Postdoctoral Fellow
- Rutgers University
- Location: New Brunswick, New Jersey
- Category:
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- Posting Date: 10/06/2021
- Application Deadline: Open until filled
Job Description
Position Details
| Recruitment/Posting Title | Postdoctoral Fellow |
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| Job Category | Staff & Executive - Research (Laboratory/Non-Laboratory) |
| Department | NJMS-Microbiology |
| Overview | New Jersey’s academic health center, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (RBHS) takes an integrated approach to educating students, providing clinical care, and conducting research, all with the goal of improving human health. Aligned with Rutgers University–New Brunswick and collaborating university wide, RBHS includes eight schools, a behavioral health network, and six centers and institutes that focus on cancer treatment and research, neuroscience, clinical and translational research, advanced biotechnology and medicine, environmental and occupational health, and health care policy and aging research. Our faculty are teachers, clinicians, and scientists with unparalleled experience who advance medical innovation and provide patient care informed by the latest research findings. We offer an outstanding education in medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, public health, nursing, biomedical research, and the full spectrum of allied health careers. Our clinical and academic facilities are located throughout the state including New Brunswick, Piscataway, Newark, Scotch Plains, Somerset, Blackwood, and other locations. Clinical partners include Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, University Hospital in Newark, and other affiliates. Through this community of healers, scientists, and scholars, Rutgers is equipped as never before to transform lives. Rutgers RBHS is an anchor institution that boasts locations in Newark, New Jersey, a city of promise. |
| Posting Summary | Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey is seeking a Postdoctoral Fellow for the Department of Microbiology, Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics within the New Jersey Medical School. This position is available immediately to new Ph.D. graduates or candidates with less than 2 years of postdoctoral experience to study the molecular basis of Lyme disease/syphilis and tick-borne coinfections. Lyme disease is the most prevalent arthropod-borne, multisystemic illness in the USA. It affects skin, joints, heart and nervous system while tick-borne parasite, Babesia microti causes anemia and splenomegaly. Interestingly, C3H mice provide a very good animal model to study manifestations of Lyme disease as well as babesiosis and we have now been studying coinfections with these pathogens in the mouse model. Syphilis is a highly prevalent sexually transmitted disease all over the world. Syphilis-causing spirochete, Treponema pallidum subsp pallidum has several similarities with Lyme spirochetes; however, it cannot be grown in vitro. The new postdoctoral fellow will be expected to also contribute to ongoing project of Dr. Parveen funded by NIH U01. Our department is located in a newer building, International Center for Public Health with excellent core facilities. The presence of Public Health Research Institute in the same building allows students and post-doctoral fellows to interact with some well-known experts in the field of microbial pathogenesis. Among the key duties of this position are the following:
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| Position Status | Full Time |
| Hours Per Week | |
| Daily Work Shift | Day |
| FLSA | Exempt |
| Grade | 99S |
| Position Salary | $53,760-$56,712 based on Postdoc’s years of experience. |
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| Standard Hours | 37.50 |
| Union Description | Non-Union |
| Payroll Designation | PeopleSoft |
| Benefits | Information about the benefits provided to Rutgers employees can be found at: http://uhr.rutgers.edu/benefits/benefits-overview |
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| Terms of Appointment | Temporary Staff Appointment - Salaried 12 Month |
| Position Pension Eligibility | None |
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| Physical Demands and Work Environment | PHYSICAL DEMANDS: Work requires high mobility. WORK ENVIRONMENT: Clinical/Office/Laboratory environment. Moderate noise. |
| Special Conditions |
| Posting Number | 21ST3113 |
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| Posting Open Date | |
| Special Instructions to Applicants | Position is contingent upon continued grant funding. |
| Regional Campus | Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (RBHS) |
| Home Location Campus | Newark (RBHS) |
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