Postdoctoral Associate

Required Qualifications: (as evidenced by an attached resume) Doctoral Degree (or foreign equivalent) in Biological Science or a closely related field in hand by January 2025. High level of familiarity with microbial and human cell cultures. High level of familiarity with fungal biofilm formation and analysis. Use of scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscopy of fungal and mammalian cells. High level of familiarity with lipid extraction and analysis by labeling methods and by thin layer chromatography and by liquid chromatography mass spectrometry. High familiarity on studying gene expression, down-regulation and metagenomics. Preferred Qualifications: Experience in animal work (e.g. mouse genotyping, performing oral gavage, intravenous injections, intraperitoneal injection, organ excision, tissue DNA analysis, tissue metabolic analysis, such as flow cytometry, IHC, RNA base scope, and H&E staining). High familiarity with tissue culture, such as transfection using plasmids and or lentivirus. Brief Description of Duties: The Postdoctoral Associate will assist Dr. Maurizio Del Poeta in the department of Microbiology and Immunology. The incumbent will conduct research and ensure that all experiments are appropriately conducted following the policies and procedures of Stony Brook University. Performing animal experiments to determine the efficacy of antifungal drugs on mice survival and tissue burden culture (organ infectivity) upon fungal infections (e.g. cryptococcosis, candidiasis and aspergillosis). Microbial and human cell culture analysis. Performing metabolomics or/and metabolomics analysis, protein expression/purification or/and analysis. Performing protein expression, purification and analysis. Performing lipid extraction, purification and analysis. Analyze, interpret the results of the analysis, solve potential problems and pitfalls, and discuss the data with the principal investigators. Contribute to write reports and manuscripts on the results obtained. Present the results in a logical way during research meetings or presentations and be able to provide ideas and set up next experimentations/questions. Other duties as assigned. Special Notes: The Research Foundation of SUNY is a private educational corporation. Employment is subject to the Research Foundation policies and procedures, sponsor guidelines and the availability of funding. FLSA Exempt position, not eligible for the overtime provisions of the FLSA. Minimum salary threshold must be met to maintain FLSA exemption. Visit The Office of Postdoctoral Affairs to learn more about our postdoctoral community. Resume/CV and cover letter should be included with the online application. Stony Brook University is committed to excellence in diversity and the creation of an inclusive learning, and working environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, pregnancy, familial status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status and all other protected classes under federal or state laws. If you need a disability-related accommodation, please call the university Office of Equity and Access (OEA) at (631) 632-6280 or visit OEA. In accordance with the Title II Crime Awareness and Security Act a copy of our crime statistics can be viewed here. Visit our WHY WORK HERE page to learn about the total rewards we offer. SUNY Research Foundation: A Great Place to Work. The starting salary range (or hiring range) to be offered for this position is noted below, it represents SBU's good faith and reasonable estimate of the range of possible compensation at the time of posting.