Postdoctoral Researcher

The Masonic Medical Research Institute (mmri.edu) is looking for enthusiastic candidates to join the laboratory of Dr. Matthew Nystoriak. Successful candidates will join a research program which focuses on biological processes that underlie cardiovascular health and disease. To achieve these goals, we use multidisciplinary approaches that span in vivo imaging techniques, cellular electrophysiology, and fluorescence microscopy. While a base level of experience will be important for a successful candidate, we equally weigh enthusiasm, curiosity, long-term potential, and team fit for anyone who might join the lab. The important thing is that your goals fit with those of the group at MMRI, and that our group is a good fit for you.

Specific projects address:

o Determining how cardiac metabolism regulates blood flow to the heart across the lifespan

o Voltage-gated ion channel structure-function relationships as they relate to intermediary metabolism and membrane excitability

o Cardiac arrhythmia susceptibility and electrical remodeling upon exposure to environmental toxins

In addition to internally driven projects, our group also has extensive collaborations with investigators at multiple institutions across the country.

For more information, please visit our lab website at www.mmri.edu

For a full listing of published work, please visit: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=SLoQSMMAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao

See a few examples of our recent work below:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35440632/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33499656/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37114864/

We provide:

• An opportunity to present your work at national/international conferences.
• Support for publication of high and medium impact journal articles. We are also strong advocates of preprints.
• A supportive environment that keeps your short and long-term career goals in mind. Your success is our success!
• Clear expectations provided in structured project management.
• A closely-knit, exceptionally equipped research institute with a wide variety of research interests and expertise.
• An appreciation for work/life balance; sometimes the best ideas come when not in the lab!
• A highly competitive compensation and benefits packages

A position in the very affordable Mohawk Valley of Upstate New York: an ideal region for those interested in myriad outdoor adventures including those in the Adirondack State Park, the largest park in the contiguous United States

• A recent or pending PhD in the biological sciences or related fields.
• A research background in cell and molecular biology, cardiovascular physiology, or pharmacology, and experience with standard workflows within these fields.
• Experience with mouse microsurgery and in vivo imaging, including data acquisition and analyses, are highly desirable.
• Experience with experimental rodent models.
• Demonstrated productivity in the form of first author publications and presentations
• Excitement to tackle difficult scientific questions in areas that will involve significant development of technical and analytical workflows
• Scientific creativity to identify novel approaches to answer our research questions
• Graduating in December 2024? Still a good time to apply!

Experience with any of the following:

• Experimental execution, performance, and data collection
• Research Protocol
• Scientific Terminology
• Flexible – ability to change directions as needed for the benefit of laboratory.
• Performance Excellence – high responsibility, pleasant to work with, provides timely and accurate information.
• Organized – manages time effectively, keeps tasks appropriately prioritized.
• Critical Thinking – ability to think through issues and identify appropriate options.
• Work Ethic – motivated, diligent, industrious, and persistent in the workplace, stays on tasks to completion, works at a fast pace to ensure optimal efficiency.
• Interpersonal – can build effective, strong working relationships with colleagues and management through trust, communication, and credibility.
• Teamwork – ability to work with others, serve others, help others, take directions from others in the interest of moving process and programs forward to the desired outcome

For any role:

• A general love of science and all the challenges that come with it.
• Excitement to tackle challenging, multidisciplinary scientific questions in areas involving development of technical and analytical workflows.
• Scientific creativity to identify and evaluate novel approaches to answer our research questions.
• A hard working and collegial attitude
• A desire to work in a relatively informal, highly collaborative, and scientifically rigorous team-centered laboratory environment.