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Postdoctoral and Research Associate Positions Available
The Center for Genomic Sciences (CGS) at Allegheny-Singer Research
Institute (ASRI) has multiple NIH-funded positions available for recent PhD
graduates interested in pursuing exciting multidisciplinary research
opportunities in a cooperative scientific setting. Successful applicants will
work in a rich basic research environment located within a renowned clinical
care facility. A unique blend of basic scientists and clinicians, the CGS
faculty are all federally funded and include PhDs, MDs, and MD/PhDs. Postdocs
will receive career development mentoring, learn grant writing skills, and
have an opportunity for advancement.
Projects include: gene regulation during scarless wound healing; the molecular
mechanisms of bacterial biofilm pathogenesis; host-pathogen interactions;
human disease gene mapping, cloning, and modeling; and protein engineering
for MEMs development for the production of self-diagnosing, self treating
medical device implants. CGS pursues these projects using multiple integrated
high throughput 4th generation robotic systems to accomplish: colony picking,
plasmid purification; construction and analysis of DNA microarrays, SNP
genotyping (Illumina Bead Station), robotic reaction set up and purification,
capillary DNA sequencing and microsatellite analyses, genomic and cDNA
library construction and arraying, Q-RT-PCR, SS-RT-PCR. Additional
methodologies include RACE, bacterial strain construction, animal models,
tissue culture, correlation of transcriptome analyses with proteomics, and
CLSM and epifluorescent microscopic imaging. The systems are all connected by
a dedicated LAN operated by a full time professional bioinformatics group.
CGS receives over $2.5 million annually in grant support, and has recently
completed a very successful capital campaign to upgrade all of the research
facilities, including the construction of a Molecular Imaging Facility that
houses two state-of-the-art Leica CLSMs directed by Dr. Paul Stoodley.
Excellent salary/benefits available. Send CV, 2 first author publications, and 3 letters of
reference to Garth D. Ehrlich, Ph.D., Executive Director, Center for Genomic
Sciences, ASRI, 320 East North Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15212. tlittlej@wpahs.org We regret that we cannot support J1
visas.
ASRI is an Equal Opportunity Employer,
women and minorities are encouraged to apply
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