40
FTE 1
Work Location Chapel Hill, NC
Position Location North Carolina, US
Hiring Range $58,000
Proposed Start Date 03/01/2023
Estimated Duration of Appointment 12 Months

Position Information


Primary Purpose of Organizational Unit
The UNC School of Medicine has a rich tradition of excellence and care. Our mission is to improve the health and wellbeing of North Carolinians, and others whom we serve. We accomplish this by providing leadership and excellence in the interrelated areas of patient care, education, and research. We strive to promote faculty, staff, and learner development in a diverse, respectful environment where our colleagues demonstrate professionalism, enhance learning, and create personal and professional sustainability. We optimize our partnership with the UNC Health System through close collaboration and commitment to service.
OUR VISION
Our vision is to be the nation’s leading public school of medicine. We are ranked 2nd in primary care education among all US schools of medicine and 5th among public peers in NIH research funding. Our Allied Health Department is home to five top-ranked divisions, and we are home to 18 top-ranked clinical and basic science departments in NIH research funding.
OUR MISSION
Our mission is to improve the health and well-being of North Carolinians and others whom we serve. We accomplish this by providing leadership and excellence in the interrelated areas of patient care, education, and research.
Patient Care: We will promote health and provide superb clinical care while maintaining our strong tradition of reaching underserved populations and reducing health disparities across North Carolina and beyond.
Education: We will prepare tomorrow’s health care professionals and biomedical researchers by facilitating learning within innovative curricula and team-oriented interprofessional education. We will cultivate outstanding teaching and research faculty, and we will recruit outstanding students and trainees from highly diverse backgrounds to create a socially responsible, highly skilled workforce.
Research: We will develop and support a rich array of outstanding health sciences research programs, centers, and resources. We will provide infrastructure and opportunities for collaboration among disciplines throughout and beyond our University to support outstanding research. We will foster programs in the areas of basic, translational, mechanistic, and population research.
Position Summary
The Marsico Lung Institute (MLI)/UNC Cystic Fibrosis Center (CF Center) has a rich tradition of collaboration. Our goal is to provide the mechanism for generating world-class research into the pathogenesis and treatment of disease that impact on the airways of the human lung. Basic research activities focus on the elucidation of the pathogenesis of human airways diseases at the molecular, biologic, cell biologic, and physiologic levels. Clinical and therapeutic studies focus on specific disease categories, exploring pathophysiologic concepts in patients with these diseases, and, with the collaboration of basic and clinical investigators, developing rational, novel ways for treatment airways diseases. Research into cystic fibrosis is a major focal point of the Center, but other major human airways diseases also are studied. This includes asthma, primary ciliary dyskinesia, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
The Postdoctoral Research Associate will be working in Dr. Carla Ribeiro’s lab and will be involved with advanced independent biomedical research related to the role of ER stress in airway inflammation and mucus overproduction. In particular, studies will focus on the role of the ER stress transducers IRE1alpha and IRE1beta in these responses. Skills required for this position include cell culture, DNA/RNA extractions, PCR, CRISPR/Cas9 technology, protein expression and purification, molecular cloning, ELISA, Western blotting, immunostaining, immunofluorescence, fluorescence microscopy, flow cytometry, and handling and experimentation with mice. The Postdoctoral Research Associate will receive training related to specific techniques for sampling mouse lung tissues. The Postdoctoral Research Associate is expected to contribute to project development, experimental design and performance, data analysis, writing progress reports, manuscripts and postdoctoral-related grants, and training of other personnel (e.g., students), if necessary.
Minimum Education and Experience Requirements
MD or PhD with specialization in molecular biology, cell biology, virology, genetic engineering or a related field
Required Qualifications, Competencies, and Experience
Ideal candidates will possess excellent oral and written communication skills with the ability to work in a highly collaborative team environment.
Preferred Qualifications, Competencies, and Experience
Graduate-level coursework in biological sciences; quantitative biological and chemical expertise; scientific method and experimental design/interpretation.
Special Physical/Mental Requirements
N/A
Special Instructions
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