Post-Doctoral Research Fellow-Center for Psychiatric Genetics

Post-Doc Research Fellow-Center for Psychiatric Genetics

Location:

Evanston, IL

Compensation:
Salary determined by NIH Salary Guidelines ($63,480-$77,076)

Full Time

Hours:

Monday-Friday, standard business hours, onsite

A Brief Overview:

Looking for a self-motivated postdoctoral fellow to join the Center for Psychiatric Genetics of Endeavor Health Research Institute, academically affiliated with the University of Chicago. This position will be reporting to a PI/Supervisor who is a Professor at the University of Chicago. The lab's research focus is on using patient-specific induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC)-derived neurons and brain organoids models to study the molecular and neurobiological basis of neuropsychiatric and neurodegenerative disorders.

The laboratory work will involve iPSC neural modeling, single cell RNA-seq and ATAC-seq, CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing, CRISPRi/a for gene perturbation, scaled morphological and electrophysiological analyses of neurons and brain organoids. The current position is NIH grant-funded. In this role, you will take a lead in developing brain organoid models carrying disease risk alleles to study molecular and cellular phenotypes relevant to neurodevelopmental and/or neurodegenerative disorders.

You will also have the opportunity to take part in single-cell ATAC-seq/RNA-seq experiment and analyses. This position reports directly to the PI. This is a full-time position and is benefits eligible.

What You Will Do:

• Take a lead in work involved in NIH funded projects
• Work independently under supervision of the PI
• Ability to prepare scientific manuscripts for publication
• Ability to develop scientific proposals to apply for fellowships
• Capable of identifying problems that may adversely affect experiment or reporting of results and of taking corrective action or notifying appropriate supervisory personnel
• Comply with North Shore University Health System research guidelines Follow Institutional Review Board (IRB) regulations and local, state, and federal research regulations
• Ability to assist in submission of research applications, revisions, periodic progress reports

What You Will Need:

• Education:
  
  PhD or MD required in a science field
• Experience:
  
  Background in Molecular/Cellular Biology, Neuroscience, or functional Genomics preferred. Experience with neuroscience research, especially iPSC culture and organoid differentiation is preferred.
• Skills:
  
  Excellent communication skills

Benefits (For full time or part time positions):

• Premium pay such as shift, on call, holiday and more based on an employee's job (For eligible positions)
• Incentive pay for select positions
• Opportunity for annual increases based on performance
• Career Pathways to Promote Professional Growth and Development
• Various Medical, Dental, Pet and Vision options
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Free Parking
• Wellness Program Savings Plan
• Health Savings Account Options
• Retirement Options with Company Match
• Paid Time Off and Holiday Pay
• Community Involvement Opportunities