• Job Description

  Req#: 34495

  We’re looking for those individuals—the creative thinkers and innovation seekers—who are content with nothing short of changing the world. Discover the endless opportunities within the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) and be inspired by the work we can do together to improve health, and make a positive, daily impact in our communities. In the role of Postdoctoral Researcher you will be working in Obstetrics and Gynecology.

  
  Purpose

  Using spleen tissue, the life gift from the transplant organ donors, Chen Lab aims to reconstitute human immune response in vitro. The Chen Lab in the Department of OB/GYN and Center for Immunology at the Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, is seeking a motivated and dedicated postdoctoral fellow to join our research team.

  Our unique platform enables us to test hundreds of different conditions in parallel and assess their impacts on human immune responses, such as antibody production. We routinely work with industry partners to exploit the translational potential of the spleen organoid screening system. Meanwhile, working with the Versiti Blood Research Institute, we are building up a spleen biobank to investigate populational diversity in immune response. We aim to leverage the systemic and causative understanding of human immune system to inform the rationale design of vaccine and immunotherapy.

  Characteristics of a postdoctoral appointment:

  With the assistance of their supervisor, the fellow will:

  • Transition to career independence through the development of professional skills that enable the postdoc to actively pursue a career of his/her own choosing.
  • Be supervised by at least one senior scholar who actively promotes the postdoc's professional development.
  • Establish an individual development plan (IDP) that incorporates equally the postdoc's career and training goals, and the mentor's research goals.
  • Pursue basic, clinical, or translational projects so long as effort is focused primarily on research.
  • Publish results of the postdoc's research and scholarship during their appointment.
  • The postdoctoral appointment is temporary by nature, the aggregate amount of time spent as a postdoc is recommended to not exceed five years (not including family medical leave or maternity/paternity leave).
  • As postdocs are important members of the host institution's community, appropriate levels of compensation, health care, and other benefits commensurate with their essential status should be afforded, independent of the postdoc's source of funding.

  
  Primary Functions

  • Plan, design, and execute complex research studies, procedures and protocols.
  • Participate in discovery projects.
  • Coordinate research study activities: lead and manage projects.
  • Oversee organization, synthesis and analysis of data and findings.
  • Prepare scientific reports, outcome findings and scientific manuscripts.
  • Participate in meetings with principal investigator and research staff in which you will evaluate/interpret the validity of data, develop methodologies, and design and evaluate lab procedures.
  • Maintain supplies, may require negotiation with vendors, and track purchase orders.
  • May oversee the work of laboratory personnel including training and development as well as daily work direction, delegation and establishing priorities.

  
  

  Knowledge – Skills – Abilities

  Required knowledge: biology, chemistry, statistics, documentation, records management, data utilization, complex problem solving, critical thinking, resource management, and writing skills

  Skills and abilities: Experience in multi-omics analysis and/or mass spectrometry is a plus.

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