- Participate in lab work and research.
- Develop innovative research projects and tools.
- Prepare results for publication and presentation.
- Attend and present technical status reports at group meetings.
- Administrative lab duties including order placing, record-keeping, and rotating lab duties.
- Other duties as assigned.
This position is full-time and the responsibilities are to conduct research exploring the molecular and cellular mechanisms of oligodendrocyte biology in mouse and zebrafish CNS using molecular biology, genetics, and microscopy.
- Planning, executing, and analyzing experiments for independent research project(s) using molecular, cellular, and live imaging approaches in mouse and zebrafish central nervous system.
- Manuscript preparation for individual projects and assisting other lab members with manuscripts as needed.
- Assisting the PI and other lab members with grant application (data acquisition, writing assistance, editing) as needed.
- Traveling to national and international meetings to present on findings.
- Helping to mentor and train junior...
The behavioral pediatrics postdoctoral position emphasizes consultation and treatment activities within a pediatric setting. Clinical activities will focus on behavioral pediatrics and integrated primary care. Behavioral pediatrics addresses the well child gap between general pediatric care and mental health services. Training will emphasize collaboration and clinical consultation within general pediatrics clinics, training of pediatric residents, and outpatient treatment emphasizing common behavior problems that present in outpatient pediatric medical settings (e.g., bedtime problems, tantrums, noncompliance, mealtime and feeding difficulties, delayed toilet training), behavior problems with a biological...
- Perform multiplexed immunostaining and related wet-laboratory studies, including cyclic immunofluorescence, antibody conjugation, preparation of tissue and blood samples, and optimization and validation of staining protocols.
- Perform fluorescence microscopy and quantitative image acquisition, including image quality control, experimental optimization and validation of imaging results.
- Develop and apply computational approaches for quantitative analysis of multiplexed imaging data, including image preprocessing, cell segmentation and classification, feature extraction, spatial analysis, statistical modeling, machine learning, and development of reproducible image-analysis workflows.
- Participate in laboratory and project meetings and contribute to...
- Design, synthesis, purification and characterization of novel fluorophores and molecular probes for fluorescence guided surgery, molecular disease detection and quantitative imaging. Conduct structure-property and structure-activity studies to guide optimization of optical properties, targeting, stability and biological performance.
- Work with biologists, engineers and clinicians to evaluate promising probes through in vitro and in vivo studies, analyze and interpret experimental data, and use these findings to guide subsequent molecular design and optimization.
- Participate in laboratory and project meetings and contribute to manuscripts, figures, data analysis and applications for research funding as appropriate.
- Present research findings at local, national...
The postdoctoral fellowship in neurodevelopment involves assessment and research activities primarily within the Autism Program at the CDRC. Core assessment duties involve participation in interdisciplinary and single-discipline autism and broader neurodevelopmental evaluations for school age youth ages 5-18 years. The fellow would be responsible for administering and interpreting cognitive, adaptive, emotional and behavioral, and autism-specific behavioral testing, as well as conducting diagnostic interviews and providing feedback to patients and their families.
We are...
To perform, collect and analyze research procedures in all aspects of laboratory setting and ensure accuracy and progression of research projects, including but not limit to:
- Collect and analyze research data
- Keep accurate details of experimental procedures and original data
- Prepare research summaries, abstracts, manuscripts
- Develops and document standardized lab protocols, and assist with training of...
- Participate in lab work and research projects as assigned.
- Develop innovative research projects and tools.
- Prepare results for publications, presentations, database, and grant submissions.
- Attend and present technical status reports at group meetings.
- Assists in the daily operation of the lab including hazardous waste disposal, sterilization of equipment, cleaning glassware, general servicing of equipment and ordering lab supplies, and preparation of media and buffers.
- Other duties as assigned.
The anxiety treatment postdoctoral position emphasizes behavioral health and includes evaluation, treatment, and optional research activities within the Anxiety Treatment and Diagnostic Intake Clinics. The post-doctoral fellow will provide diagnostic intake assessments, and outpatient intervention services to medically, developmentally, psychologically complex, and/or treatment refractory patients with anxiety and related disorders. Patients have primarily been referred from OHSU subspecialty or general pediatric clinics and providers or seen in response to inpatient consultation. Services will be provided primarily at Doernbecher Children’s Hospital or Cornell West located clinics,...
- Planning, executing, and analyzing experiments for independent research project(s) using biochemical methods and single particle and tomographic cryo-EM methods to elucidate the structure(s) of the target molecule(s) and their organization.
- Manuscript preparation for individual projects and assisting other lab members with manuscripts as needed.
- Assisting the PI and other lab members with grant application (data acquisition, writing assistance, editing) as needed.
- Traveling to national and international meetings to present on findings.
- Helping to mentor and train junior members of the laboratory.
