Post Doctoral Fellow - Ding Lab (kumc)

Job Description

Department:

SOM KC Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics

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Ding Lab

Position Title:

Post Doctoral Fellow - Ding Lab

Job Family Group:

Professional Staff

Job Description Summary:

A post-doctoral fellow position is immediately available at Dr. Wen-Xing Ding’s laboratory at The University of Kansas Medical Center (KUMC). The Ding Lab studies the mechanisms of autophagy and organelle homeostasis (focusing on lysosome, mitochondria, and ER) in lipid metabolism in tissue injury (liver, adipose, pancreas and brain) and tumorigenesis. The lab has tremendous expertise on organelle biology using unique mouse models in addition to primary cell culture. The Lab has established multiple engineered mouse model on autophagy, mitochondria dynamics and lysosome functions to investigate alcohol and diet-induced fatty liver disease and drug-induced liver injury as well as liver cancer. The Ding Lab has been very productive and some of the recent lab publications include - Gastroenterology 2018 (PMC6120772); Journal of Hepatology 2016 (PMC4143992); 2022a (PMC9449865); 2022b (PMC8858859); Hepatology 2023 (PMID: 35698731); Nature Communications 2022 (PMC9240011); Autophagy 2022 (PMC9298442). The full publication list from Ding Lab can be found at: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=ding+wen-xing&sort=date

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Job Description:

Job Duties:

• The Postdoctoral Fellow will spear-head projects aimed at defining the role of TFEB in liver cell fate changes in alcohol-associated liver diseases.

• The Postdoctoral Fellow will interpret experimental results and analyze data generated from their studies.

• The Postdoctoral Fellow will lead knowledge dissemination through manuscript preparation efforts and take an active role in internal and external data presentations, and aid in the development of external funding applications.

• The Postdoctoral Fellow will be responsible for oversight of mouse colony management.

• Routine lab maintenance and ordering of supplies.

• This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. It is only a summary of the typical functions of the job, not an exhaustive list of all possible job responsibilities, tasks, duties, and assignments. Furthermore, job duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Required Qualifications
Education: PhD in toxicology or biomedical sciences is required for this position.

Work Experience:

• Research experience in wet bench laboratory is required.

• Mentorship experience of junior technicians and trainees within a laboratory setting.

Preferred Qualifications
Work Experience:

• Technical background experience in molecular biology, cellular imaging and animal experimentation in liver diseases are preferred.

• Experience in bioinformatics background is a plus.

Required Documents:

• Resume/CV

• Cover Letter

• Reference letter (upon request)

Comprehensive Benefits Package:

Employee Type:

Regular

Time Type:

Full time

Rate Type:

Salary

Compensation Statement:

The pay range listed for this position is determined by our compensation program using market data and salary benchmarking. A combination of factors is considered in making compensation decisions including, but not limited to, education, experience and training, qualifications relative to the requirements of the position, and funding. At the University of Kansas Medical Center, a reasonable estimate for the starting pay range will be the minimum to midpoint of the posted range, taking into account the combination of factors listed above. 

Pay Range:

$58,656.00 - $80,000.00

Minimum

$58,656.00

Midpoint

$69,328.00

Maximum

$80,000.00