Postdoctoral Associate

About the Role

Matt Hilton, a premier researcher at Duke University, has a postdoctoral associate position in his lab working on an NIH funded project aimed at understanding the molecular regulation of post-traumatic osteoarthritis (PTOA)-associated joint degeneration and pain.

Requirements

• A PhD is required
• Prior experience working with murine models of PTOA-associated cartilage catabolism and pain using pharmacologic treatments

Responsibilities

• Use (JAK inhibitors), histological (SafO/Fast Green and H&E stains), IHC or IF staining for cartilage catabolic and pain-related molecules, as well as cellular (cartilage and dorsal root ganglia explant cultures) and molecular (qPCR, RNA-seq) analyses
• Generate data associated with the pharmacologic regulation of JAK signaling in PTOA-associated cartilage catabolism and pain
• Aid in the analysis and interpretation of that data
• Participate in manuscript preparations and revisions, and present data

Work Location

Onsite. The work is performed on-site or at a designated assignment location.