Postdoctoral Fellow-MSH
Postdoctoral Fellow-MSH
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Job Description
Salary: $74692
Department: Cardiovascular Research Institute
Physical work location:
1470 Madison Ave
Hess CSM 7th Floor Room 202
New York NY 10029
Name PI or Supervisor: Cameron McAlpine
Web link to Lab: link to Department: Contact: Christopher Chan; ;
Responsibilities
Details of Research Project:
In this research project the postdoctoral fellow will investigate the neurocircuitry and neuroinflammatory mechanisms associating myocardial infarction (MI) and sleep. Using murine models they will performed detailed activity and circuit mapping of the brains sleep centers after MI and evaluate the reprogramming and redistribution of immune cells in the brain. Causal interventional experiments will link these changes with heart healing and recovery.
Technical Duties: (include any protocols)
The candidate will maintain and breed transgenic mice perform brain imaging with immunofluorescent and light sheet microscopes conduct flow cytometry and sequencing analysis of brain immune cells evaluate heart function with echocardiography and MRI.
Qualifications
Educational and other Requirements for the position: PhD MD or MD/PhD
Experience Required: N/A
Goals/Outcomes of the Research Project:
Our goal is to identify new mechanisms by which the heart and heart damage modify sleep.
Employment Type
Full-Time
