Postdoctoral Fellow

About the role

The postdoctoral fellow will work in the lab of Dr. Paul Rowley to understand the basis of resistance to antifungal “killer” toxins produced by different species of fungi. This hire will use genetics, biochemistry, microbiology, and genomic assays with the model yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Pichia pastoris, and non-model pathogenic and non-pathogenic yeast species to pursue these goals. This research will require leading the project with support from a technician, and graduate students.

Responsibilities

• Leading the project with support from a technician, and graduate students
• Using genetics, biochemistry, microbiology, and genomic assays with the model yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Pichia pastoris, and non-model pathogenic and non-pathogenic yeast species to understand the basis of resistance to antifungal “killer” toxins
• Building and cloning recombinant DNA
• Performing oral and written presentations of experimental results

Requirements

• Experience with bacterial and yeast genetics and physiology
• Extensive experience with techniques of molecular biology using bacteria and/or yeasts (e.g. building and cloning recombinant DNA)
• Basic computational experience (e.g. R, regex, UNIX)
• Willing and capable of doing oral and written presentations of experimental results

Qualifications

• Ph.D. in Biology, Microbiology, Molecular biology, or Biochemistry

Skills

• Purifying proteins
• Mentoring graduate and undergraduate students in laboratory research
• Experience working at BSL2 or higher
• Experience in computational data analysis (e.g. use of UNIX-based systems, R, Python, or similar tools for data processing and scripting)

Benefits

N/A

Pay

$55,016

Schedule

N/A