-PhD and/or MD degree -Molecular cloning and animal work experience (mouse models) are encouraged but not necessary.
Duties and Responsibilities:
This is a postdoc position. The candidate will develop blood stem cell expansion technique supported by an active NHLBI award. He/she will use in vitro culture system to identify sport cells and soluble factors to improve the in vitro expansion efficiency of blood stem cells. The candidate will develop novel 2D and 3D co-cultures for blood stem cells. He or she will also produce novel protein cytokines using bacterial or mammalian cells. These cytokines will be tested for blood stem cell expansion.
Minimum Qualifications:
-PhD and/or MD degree -Molecular cloning and animal work experience (mouse models) are encouraged but not necessary.
Duties and Responsibilities:
This is a postdoc position. The candidate will develop blood stem cell expansion technique supported by an active NHLBI award. He/she will use in vitro culture system to identify sport cells and soluble factors to improve the in vitro expansion efficiency of blood stem cells. The candidate will develop novel 2D and 3D co-cultures for blood stem cells. He or she will also produce novel protein cytokines using bacterial or mammalian cells. These cytokines will be tested for blood stem cell expansion.
Qualifications: PhD and/or MD degree. Strong experience in 2D and 3D cell culture techniques, and experience using HPLC and LC-MS in protein extraction/purification are required. Molecular cloning and animal work experience is preferred.
Internal Number: 10155
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Loyola University Chicago, a private university founded in 1870 as St. Ignatius College, is one of the nation's largest Jesuit, Catholic Universities and the only one located in Chicago. Loyola University Chicago is comprised of four campuses: Lake Shore (LSC), Water Tower (WTC), Health Sciences (HSC), and the John Felice Rome Center in Italy, and is home to ten schools and colleges: arts and sciences, business administration, communication, education, graduate studies, law, medicine, nursing, continuing and professional studies, and social work. Loyola also features course locations in Beijing, China; Saigon-Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; Vernon Hills, Illinois (Cuneo Mansion and Gardens); and a Retreat and Ecology Campus in Woodstock, Illinois. Recognizing Loyola's excellence in education, U.S.News and World Report has ranked Loyola consistently among the "top national universities" in its annual publications. Loyola is among a select group of universities recognized for community service and engagement by prestigious national organizations like the Carnegie Foundation and the Corporation for National and Community Service.