- Other duties as assigned.
A full-time, three-year postdoctoral fellowship position is available in the Parkinson’s Center of Oregon at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland Oregon. The center conducts cutting-edge research into Parkinson’s disease including investigating the underlying biology as well as evaluating potential therapeutic options in both preclinical and human studies.
Although the incidence of Parkinson’s Disease in minoritized...
This position is full-time and the responsibilities are to conduct research exploring the molecular and cellular mechanisms of astrocyte biology in Drosophila and zebrafish CNS using molecular biology, genetics, and microscopy.
- Planning, executing, and analyzing experiments for independent research project(s) using molecular, cellular, and live imaging approaches in Drosophila and zebrafish central nervous system.
- Manuscript preparation for individual projects and assisting other lab members with manuscripts as needed.
- Assisting the PI and other lab members with grant application (data acquisition, writing assistance, editing) as needed.
- Traveling to national and international meetings to present on findings.
- Helping to...
Imaging and neurophysiology project lead
- Conducts rodent surgery as needed for experimental objectives
- Performs electrophysiology, confocal (multiphoton) image acquisition in vivo and in vitro, and image processing independently
- Helps develop and maintain electrophysiological and imaging equipment in working order
- Helps develop and maintain animal behavior equipment in working order
- Processes tissue samples for imaging, including live and fix specimens, including immunohistochemistry and other fixed tissue techniques
- Conducts rodent behavior experiments as needed
- Provides faculty support: building and coordinating research proposals; creating and conducting experiments; analyzing results of...
The Division of Pediatric Psychology, in partnership with the Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, at Doernbecher Children’s Hospital, Oregon Health & Science University, is recruiting for one full-time pediatric GI psychology postdoctoral fellow. The duration of training is 12 months with the option to extend for a second year of subspecialty training based on fellow interest and program availability.
This fellowship will consist of clinical training in the...
A fully funded postdoctoral position is available in the Department of Pediatrics. The laboratory studies the molecular mechanisms that drive oncogenic receptor tyrosine kinase (RTK) signaling and therapeutic resistance in cancer, with an emphasis on kinase-driven solid tumors, including lung cancer and glioblastoma.
The position supports an NIH R01 program that defines how an oncogenic RTK is activated, stabilized, and transcriptionally controlled, and how these processes shape response and resistance to targeted kinase inhibitors. The postdoctoral scholar will investigate...
We are currently building our team and looking for a Post Doctoral Scholar interested in studying the molecular connections between stem cell biology, neural injury, and neural cancer biology, primarily using zebrafish as a model system https://www.bretpearsonlab.org.
We use cutting edge genomic and imaging techniques to understand fundamental questions in adult stem cell biology in normal, regenerative, and tumorigenic contexts. In addition to scientific training, the postdoc will also receive...
The Center for Experimental Therapeutics (CET) at the OHSU Knight Cancer Institute is seeking highly motivated Postdoctoral Fellows to join the Chemical Biology & Drug Discovery laboratory. Our multidisciplinary team integrates chemical biology, cancer biology, pharmacology, and translational research to discover and develop first-in-class therapeutics for cancer. Candidates should have a strong background in cell biology, molecular biology, cancer biology, or a related discipline.
The...
Posting FTE
1.00
Position Type
Regular Full-Time
Posting Department
Center for Experimental Therapeutics - Knight Cancer Institute
The Center for Experimental Therapeutics (CET) at the OHSU Knight Cancer Institute is seeking highly motivated Postdoctoral Fellows to join the Chemical Biology & Drug Discovery laboratory. Our multidisciplinary team integrates chemical biology, cancer biology, pharmacology, and translational research to discover and develop first-in-class therapeutics for cancer. Candidates should have a strong background in cell biology, molecular biology, immunology, or a related discipline.
The successful...
Posting FTE
1.00
Position Type
Regular Full-Time
Posting Department
Center for Experimental Therapeutics - Knight Cancer Institute
- Contribute to the scientific direction and planning for a project within the lab.
- Perform experiments involving protein biochemistry, structure, bacteriology, molecular biology, and cell biology techniques.
- Apply for postdoctoral fellowships and contribute to the preparation of scientific publications.
- Attend lab meetings, analyze and discuss data, maintain lab notebook.
- Other duties as assigned.
The Department of Pediatrics is recruiting for a Post Doctoral Scholar position. The position is in the laboratory of Dr. Stephen Back studying cellular and molecular mechanisms of human white matter injury related to aging and cognitive decline. The project utilizes a unique collection of human autopsy brains from subjects identified with vascular brain injury, Alzheimers Disease and MRI-defined white matter hyperintensity signal abnormalities (see: Annals of Neurology 70:465-476, 2011; Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology, 75(6):539-554, 2016; Annals of Neurology 83:142-152, 2018)