Tamus
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Houston, TX · Contract
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About the role
- Embracing varying opinions and perspectives strengthens our core values which are: Respect, Excellence, Leadership, Loyalty, Integrity, and Selfless Service.
- Writes and may contribute to research papers, articles, and publications.
- Assists with the preparation and cleaning of worksite.
Responsibilities
- Develops, adapts, and performs biochemical, cell-based, immunologic, imaging, and/or computational assays as appropriate to project goals, including assay-development and drug-discovery workflows.
- Departmental Support
- Participates in interdisciplinary proposal-team activities and assists with organization, data compilation, literature review, figure/table preparation, and technical documentation in support of external funding proposals including personal fellowships and program related proposals.
- Engages in individualized training in drug discovery and development, regulatory and commercial translation, collaborative research practices, career-development planning, and fellowship/grant preparation to support future independent research in industry or academics.
- You can upload both documents in the CV/Resume section of the application.
Requirements
- Actively participates in the preparation of required technical progress reports to research sponsors, collaborative project teams, and training or career-development programs as appropriate.
- May travel as required
Nice to have
- Experience with molecular biology, protein biochemistry, mammalian cell culture, cell-based assay development, fluorescence/imaging, flow cytometry, or related methods.
- Experience with computational drug discovery, molecular modeling, structure-based design, or analysis software such as MOE, AlphaFold/Boltz, GraphPad Prism, Python/R, or related tools.
- Experience or interest in cancer pharmacology, immuno-oncology, natural killer cell biology, drug discovery and development, translational therapeutics, blood-brain barrier models, or neurodegenerative disease research.
- Evidence of effective written and oral communication, collaborative research, mentoring, and contribution to publications, presentations, or competitive fellowship/grant preparation.
- Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Excellent verbal and written skills.
- Oral and written presentation skills.
- Analytical skills, including ability to interpret mechanism-of-action and pharmacologic response data.
Compensation
- Proposed Minimum Salary
Benefits
- Texas A&M University Health Science Center
- Utilizes knowledge and skills granted to them by their education and expertise to complete research projects in their field of expertise.
- Required Education and Experience
- W ill be commensurate based on the selected hire's education and experience.
- Texas A&M University is committed to enriching the learning and working environment by promoting a culture that respects all perspectives, talents & lived experiences.
Company info
- As one of the fastest-growing academic health centers in the nation, Texas A&M Health encompasses five colleges and numerous centers and institutes working together to improve health through transformative education, innovative research and team-based health care delivery.
- What we want
- The Postdoctoral Research Associate is responsible for conducting translational pharmacology research in cancer therapeutics within the Drug Discovery Resource Center, with an initial emphasis on the pharmacology of natural killer cell fortification in collaboration with research partners at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. The Postdoctoral Research Associate will utilize the skills and expertise granted to them by their education and experience to complete research projects focused on mechanism of action, pharmacologic response, assay development, and translation of positive results toward patient treatment. Writes and may contribute to research papers, articles, and publications. Assists with the preparation and cleaning of worksite. May collaborate with other researchers, faculty, and external partners.
- What you need to know
- The Postdoctoral Research Associate is responsible for conducting translational pharmacology research in cancer therapeutics within the Drug Discovery Resource Center, with an initial emphasis on the pharmacology of natural killer cell fortification in collaboration with research partners at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.
- The Postdoctoral Research Associate will utilize the skills and expertise granted to them by their education and experience to complete research projects focused on mechanism of action, pharmacologic response, assay development, and translation of positive results toward patient treatment.
- May collaborate with other researchers, faculty, and external partners.
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