Postdoctoral Fellow-MSH-13400-359

Details of Research Project: 

This is a full-time position to conduct research in a behavioral and molecular translational neuroscience laboratory with experimental studies related to the impact of adolescent cannabis exposure on adult substance use disorder/cannabis use disorder vulnerability. This work focuses on the role non-neuronal cell-types including astrocytes play in the development of cannabis induced phenotypes.

 

Technical Duties: (include any protocols)

The postdoc will be responsible for carrying out rodent behavioral assays including but not limited to operant cognitive tasks, social interaction, open field, sucrose preference test, and drug administration paradigms under moderate supervision. The postdoc will also work with advanced molecular and biochemical assays on postmortem tissue from animal models, working with techniques such as RNA isolation and purification, cDNA preparation, quantitative PCR, western blot and immunohistochemistry, next generation sequencing, and bioinformatics. 

Organizing and analyzing data as well as making figures using, e.g., Microsoft computer programs, GraphPad Prism, JASP statistical software. Bioinformatics analysis will be completed using the high performance cluster and standard pipelines in RStudio and Python. 

Educational and other Requirements for the position: PhD  in science or related field 

 

Experience Required: Completed a PhD in Neuroscience, Psychology, Biology, or related field

Have experience or expertise using advanced molecular biology and imaging techniques

Have experience or expertise with longitudinal rodent developmental studies

Have foundational statistical analysis expertise

Have prepared and published original research

Organizational, problem solving and analytical skills

Appropriate verbal, written and interpersonal skills 

Motivated and takes initiative on performing required research tasks 

Good communication and teamwork skills 

Basic MS Office Knowledge

Fundamental coding knowledge in R or Python    

 

Goals/Outcomes of the Research Project: To delineate the role astrocytes and non-neuronal cell-types play in the development and maintenance of behavioral cannabis-induced addictive phenotypes.

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