Postdoctoral Fellow, Cardiac Organoid Engineering

BioSpace; Frederick (MD); Sur place; USD 45 000 - 64 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Health and Wellness programs

Paid Leave

Retirement benefits

Résumé du poste

Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc. invites applications for a Postdoctoral Fellow in the SOM Cardiac Lab to develop and characterize human cardiac organoids from iPSCs.

The role combines stem cell biology, cardiac development, and bioengineering to establish robust organoid platforms for translational research and drug discovery. The position offers exposure to cutting-edge methodologies, standardized evaluation benchmarks, and collaboration across SOM teams in a dynamic research environment at

Qualifications

• PhD required with CHEA equivalency checked.
• No postdoctoral experience required beyond doctoral degree.
• Proficiency in basic Microsoft Office tools.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance.

Responsabilités

• Develop protocol for cardiac organoids with emphasis on reproducibility and maturation.
• Characterize organoid development, cellular composition, and functional readouts.
• Investigate multicellular interactions and disease modeling in organoid systems.
• Evaluate inter-donor and inter-line variability to identify determinants of quality.
• Collaborate to develop scalable imaging and high-content screening workflows.
• Integrate imaging, electrophysiology, and molecular data using computational approaches.

Connaissances

Cardiac biology

Stem cell culture

Organoid models

Data analysis

AI/ML basics

Formation

PhD in Biomedical Engineering or related

Diverse biomedical PhD disciplines considered

Outils

Confocal microscopy

Flow cytometry

qPCR

Description du poste

Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc. invites applications for a Postdoctoral Fellow in the SOM Cardiac Lab to develop and characterize human cardiac organoids from iPSCs.

The role combines stem cell biology, cardiac development, and bioengineering to establish robust organoid platforms for translational research and drug discovery. The position offers exposure to cutting-edge methodologies, standardized evaluation benchmarks, and collaboration across SOM teams in a dynamic research environment at