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Mass General Brigham relies on a wide range of professionals including doctors nurses business people tech experts researchers and systems analysts to advance our mission. As a not-for-profit we support patient care research teaching and community service striving to provide exceptional care. We believe that high-performing teams drive groundbreaking medical discoveries and invite all applicants to join us and experience what it means to be part of Mass General Brigham.
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Post-Doctoral Fellowship Brigham and Womens HospitalCoon Laboratory Division of Plastic Surgery
The Department of Surgery Division of Plastic Surgery at Brigham and Womens Hospital is seeking a Post-Doctoral Fellow for the Tissue Engineering and Wound Healing Laboratory (PI: Devin OBrien Coon MD MSE).
The Tissue Engineering and Wound Healing Laboratory is a state-of-the-art laboratory housed in the 16-story biomedical Thorn building part of Brigham and Womens Hospital a Harvard Medical School affiliated institution. The lab has extensive facilities including qRT-PCR machines for molecular biology analysis immunohistochemistry FACS optical microscopy small and large animal surgery cell cultures and access to transcriptomic sequencing.
Current research projects include:
-The effects of hormones on wound healing and scarring
-Aging and senescence mechanisms in skin repair and regeneration
-Molecular pathways of gonadotropic hormones on macrophage and fibroblast behavior in microtissue spheroids
-Development of complex organ scaffolds including decellularization and reseeding
The position is available for M.D. or Ph.D. scientists with a relevant background for example wound healing biology and/or tissue engineering tissue processing and analysis or basic science. A strong biology background or prior lab experience are required.
The fellow will work closely with the PI and others in the lab to design and execute experiments collect and verify data and present findings at academic conferences and in publications. Techniques implemented in experiments include RNAseq cell culture qRT-PCR histologic immunofluorescence Nanostring and flow cytometry as well as both rodent and porcine animal surgery. Our lab has a strong animal research component though not all projects involve animal work; thus animal surgery background is beneficial but not required. The fellow will receive further training in year 2 for grant writing as a pathway to obtaining academic independence. The fellow will also have the option of attending one workshop on laboratory leadership or grantsmanship.
We are an Equal Opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability status protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.
Interested candidates should submit curriculum vitae and letter of interest to Piper Loehrke Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Brigham & Womens Hospital via e-mail at
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