"Postdoctoral Associate"

Details

Posted: 19-Dec-25

Location: New Brunswick, New Jersey

Categories: Research - Laboratory/Non-Laboratory, Staff/Administrative

Internal Number: 265360

Position Summary

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey is seeking a Postdoctoral Associate within the Department of Oral Biology at the Rutgers School of Dental Medicine (RSDM).

Under the direction of the Principal Investigator, the Postdoctoral Associate will perform research centered around our lab's investigation of wound healing, salivary gland development and regeneration, and saliva-bacteria interactions. The Postdoctoral Associate will use genetic perturbation and overexpression in vitro and in vivo (mouse) models to uncover principles that inform tissue repair, oral health, and host–microbe interactions. This position offers the opportunity to develop an independent research portfolio in a collaborative, translational environment. The goal of the research is to develop novel pharmacological treatments and therapies to wound healing, dry mouth, and oral infectious diseases such as caries and periodontitis.

This position offers a collaborative, supportive environment with opportunities to pursue creative and independent research directions, as well as close mentorship tailored to career goals. Additionally, this position offers access to state-of-the-art facilities and core resources (e.g., imaging, flow cytometry, proteomics), and opportunities to contribute to lab growth and build new research platforms.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Investigates wound healing, salivary gland development, and/or saliva-bacterial/microbial-host interactions using molecular, cellular, and tissue-level assays.
• Designs, performs, and analyzes experiments involving gene perturbation, gene editing (CRISPR/Cas9, RNAi), and gene overexpression approaches in vitro and in vivo models.
• Performs immunostaining for paraffin tissue sections or frozen tissues sections.
• Maintains experimental records in accordance with Rutgers institutional policies and regulatory requirements.
• Maintains laboratory equipment to meet unique needs of the research activity.
• Prepares and revises manuscripts for publication; assists with preparation of grant proposals and presentations.
• Actively seeks new collaborative projects within the department and externally.
• Assists in training and mentoring the undergraduate or master's students.
• Helps establish protocols, workflows, and lab organization in a new, growing lab environment.
• Keeps abreast of all pertinent federal, state and Rutgers' regulations, laws and policies as they presently exist and as they change or are modified.
• Understands and adheres to Rutgers' compliance standards as they appear in RBHS's Corporate Compliance Policy, Code of Conduct and Conflict of Interest Policy.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Minimum Education and Experience

• Ph.D in Oral Sciences, Developmental Biology, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering, Microbiology, Biomedical Sciences, or a related discipline required.

City: Newark

State: NJ

Physical Demands and Work Environment

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

• Standing, sitting, walking, talking and hearing.
• Lifting up to 25 lbs.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

• Laboratory/Office environment. Moderate noise.

Salary: $60,000

Posting Number: 25ST2609