Postdoctoral Fellow; Biological Sciences

Position Information

General Information Position Number POST40 Working Title Postdoctoral Fellow; Biological Sciences Division Academic Affairs Department College of Science (Col) Work Unit Biological Sciences Work Location Woodward Hall Vacancy Open To All Candidates Position Designation Post Doc Employment Type Temporary - Part-time Hours per week 40 Work Schedule 8 : 00 am 5 : 00 pm;

Monday Friday Pay Rate NIH salary scale (minimum $ 61,000) Minimum Experience / Education The Postdoctoral appointee must have recently (within the last eight years) been awarded a Ph.

D. or equivalent doctorate (e.g., Sc.D., M.D.) Departmental Preferred Experience, Skills, Training / Education : The employee will have already acquired a Ph.

D. or equivalent degree and should be able to exercise scientific judgment daily. They will evaluate incoming information through experimental data and observations, written literature documentation, and oral communications and use this information to make judgments about what step(s) will next lead to progress.

Preferable expertise : Strong molecular biology skills are required. Experience in Proteostasis. Background inC. elegans genetics and computational skills are highly desirable.

Duties and Responsibilities A Postdoctoral Fellow (""postdoc"") is a professional apprenticeship designed to providerecent 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 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.

As an EOE / AA employer and an ADVANCE Institution that strives to create an academic climate in which the dignity of all individuals is respected and maintained, the University of North Carolina at Charlotte encourages applications from all underrepresented groups.

Applicants subject to criminal background check. Other Work / Responsibilities The employee will report to Professor Dr.

Patricija van Oosten-Hawle and will be a senior member of the van Oosten-Hawle Lab, supporting projects through original research, collaboration with other team members, and co-mentoring students.

The employee’s principal research responsibilities will be training and research.

The successful applicant will study biological mechanisms involved in ageing and the role of chaperones and organismal stress responses using the model organism C.

elegans with the goal of utilizing this knowledge to develop novel therapies for age-related pathologies.

Molecular biology experience is essential, and experience with C. elegans genetics is an advantage. Applicants must have a PhD in experimental biology, particularly genetics, molecular biology and biochemical techniques.

Previous experience with a productive track record working with C. elegans is an advantage. Computational skills are desirable Necessary Licenses or Certifications