Description:
The Masonic Medical Research Institute (mmri.
edu) is looking for enthusiastic candidates to join the laboratory of Dr.
Matthew Nystoriak.
Successful candidates will join a research program which focuses on biological processes that underlie cardiovascular health and disease.
To achieve these goals, we use multidisciplinary approaches that span cellular electrophysiology, fluorescence microscopy, and in vivo imaging techniques.
While a base level of experience will be important for a successful candidate, we equally weigh enthusiasm, curiosity, long-term potential, and team fit for anyone who might join the lab.
The important thing is that your goals fit with those of the group at MMRI, and that our group is a good fit for you.
Specific projects address:
o Determining how cardiac metabolism regulates blood flow to the heart across the lifespan
o Voltage-gated ion channel structure-function relationships as they relate to intermediary metabolism and membrane excitability
o Cardiac arrhythmia susceptibility and electrical remodeling upon exposure to environmental toxins
In addition to internally driven projects, our group also has extensive national and international collaborations, including with groups at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Columbia University, Massachusetts General Hospital, the University of Pennsylvania, Vanderbilt University, and others.
For more information, please visit our lab website at www.
mmri.
edu
For a full listing of published work, please visit: https://scholar.
google.
com/citations?
user=ZVR6v_MAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
See a few examples of our recent work below:
https://www.
ahajournals.
org/doi/10.
1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.
122.
010119
https://www.
nature.
com/articles/s41586-022-04817-8
https://insight.
jci.
org/articles/view/154633
We provide:
An opportunity to present your work at national/international conferences.
Support for publication of high and medium impact journal articles.
We are also strong advocates of preprints.
A supportive environment that keeps your short and long-term career goals in mind.
Your success is our success!
Clear expectations provided in structured project management.
A closely-knit, exceptionally equipped research institute with a wide variety of research interests and expertise.
An appreciation for work/life balance; sometimes the best ideas come when not in the lab!
A highly competitive compensation and benefits packages
A position in the very affordable Mohawk Valley of Upstate New York: an ideal region for those interested in myriad outdoor adventures including those in the Adirondack State Park, the largest park in the contiguous United States.
Requirements: Preferred Qualifications
Electrophysiology and/or vascular physiology
Animal handling and colony maintenance
Genotyping
Data analysis and organization
Figure preparation
Lab maintenance
Educational Experience
Ph.
D.
in a related field and five or more years of related research experience, or a master's degree and seven or more years of related research experience.
Grade EF
Experience with any of the following:
Experimental execution, performance, and data collection
Research Protocol
Scientific Terminology
Flexible – ability to change directions as needed for the benefit of laboratory.
Performance Excellence – high responsibility, pleasant to work with, provides timely and accurate information.
Organized – manages time effectively, keeps tasks appropriately prioritized.
Critical Thinking – ability to think through issues and identify appropriate options.
Work Ethic – motivated, diligent, industrious, and persistent in the workplace, stays on tasks to completion, works at a fast pace to ensure optimal efficiency.
Interpersonal – can build effective, strong working relationships with colleagues and management through trust, communication, and credibility.
Teamwork – ability to work with others, serve others, help others, take directions from others in the interest of moving process and programs forward to the desired outcome
For any role:
A general love of science and all the challenges that come with it.
Excitement to tackle challenging, multidisciplinary scientific questions in areas involving development of technical and analytical workflows.
Scientific creativity to identify and evaluate novel approaches to answer our research questions.
A hard working and collegial attitude
A desire to work in a relatively informal, highly collaborative, and scientifically rigorous team-centered laboratory environment.
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