Postdoctoral Researcher

IUSD and Postdoctoral Fellow Position

The Indiana University School of Dentistry has been advancing oral health in the state and beyond since 1879, when it was founded as the Indiana Dental College. Over the past 140 years, we’ve become a national leader in preparing oral health professionals, conducting innovative research that has an impact on patients and the profession, and providing patient-centered care.

The Salivary Diagnostics Laboratory at the Indiana University School of Dentistry (IUSD) has an immediate opening for a highly motivated individual to participate in biomarker discovery and identification in autoimmune diseases. A predominant goal of the research program is to identify biomarkers for early identification of Sjogren’s disease, a complex autoimmune disease with a multi-year clinicopathological course. In addition to working in our salivary analysis and diagnostics research laboratory, the selected candidate will work with a multidisciplinary team of investigators in health informatics, clinical and basic research, oral medicine and “omics” cores. The successful candidate is expected to have excellent communication/writing skills in English, and to be a team player who appreciates working closely and collaboratively with others in the group. The successful candidate is anticipated to collaborate in various translational research related projects and participate in writing grants and manuscripts.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Processing of saliva for proteomics and molecular analysis, initially with supervision and then progressively

towards independent work. These experiments will include but are not limited to:

• Saliva preparation for proteomics and genomics.

• Perform conventional proteomics, bioinformatic analysis and interpretation.

• RT-PCR, immunoblots, immunoprecipitation, kinase activity assays.

• Flow cytometry.

• Mammalian cell culture.

• Accurately document research findings for use in scientific publications and grant submission.

• Participate in writing scientific publications and grant submissions.

• Participate in research group meetings.

Experience:

Applicants should have a recent PhD degree in biochemistry/oral biology/ molecular biology, or a closely related field with a good track record of publications in peer-reviewed journals.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $56,327.00 - $58,824.00 per year

Benefits:

• Health insurance
• Paid time off

Experience level:

• 1 year

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Education:

• Doctorate (Preferred)

Experience:

• Research: 3 years (Preferred)

Ability to Commute:

• Indianapolis, IN 46202 (Preferred)

Ability to Relocate:

• Indianapolis, IN 46202: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person