Postdoctoral Scholar in Cardiovascular Sciences

Description

Area: Molecular mechanisms of cardiovascular disease

Duration: One Year, Renewable

Start Date: Immediate

Salary: Commensurate with experience (minimum CAD$40,000 per year)

The Department of Physiology & Pharmacology and Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta in the Cumming School of Medicine at the University of Calgary is accepting applications for a postdoctoral fellowship in cardiovascular sciences.

Job Description:

A postdoctoral fellow position is available at the Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta and the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology for a highly qualified and motivated individual to support our projects focused on the identification of molecular mechanisms of various cardiovascular diseases. The successful candidate must have a strong background in murine heart failure and vascular disease models.

The candidate will work under the supervision of Vaibhav Patel and Paul Fedak on research projects investigating the roles of interorgan communications and their impact on cardiovascular disease. Experimental approaches and tools will include transgenic mice, human specimens, stem cell isolations, next-gen sequencing/bioinformatics, animal models of cardiovascular disease, phenotyping, and cellular & molecular biology. The postdoctoral fellow will also have access to state-of-the-art core centers to perform cutting-edge research. Salary will be commensurate with experience.

https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.url?authorId=36143179700
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Vaibhav+B+Patel
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Paul+Fedak

Duties and Responsibilities include:

• Perform physiological experiments in mice (i.e., generation of animal models based on invasive cardiovascular surgeries, evaluation of cardiac function using Millar PV loops system (e.g., LVSP, RVSP, dP/dt, EF). Analysis and interpretation of murine echocardiography data, including cardiac function. Murine models of myocardial infarction, cardiac ischemia/reperfusion, dissection of heart and small arteries.
• Isolation of cardiomyocytes, cardiac fibroblasts, and endothelial cells.
• Conduct basic molecular biological experiments (e.g., Western Blot, PCR, qPCR, Flow Cytometry, immunostaining, and confocal microscopy).
• Data acquisition, analysis, manuscript preparation, and presentation of findings at weekly lab meetings and national/international meetings.
• Maintaining the function of various lab equipment, managing the lab research record (including methodological approaches and animal protocols), training graduate students for various experimental techniques, and maintaining transgenic mouse colonies.

Qualifications:

The applicant must have completed a Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences or other related disciplines within the last two years with an impressive publication record to be competitive for provincial and national fellowships. Extensive experience working with human and murine primary cells, invasive surgeries in mice, basic and advanced molecular biology experiments, including but not limited to Western blotting, immunostainings, confocal microscopy, and flow cytometry, and are required. Candidate must have a strong interest in cardiovascular sciences, a strong academic record, and fluency in English (oral as well as written).

Application Details:

Individuals interested in applying for this position should submit a curriculum vitae, a cover letter including a statement of research interests and goals, three relevant publications, and the names of three references to the address below (email is preferred). Only those applicants selected for interviews will be contacted.
Vaibhav Patel, M.Pharm., Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Physiology & Pharmacology,
Libin Cardiovascular Institute
Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary
3330 Hospital Drive NW
HMRB G71
Calgary, AB, T2N 4N1
Email: vaibhav@ucalgary.ca

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