Postdoctoral Research Fellow — Vascular & Metabolic Disease

Nebraska Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources; Lincoln (NE); On-site; USD 52,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

The Nebraska Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources (IANR) Department of Biochemistry in Lincoln, NE, is seeking a highly motivated Postdoctoral Research Associate to work on cardiometabolic disease. This 12-month calendar-year appointment emphasizes mechanistic vascular biology and inflammatory processes.

Responsibilities include literature reviews, in vivo mouse studies, cell culture, data analysis, manuscript preparation, and mentoring students, with opportunities to present findings

Qualifications

• Ph.D. in physiology, biochemistry, biomedical sciences, or related field.
• Strong experience in biochemical and molecular biology techniques, tissue processing and immunostaining, and small animal studies.
• Must have at least one first-author peer-reviewed publication from the last two years.

Responsibilities

• Perform literature searches to inform research strategies and develop protocols.
• Design and execute mechanistic experiments in vascular and inflammatory biology.
• Conduct in vivo mouse studies including atherosclerosis, fatty liver, and acute lung injury.

Skills

Biochemical techniques

Molecular biology

Immunostaining

Small animal studies

Literature reviews

Data analysis

Mentoring students

Education

Ph.D. in physiology, biochemistry, biomedical sciences, or related field

Job description

The Nebraska Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources (IANR) Department of Biochemistry in Lincoln, NE, is seeking a highly motivated Postdoctoral Research Associate to work on cardiometabolic disease. This 12-month calendar-year appointment emphasizes mechanistic vascular biology and inflammatory processes.

Responsibilities include literature reviews, in vivo mouse studies, cell culture, data analysis, manuscript preparation, and mentoring students, with opportunities to present findings