Postdoctoral position in Kannan Nanomedicine & Neuroinflammation lab—Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine

Join a multi-disciplinary group of translational scientists working at the cutting edge of nanomedicine for CNS disorders. Work on clinically relevant projects and animal models to see your science translate from the bench to the bedside.

The Kannan lab at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine is looking for motivated individuals who are interested in translational neuroscience and evaluating therapeutics for applications in neuroinflammatory and neurodegenerative disorders across the age spectrum working with pre-clinical models of neurologic injury during development and in adulthood. Extensive collaborations between engineering, the Center for Nanomedicine, critical care medicine, pediatrics, drug discovery and neurology/neuroscience are key components of the project

Responsibilities

• Evaluate novel nanotherapies min pre-clinical neuroinflammatory and neurodegenerative models of brain injury such as traumatic brain injury, neurodevelopmental disorders, chronic pain, PTSD, depression.
• Characterize glial responses to therapy using immunohistochemistry, FACS, transcriptomics, metabolomics
• Design, co-ordinate and lead multi-disciplinary projects
• Data analyses, presentations, manuscript writing
• Mentor students and technicians

Qualifications
The candidate must have completed or be in the process of completing a PhD in neuroscience/immunology/neuropharmacology or related fields. Research experience in these areas are highly desired: (1) neuroimmunology/evaluating inflammation and glial responses (2) macrophage/microglia isolation and primary cultures (3) FACS, evaluating microglial/macrophage phenotype (4) microscopy (confocal, fluorescence and/or 2-photon imaging) (5) Rodent behavior (6) EEG. Experience in MRI/DTI/PET imaging in animals, electrophysiology, gene editing techniques, bioinformatics (for single cell transcriptomics, metabolomics) would be an asset.

The candidate should be highly motivated, with excellent communication and writing skills and should be able to interact well with other members of the team.

Johns Hopkins University SOM is an equal opportunity employer and candidates with backgrounds underrepresented in STEM are strongly encouraged to apply.

Contact Information
Interested candidates are encouraged to contact:

Sujatha Kannan, MD,
Professor, Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
Richard J Traystman Endowed Chair
Johns Hopkins University SOM
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://anesthesiology.hopkinsmedicine.org/research-home/research-programs/kannan-neuroinflammation-and-nanomedicine-lab/