Summary

Dr. Jason Lee in the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology at Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) is seeking a postdoctoral associate who will work on independent and collaborative projects, and who will contribute to the vibrant and team-oriented laboratory environment. Dr. Lee’s research focuses on understanding how and why contact sites form between membrane-bound organelles and mRNA-protein condensates in health and disease.

Dr. Lee is seeking new postdoctoral associates with research experience in membrane-bound organelles, such as the endoplasmic reticulum, mRNA-protein condensates, live-cell microscopy, RNA-seq, neuroscience, cancer, and/or viral trafficking. The postdoctoral associate, under the mentoring of Dr. Lee, will be the person to perform all experiments to achieve the goal of their project(s).

Job Duties

• Sets lab standards by selecting, evaluating, conceptualizing and applying common and novel techniques used in biomedical research; such as cell culture, live-cell and immunofluorescence microscopy, molecular biology, RNA seq library preparation, etc.
• Designs, optimizes and executes experiments to answer questions related to research projects, and to publish experimental results and interpretations.
• Communicates their findings with other scientists at scientific meetings. 

Minimum Qualifications

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

Preferred Qualifications

• Live-cell Microscopy Immunofluorescence Cell fractionation Programming skills RNA seq Immunoprecipitation,
• Immunoblots Cloning,
• CRISPR Cell culture,
• Pipetting,
• Scientific writing and communication.