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Location: IU School of Medicine

Department: IUSM - Medicine - Clinical Pharmacology

Campus: IU School of Medicine Indianapolis

Position Announcement:

• Generation of hypothesis for target identification and validation. Design and perform cell-based assays testing drug molecules in vitro activities with methods such as western blot for proteins, ELISA, and other homogeneous cell assays with plate reader, flow cytometry, cellular imaging, immunocytochemistry, histology, detection of molecular interactions such as protein-protein or drug-protein interactions, extraction, and measurement of cellular mRNA, PCR methods.
• Maintain cell cultures to ensure the cellular pharmacology experiments needs including setting up and maintaining cell cultures, passage cells, freezing and stocking cell lines, and reviving frozen cells. Experiments will use various cell lines, iPSC, and primary cells.  
• Establish cellular models for in vitro studies. Experiences on transient and stable transfection of cells for protein expression and cell cloning.  Experience with gene knockout and editing with siRNA or CRISPR-Cas9 methods are helpful.
• Skills in data analysis with software including basic statistical analysis.
• Opportunities to write manuscripts for publication, and develop and submit grant proposals for career development.  
• Excellent communication skills with proficiency in written and verbal English.
• Must work well both independently and as a team player.  Experience with laboratory management skills, as well as mentoring junior researchers and students is also desirable. 

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Founded in 1820, Indiana University is the state’s public university system, comprised of two core campuses—IU-Bloomington and IUPUI—and six regional campuses located throughout the state. Combined, the total student population is more than 114,000 undergraduate, graduate and professional school students. IU is one of the largest employers in the state, with over 20,000 faculty and staff. Indiana University is an equal employment and affirmative action employer and a provider of ADA services. Diversity and inclusion remains a core commitment to IU’s mission to cultivate an educational environment that supports equal access, participation and representation on all of its campuses and that provides educational and career opportunities for all.

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