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PostDoctoral Researcher

Employer
University of North Carolina, Charlotte
Location
Charlotte, North Carolina (US)
Salary
Up to $47,000 per year plus benefits
Closing date
Aug 26, 2019

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Discipline
Life Sciences, Bioengineering, Neuroscience, Stem Cells, Biomedical Engineering
Position Type
Full Time
Job Type
Postdoc
Organization Type
Academia

PostDoctoral Researcher

Looking for a postdoctoral fellow in neuroscience areas. Specifically, the candidate is expected to study neurodegenerative disease models associated with axon regeneration and myelination.

Qualification: The ideal candidate will be a highly motivated, capable of independent working with experience in neuronal cell culture, molecular biology, and animals. The experiences in developing microfluidic platforms and cell culturing are desirable, not mandatory.

Candidate should hold a PhD in Neuroscience, biomedical engineering, biotechnology, molecular medicine, or a related subject. The appointee was recently (within the last eight years) awarded a Ph.D. or equivalent doctorate (e.g., Sc.D., M.D.);

Interested candidates should send the following in their application:

  • Cover letter describing candidate’s research accomplishments and career goals
  • CV
  • Two reference contacts

The employee will carry out research on Regenerative Neural Engineering, funded by the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Science.
A Postdoctoral Fellow (""postdoc"") is a professional apprenticeship designed to provide recent Ph.D. recipients with an opportunity to develop further the research skills acquired in their doctoral programs or to learn new research techniques, in preparation for an academic or research career. In the process of further developing their own research skills, it is expected that Postdoctoral Fellows will also play a significant role in the performance of research at the University and augment the role of graduate faculty in providing research instruction to graduate students.

A Postdoctoral Fellow works under the supervision of a regular faculty member, who serves as a mentor to the Fellow, and it is expected that the faculty mentor will impart the realities, and variety, of scientific careers, and will encourage experiences outside the laboratory to broaden postdocs’ aspirations. Within the confines of the particular research focus assigned by that faculty member, the Postdoctoral Fellow functions with a considerable degree of independence and has the freedom (and is expected) to publish the results of his or her research or scholarship during the period of appointment. Thus, the role of Postdoctoral Fellows is clearly differentiated from full-time technical employees.

Postdoc appointments are characterized by all of the following conditions:

  • the appointee was recently (within the last eight years) awarded a Ph.D. or equivalent doctorate (e.g., Sc.D., M.D.);
  • the appointment is temporary;
  • the appointment involves substantially full-time research or scholarship;
  • the appointment is viewed as preparatory for a full-time academic and/or research career;
  • the appointee works under the supervision of a faculty member; and
  • the appointee has the freedom and is expected to publish the results of his or her research or scholarship during the period of appointment.

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