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Postdoctoral Associate

Employer
Baylor College of Medicine
Location
Texas, United States
Salary
Salary Not Specified
Date posted
Jul 20, 2021


Summary

We are seeking a highly motivated motivated postdoctoral trainee to work in Dr. Cieslik’s laboratory to study changes in the extracellular matrix and inflammation in the aging heart. In our previous work, we demonstrated a therapeutic response to Glycine (Gly) and N-Acetyl Cysteine (NAC) dietary supplementation (GlyNAC) in old male mice. The old mice demonstrated a striking improvement in diastolic function, left atrial volume, and left ventricular diastolic pressure with GlyNAC dietary supplementation that was not seen with NAC alone. GlyNAC improved mitochondrial function and carbohydrate metabolism. However, the most striking change was a decrease in inflammatory mediators (IL-6), an increase in anti-inflammatory IL-10, and reduced leukocyte infiltration into the heart. Further investigation of the mechanism by which GlyNAC prevents and reverses diastolic dysfunction in old male and female mice will be the focus of postdoctoral trainee research.

Job Duties
  • Participate in literature searching.
  • Design and conduct experiments.
  • Co-authors publications.
  • Present data in seminars and meetings.


Minimum Qualifications
  • MD or Ph.D. in Basic Science, Health Science, or a related field.
  • No experience.


Preferred Qualifications
  • Experience in handling mice.
  • Experience with RNA and protein extraction and detection.
  • Experience with culturing primary cells.
  • Background in immunology or cardiac physiology is a plus.
  • Good communication and writing skills.


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Please send your CV, a cover letter summarizing your experience, and contact information of three references to cieslik@bcm.edu .

Baylor College of Medicine is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Equal Access Employer.

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CA; CH; PD

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