Postdoctoral Scholar - Military veterans preferred

Oregon Health & Science University

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Postdoctoral Scholar

US-OR-Portland

Job ID: 2025-33867
Type: Regular Full-Time
# of Openings: 1
Category: Postdoctoral
Portland, OR (Marquam Hill)

Overview

• Design and conduct biochemical and biophysical experiments to investigate structure-dynamics-function relationships of various integral membrane proteins. 
• Cell culture, protein expression using various expression systems, purification, sample preparation for cryoEM/cryoET/X ray crystallography, data collection, data analysis, model building, functional assays, data interpretation. 
• Record keeping, documentation and presentations:
  
  • Maintain accurate and detailed records of all experimental procedures, data collection and analysis performed and share it on a regular basis with the PI.
  • Strong written and oral communication skills for reporting experimental results, writing manuscripts, presenting research findings at lab meetings.
  • Assist the PI with manuscript preparation and grant applications as well as apply for independent funding opportunities.
  • Present, or assist in the presentation of, research projects at retreats, seminars, conferences and other OHSU or public venues.
  • Maintain high level of professional expertise through familiarity with current scientific literature. Participate in professional development opportunities. 
• Assist in lab management, training of new lab personnel on lab practices and protocols, including sample preparation and instrumentation use.
• Perform routine lab operations, including but not limited to the purchase of laboratory supplies, monitoring supplies, and maintaining assigned laboratory equipment.
• Maintain laboratory compliance documentation for biological, and radiological work. Be familiar with lab safety infrastructure and ensure compliance with all safety regulations. 
• Other responsibilities as assigned by the supervisor in furtherance of the lab’s research and the university’s missions and goals of teaching, research, outreach, and public service. 

• Ph.D. in Biochemistry or related field

• Research experience in the fields of protein biochemistry, molecular biology, biophysics

• Efficient in literature review, experiment design, planning, and organizing

• Molecular biology tools (e.g., gel electrophoresis, PCR, cloning)

• Protein analysis tools like Western blotting, immunoprecipitation

• Basic knowledge of DNA and protein analysis software tools

• Protein expression and purification

• Problem solving skills and research integrity

• Ability to adapt to newer methods/tools as required by the research projects

• Strong communication skills in both oral and written formats

• Working knowledge of office computer applications, such as Word, Excel and PowerPoint

• Ph.D. in Structural biology of integral membrane proteins
• Additional research experience in the field of structural biology (e.g., cryoEM, X-ray crystallography and/or NMR)

• Integral membrane protein expression and purification in insect and mammalian cell lines

• Biochemical/Biophysical characterization methods

• Cell culture techniques

• Computational skills (e.g., familiarity with cryoEM data processing pipeline, linux/python)

• Advanced knowledge of tools like GraphPad Prism, Adobe Illustrator

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