Postdoctoral Associate
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX
Job posting number: #7119214 (Ref:14266-en_US)
Posted: December 31, 2022
Application Deadline: Open Until Filled
Job Description
Summary
The Department of Molecular and Human Genetics is seeking a Postdoctoral Fellow for a new grant - the RE-JOIN award. This is a co-op to form the Restoring Joint Health and Function to Reduce Pain Consortium (RE-JOIN). The goal of RE-JOIN will be to define the innervation of the different articular and peri-articular tissues that collectively form the joint (including bone, cartilage, synovium, joint capsule, ligament, tendon, fascia and muscle), by sensory neurons that mediate the sensation of pain.
Job Duties
- Focuses on neural fate mapping with some additional effort toward mouse genetics, tissue preparation, histology, and microscopy.
Minimum Qualifications
- MD or Ph.D. in Basic Science, Health Science, or a related field.
- No experience required.
Baylor College of Medicine requires employees to be fully vaccinated -subject to approved exemptions-against vaccine-preventable diseases including, but not limited to, COVID-19 and influenza.
Baylor College of Medicine is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Equal Access Employer.
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