Position Details
Position Information
| Recruitment/Posting Title |
Postdoctoral Associate |
| Job Category |
Staff & Executive - Research (Laboratory/Non-Laboratory) |
| Department |
RWJ-RINTS |
| 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. |
| Posting Summary |
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is seeking a Postdoctoral Associate for the department of Neurology at the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.
Under the direction of the Principal Investigator, the post-doctoral associate will work in a laboratory dedicated to studying the role of autophagy in normal cognition and how disruptions in this pathway contribute to the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease. A major focus of the laboratory is understanding the connection between synaptic dysfunction and cognitive decline in Alzheimer's disease. The postdoctoral associate will utilize a variety of laboratory technologies and approaches. Specialized skills in molecular/cellular biology and animal model studies are needed for this position.
Among the key duties of this position are the following:
- Treats and assesses mouse models of neurodegenerative disease using behavioral tests.
- Performs molecular biologic experiments that include Western blotting, protein-protein interaction assays, PCR, subcellular organelle isolation, and cell biologic studies.
- Analyzes the brains of animals modified genetically or through viral vectors using morphological and biochemical assays including immunohistochemistry, immunofluorescence, Western blotting, and q-PCR.
- Carries out studies with cultured cell lines, primary neurons and iPSc derived neurons, including treatment with siRNA and live cell imaging.
- Analyzes data, organizes them and present them at laboratory meetings and major scientific meetings.
- Prepares manuscripts for publications.
- Communicates with vendors of research reagents and core facility personnel.
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| Position Status |
Full Time |
| Hours Per Week |
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| Daily Work Shift |
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| Work Arrangement |
This position requires a fully on-site work arrangement. |
| FLSA |
Exempt |
| Grade |
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| Position Salary |
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| Annual Minimum Salary |
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| Annual Mid Range Salary |
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| Annual Maximum Salary |
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| Standard Hours |
37.50 |
| Union Description |
Post Docs - Regular Salaried |
| Payroll Designation |
PeopleSoft |
| Benefits |
Rutgers offers a comprehensive benefit program to eligible employees. For details, please go to
http://uhr.rutgers.edu/benefits/benefits-overview. |
| Seniority Unit |
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| Terms of Appointment |
Staff - 12 month |
| Position Pension Eligibility |
ABP |
Qualifications
| Minimum Education and Experience |
- A PhD degree in Neurobiology, Molecular Biology, or a relevant science, with knowledge of neuroscience and expertise in investigations of genetically-modified mic, preferred.
- Candidates in ABD (all but degree) status will also be considered.
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| Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities |
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| Preferred Qualifications |
- The applicant should have training and experience in molecular and cellular neurobiology including animal husbandry, immunohistochemistry on brain tissue, and Western blotting and biochemical assays on brain tissue lysates.
- S/he should also be able to operate standard laboratory equipment such as centrifuges, culture hoods, incubators, PCR machines, shaking incubators and plate readers.
- The applicant should also demonstrate a record of productivity with scholarly, peer-reviewed publications.
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| Physical Demands and Work Environment |
- Physical Demands: The applicant needs to be physically capable of performing the above duties, including pipetting, measuring weights and volumes accurately, standing on feet, walking to other buildings on the campus and to the animal facility. Occasionally, certain heavy items in the laboratory may need to be lifted, such as small equipment, boxes and bottles. H/She should communicate his/her research plans and findings verbally and in writing in proper English to the team and to the scientific community in presentations and publications.
- Work Environment: Office/lab environment.
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| Special Conditions |
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Posting Details
| Posting Number |
25ST1099 |
| Posting Open Date |
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| Special Instructions to Applicants |
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| Regional Campus |
Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (RBHS) |
| Home Location Campus |
Downtown New Brunswick |
| City |
New Brunswick |
| State |
NJ |
| Location Details |
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Pre-employment Screenings
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Rutgers University
May 15, 2025