Postdoctoral Fellow – Hayden Lab at Centre for Molecular Medicine & Therapeutics

Job Abstract
The candidate would work inside a dynamic and vibrant lab with a confirmed observe document of excellent achievements and contributions in translational biomedical analysis. This place permits the candidate to contribute daring and modern analysis that may be translated to new approaches to therapies for sufferers.

This place’s main focus within the lab will likely be to guide and to take part in tasks based mostly on candidate’s want focused on investigating genetics of Huntington illness, molecular mechanisms of Huntington illness pathogenesis and growth of novel therapeutics. Utilizing the extensive community of connections and collaborations of the principal investigator, and intensive biomedical sources on the establishment, candidates will be capable to construct on the present analysis of the lab to shortly begin up their very own analysis tasks.

The place will present a singular alternative for mentoring trainees, supervising technicians and interacting with trade. This is a superb platform to obtain excellent coaching to achieve the necessary abilities for a profitable medical analysis profession in academia or trade.
This full-time grant funded place with the College of British Columbia, Centre for Molecular Medication and Therapeutics, permits the candidate to flourish below the steering of an skilled mentor who’s probably the most cited writer within the area of Huntington Illness.

This place is situated inside a health-care facility, due to this fact, the profitable candidate will likely be required to offer verification of full vaccination towards Covid-19 supplied previous to the beginning date, as required by a provincial well being mandate.

The beginning wage for this place is $45,000 per 12 months. 

Organizational Standing
The Postdoctoral Fellow will play a management function within the Hayden lab, and will likely be reporting on to Dr. Michael Hayden who’s the first investigator of the laboratory.

Work Carried out
•  Administration and supervision of technicians;
•  Could also be concerned in recruitment and coaching of technicians;
•  Performing common critiques of the related literature;
•  Planning and designing of experiments;
•  Analyzing, decoding and compiling knowledge in research stories, presenting outcomes, and taking part within the preparation of scientific manuscripts and grant software packages;
•  Updating Dr. Hayden and the group on the standing of tasks throughout lab conferences, in e-mail correspondence and telephone conferences;
•  Managing tasks with key educational and trade companions;
•  Alternatives to work collaboratively with Business companions and different researchers at UBC and globally.

Minimal {Qualifications}:

• PhD diploma within the biosciences
• No less than 4 years expertise in laboratory analysis
• Expertise in cell biology with an emphasis on neurobiology
• In depth data of mobile and molecular biology, biochemistry and genetics
• Expertise with illness mannequin techniques a plus
• Confirmed potential to multi-task in a deadline-oriented atmosphere with minimal supervision
• Efficient oral and written communication, analytical, and interpersonal abilities
• Wonderful organizational ability and skill to study new abilities shortly
• Means to work independently and inside a group atmosphere.
• Accuracy and a focus to element required
• Candidates ought to display the flexibility to work in a extremely interdisciplinary atmosphere.

SUPERVISION RECEIVED

• Works independently below route of PI, Dr. Michael Hayden
• Alternatives to work collaboratively with Business companions and different researchers at UBC and globally

SUPERVISION GIVEN

• Assists and oversees analysis assistants and college students as required
• Assists and supplies pointers to different analysis members, as required

Fairness and variety are important to educational excellence. An open and various group fosters the inclusion of voices which have been underrepresented or discouraged. We encourage functions from members of teams which have been marginalized on any grounds enumerated below the B.C. Human Rights Code, together with intercourse, sexual orientation, gender identification or expression, racialization, incapacity, political perception, faith, marital or household standing, age, and/or standing as a First Nation, Metis, Inuit, or Indigenous individual.