Postdoctoral Fellow: Kidney Disease Research & Tech

Beth Israel Lahey Health; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 60,000 - 75,564; Full time

Job summary

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) invites applications for a Post-doctoral Research Fellow in the Feng lab. The position offers an appointment at Harvard Medical School and access to cutting-edge technology across Harvard-affiliated institutions.

The fellow will lead projects ranging from familial kidney diseases to diabetic nephropathy, working with organ-on-a-chip, CRISPR, stem cell engineering and advanced imaging tools under Dr. Di Feng, PhD, and collaboration with a dynamic team.

Qualifications

• Doctoral Degree or M.D. required.
• 0-1 year of postdoctoral research experience in academic or industrial lab setting, and/or teaching assistantship in a university setting, and/or residency, and/or clinical duties beyond that of the qualifying doctoral degree.

Responsibilities

• Abides by the institutional policies of BIDMC relating to health and safety, equality of opportunity and data storage and management.
• Actively pursues research under the supervision of a principal investigator while developing skills for independent work.
• Receives training in and performs duties contributing to the investigational work of the team including formulation of research questions and design, conduct of experiments, and evaluation of results.
• Prepares and publishes scientific manuscripts under direction of PI.
• Develops expertise in desired lab skills/informatics/ physics/clinical research and develops proficiency with research tools and equipment.
• Develops new ideas that promote current research and brings new expertise to the program.
• Teaching skills and supervision of students and their projects when appropriate.
• Engages in collaborative meetings with other research groups and leads seminars.
• Learns to identify, acknowledge and correct deficiencies in one's own performance.
• Under the direction of PI, pursues/secures independent funding near the end of the fellowship.

Skills

Independent work

Written Communications

Oral Communications

Team Work

Education

Doctoral degree or MD

Job description

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) invites applications for a Post-doctoral Research Fellow in the Feng lab. The position offers an appointment at Harvard Medical School and access to cutting-edge technology across Harvard-affiliated institutions.

The fellow will lead projects ranging from familial kidney diseases to diabetic nephropathy, working with organ-on-a-chip, CRISPR, stem cell engineering and advanced imaging tools under Dr. Di Feng, PhD, and collaboration with a dynamic team.