Description
The Opportunity
The Petelski Lab in the Department of Materials Science & Engineering is seeking applicants for a Postdoctoral Scholar who will help with lab set-up, drive scientific projects, and mentor junior researchers. Ideally, the applicant has experience in mass spectrometry proteomics. As a member of the Petelski Lab, the scholar will be active in pursuing relevant research questions in proteomics while developing expertise for independent work.
Responsibilities:
- Conduct research aimed at profiling proteome changes in cancerous environments, during process of regeneration and/or in response to biomaterials.
- Prepare and analyze samples using single-cell and bulk proteomics methodologies.
- Write and publish high-impact scientific manuscripts.
- Build clinical collaborations with hospitals and research institutes.
- Supervise and train graduate and undergraduate students.
Please check out UCF's website: https://jobs.ucf.edu/jobs/post-doctoral-scholar-orlando-florida-united-states-2ba80b6d-bae3-4b7d-94e6-2be2f643c9c7
Requirements
Minimum Qualifications:
PhD in Biomedical Sciences, Bioengineering, or any related field.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Working knowledge of mass spectrometry proteomics, including instrument set-up, sample preparation, data acquisition, and data analysis.
- Experience in preparing human tissues for downstream protein analyses, especially for single-cell.
- Biological handling experience in musculoskeletal disease (such as osteoarthritis) or cancer.
- Additional experience in materials characterization is of interest.
- Familiarity with R or similar computational language.
- Strong writing and oral communication skills.
- Ability to engage in creative troubleshooting.
Materials required: updated CV, cover letter, and contact information of 3-4 references. In the cover letter, please describe your hands-on experience, what makes you interested in the Petelski lab, and a summary of at least 1 scientific project you would like to pursue.