Postdoctoral Fellow PhD

About the role

Baylor College of Medicine, part of the Texas Medical Center in Houston, Texas, offers a highly interactive environment and strong infrastructure for research and career development. The lab is seeking a highly skilled and motivated scientist with expertise in cell and molecular biology, biochemistry, genomics, and/or mouse genetics to join an endometrial biology group in the Department of Pathology & Immunology and member of the Center for Drug Discovery at Baylor College of Medicine.

Pay

Baylor College of Medicine typically follows the NIH stipulated stipend guidelines for Postdoctoral Associates.

Responsibilities

• Contributes to multidisciplinary lead-finding project teams by engaging in the following state-of-the‑art activities:
• Establishing endometrial stromal cell and organoid cultures from patient‑derived surgical specimens
• Conducting mouse colony management
• Evaluating fertility in genetic mouse models
• Working on histological and gene expression analyses of mouse tissues to assess reproductive function
• Evaluating compounds for efficacy in vitro (biochemical and cell‑based assays) and in vivo
• Working on validation of targets using mouse genetics
• Performing generation of DNA vectors
• Using genetically engineered mouse models, primary human tissues, 3‑dimensional organoids, and high‑resolution microscopy to uncover the biological mechanisms that underpin endometrial regeneration
• Applying and analyzing data from next‑generation sequencing technologies for the study of transcriptomics in bulk‑ and single cells
• Performing molecular biology and vector construction; mouse colony management, mammalian cell culture CRISPR/Cas9; and/or generation and analysis of mouse knockouts
• Performing other job‑related duties as assigned

Qualifications

Minimum: Ph.D. in Basic Science, Health Science, or a related field. No experience required.

Preferred: Demonstrates an ability for public speaking and scientific communication; excellent record keeping habits and maintain well‑organized, complete reports of laboratory activities; expertise writing, editing, and revising scientific manuscripts for publication; willingness to apply for independent external funding, draft applications, and manage revisions; willingness and ability to mentor and train new lab members, summer students, rotation students, and other learners.