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Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Employer
University of Maryland Baltimore
Location
Baltimore, MD

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Health & Medical, Medicine
Position Type
Postdoc
Employment Type
Full Time
Institution Type
Four-Year Institution

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Job Description
Postdoctoral positions are available in the Department of Neurosurgery at The University of Maryland, School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, in the Translational Neuroengineering and Neuroscience Laboratory under Prof. Xiaofeng Jia. 

The postdoctoral researcher will assist in planning experiments, methods development, and will conduct productive team-oriented and independent research. The position requires strong technical skills and the capability to do independent research. We offer multifaceted scientific projects, a role in a committed team, and strong scientific collaborations. We have an outstanding record helping trainees to build an excellent publication record. 

Lab interests: 1) brain monitoring after cardiac arrest with therapeutic hypothermia and underlying mechanisms; 2) glycol-engineered neural stem cells to improve brain outcome after cardiac arrest. 3) Stem cell surface modification to promote nerve regeneration after peripheral nerve injuries (PNIs). The research projects of our team focus on these aims to investigate electrophysiological and cellular mechanisms of brain injury after cardiac arrest with therapeutic intervention such as stem cell therapy and target temperature management, including using in vitro and in vivo models for brain monitoring by EEG and somatosensory evoked potentials. Our primary goals are to develop new therapeutic strategies for brain injury after cardiac arrest and elucidating the underlying cellular and molecular mechanisms. In the PNI project, we will enhance adipose stem cell adhesion and differentiation in vitro via stem cell surface modification, and improve nerve regeneration after critical-sized nerve repair to explore related therapeutic mechanisms.

The position is available with NIH funding for immediate occupancy for a 1-2 year appointment, contingent on background, experience, and performance. Individuals who are interested should submit a detailed CV, a brief statement including a research plan, interests and skills, three references, and a short description of their doctoral training and future research goals.

Recent publicationsJournal of Stroke. 2020;22(3):286-305. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab.1). 2021 Jan 14:271678X20970059; 2). 2019 Jun;39(6):1161-1171. Biomaterials. 1). 2018 Oct;181:347-359; 2). 2018 Jun;168:24-37. Theranostics 2018; 8(16):4429-4446

 



Qualifications
A successful candidate will have a strong work ethic, possess interdisciplinary skills and hands-on experience in conducting cellular and animal studies based on a detailed understanding of the neuroscience of brain disease, have excellent organizational and communication skills and critical thinking abilities, and be able to submit individual training grants and supervise junior lab members.

We are looking for a highly motivated, independent, and career-oriented research individual with an excellent publication record, with a Ph.D. in neuroscience, cell biology or a related field, or neuroengineering and with hands-on experience in translational animal models. Excellent oral and written communication skills are necessary. Strong cellular and molecular biology and translational neuroscience (small animal surgery) training are required. Candidates must have first-author publications, a solid publication record, and proven research ability in two or more of these areas: 

a) basic experimental or translational neuroscience research interests in ischemia brain injury or stroke, peripheral nerve injury, 

b) stem cell or exosomes therapy, 

c) In vivo electrophysiology, signal processing, or brain imaging (PET or MRI),

d) therapeutic hypothermia,

e) Other lab experience is helpful but not required: patch-clamp, brain slice cultures, optogenetics, and bioluminescence.



Job: Postdoctoral Fellows
Organization: School of Medicine - Clinical Departments
Job Posting: Feb 22, 2021

Organization

Welcome to the Baltimore campus of the University of Maryland, founded in 1807 along a ridge in what was then called Baltimore Town. Today, this 61-acre research and technology complex encompasses 65 buildings in West Baltimore near the Inner Harbor.

The University is Maryland's only public academic health, human services, and law center. Seven professional and graduate schools train the majority of the state's physicians, nurses, dentists, lawyers, social workers, and pharmacists.

Under the leadership of President Jay A. Perman, MD, the University is a leading partner in the redevelopment of the west side of Baltimore. The University of Maryland BioPark, which opened in October 2005, promotes collaborative research opportunities and bioscience innovation.

Sponsored research totaled $567.1 million in Fiscal Year 2010. With 6,349 students and 6,717 faculty members and staff, the University is an economic engine that returns more than $15 in economic activity for every $1 of state general funds appropriation. The University community gives more than 2 million hours a year in service to the public.

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The University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) is the State¹s public health, law and human services university devoted to excellence in professional and graduate education, research, patient care, and public service. As a diverse community of outstanding faculty, staff and students, and using state-of-the-art technological support, we educate leaders in health care delivery, biomedical science, global health, social work and the law. We emphasize interdisciplinary education and research in an atmosphere that explicitly values civility, diversity, collaboration, teamwork and accountability. By conducting internationally recognized research to cure disease and to improve the health, social functioning and just treatment of the people we serve, we foster economic development in the City, State, and nation. We are committed to ensuring that the knowledge we generate provides maximum benefit to society and directly enhances our various communities.

 

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