Job Description

Postdoctoral Fellow (Cardiology)
A postdoctoral position is available for highly motivated candidates to join our research team at Herma Heart Institute, Department of Pediatrics, Cardiovascular Center at the Medical College of Wisconsin.
The research interests of our lab reside at the interface of Cell Biology, Genomics, and Cardiology. We employ several experimental systems, including engineered mouse models and human-induced pluripotent stem cells, to understand the cellular mechanisms that govern the proliferation and differentiation of heart muscle cells. We also utilize a variety of molecular and computational techniques to understand the diversity of cellular behavior via single-cell functional genomics.
Our goal of our research is to provide a cell biology view to better understand human heart disease and develop regenerative strategies.
Our webpage: https://childrenswi.org/physician-directory/researchers/lu-han
Lab webpage: https://han.cellcycle.org/

Characteristics of a postdoctoral appointment:
We are looking for highly motivated postdoctoral fellows who are passionate about basic cell biology questions and willing to collaborate and communicate as team members.
• Transition to career independence through the development of professional skills that enable the postdoc to actively pursue a career of his/her own choosing.
• Be supervised by at least one senior scholar who actively promotes the postdoc's professional development.
• Establish an individual development plan (IDP) that incorporates equally the postdoc's career and training goals and the mentor's research goals.
• Pursue basic, clinical, or translational projects so long as effort is focused primarily on research.
• Publish results of the postdoc's research and scholarship during their appointment.
• The postdoctoral appointment is temporary by nature, the aggregate amount of time spent as a postdoc is recommended to not exceed five years (not including family medical leave or maternity/paternity leave).
• As postdocs are important members of the host institution's community, appropriate levels of compensation, health care, and other benefits commensurate with their essential status should be afforded, independent of the postdoc's source of funding.

Primary Functions

• Plan, design and execute complex research studies, procedures and protocols.
• Participate in discovery projects.
• Coordinate research study activities; lead and manage projects.
• Oversee organization, synthesis and analysis of data and findings.
• Prepare scientific reports, outcome findings and scientific manuscripts.
• Participate in meetings with principle investigator and research staff in which you will evaluate/interpret the validity of data, develop methodologies, and design and evaluate lab procedures.
• May oversee the work of laboratory personnel including training and development as well as daily work direction, delegation and establishing priorities.
• Other duties as assigned
Purpose
According to the National Institute of Health (NIH) and the National Science Foundation (NSF), a postdoc is an individual who has received a doctoral degree (or equivalent) and is engaged in a temporary and defined period of mentored advanced research training to enhance the professional skills and research independence needed to pursue his or her chosen career path. In addition, according to the National Postdoc Association (NPA), Postdoctoral appointees can pursue basic, clinical or translational projects so long as their primary effort is devoted toward their own scholarship. Postdocs are essential to the scholarly mission of the mentor and host institution, and thus are expected to have the freedom to publish the results of their scholarship.

Contact
• Please submit your most recent CV, one-page research statement, and a list of references via the MCW careers website https://careers.peopleclick.com/careerscp/client_medcollegewi/external_staff/jobDetails.do?functionName=getJobDetail&jobPostId=21307&localeCode=en-us
• If you have questions regarding this position, you can contact the PI, Dr. Lu Han ([email protected]).

Specifications
Minimum Required Education: PhD in a scientific field or MD
Minimum Required Experience: None

Knowledge – Skills – Abilities
Required knowledge: biology, documentation, records management, data utilization, complex problem solving, critical thinking, resource management, and writing skills

Skills and abilities:
• Experience with cell culture, molecular techniques, immunohistochemical staining, Western blot.
• Experience with handling of laboratory animals is preferred.
• Experience with cardiovascular-related techniques is preferred.
• Experience with induced-pluripotent stem cell culture and/or -omics is a plus.