Visiting Researcher

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Recruitment/Posting Title Visiting Researcher
Job Category Staff & Executive - Research (Laboratory/Non-Laboratory)
Department NJMS-Pharmacology
Overview New Jersey’s academic health center, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (RBHS) takes an integrated approach to educating students, providing clinical care, and conducting research, all with the goal of improving human health. Aligned with Rutgers University–New Brunswick and collaborating university wide, RBHS includes eight schools, a behavioral health network, and six centers and institutes that focus on cancer treatment and research, neuroscience, clinical and translational research, advanced biotechnology and medicine, environmental and occupational health, and health care policy and aging research. Our faculty are teachers, clinicians, and scientists with unparalleled experience who advance medical innovation and provide patient care informed by the latest research findings. We offer an outstanding education in medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, public health, nursing, biomedical research, and the full spectrum of allied health careers. Our clinical and academic facilities are located throughout the state including New Brunswick, Piscataway, Newark, Scotch Plains, Somerset, Blackwood, and other locations. Clinical partners include Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, University Hospital in Newark, and other affiliates.
Through this community of healers, scientists, and scholars, Rutgers is equipped as never before to transform lives. Rutgers RBHS is an anchor institution that boasts locations in Newark, New Jersey, a city of promise.
Posting Summary Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey is seeking a Visiting Researcher for the Department of Pharmacology, Physiology and Neuroscience within the New Jersey Medical School. Under the direction of the Principal Investigator (PI), the Visiting Researcher conducts specialized research investigating 1) the regulation of purinergic signaling and the regulation of hepatic immune cell function, including Kupffer cells, using targeted probes and digital imaging microscopy; 2) studies of in vivo drugs targeting hepatic purinoceptors.

Among the key duties of this position are the following:

• Assists in conducting a continuous program of research and development. Evaluates existing procedures and proposes modifications or changes in order to keep the methodology and procedures current.
• Keeps detailed records of procedures and experiments. Compiles data and presents results.
• Records and analyzes data from experiments.
• Maintains a proper data notebook pursuant to the standards of the Department and the PI.
• Maintains hepatocyte and Kupffer cell cultures for single cell and biochemical studies.
• Carries out imaging studies using digital imaging fluorescence microscopy of single cells and intact tissue.
• Understands concepts and mechanisms of purinergic signaling.
• Prepares solutions and experimental chemicals for use in studies.
• Assists with the maintenance of the laboratory facilities, equipment and instruments.

Position Status Full Time
Hours Per Week
Daily Work Shift Day
Work Arrangement
FLSA Exempt
Grade 99S
Position Salary $54,840
Annual Minimum Salary
Annual Mid Range Salary
Annual Maximum Salary
Standard Hours 37.50
Union Description Non-Union
Payroll Designation PeopleSoft
Benefits Rutgers offers a comprehensive benefit program to eligible employees. For details, please go to http://uhr.rutgers.edu/benefits/benefits-overview.
Rutgers also offers a benefit program to eligible full-time postdoctoral fellow students. For details, please go to https://finance.rutgers.edu/healthcare-risk/insurance/postdoctoral-health-insurance.

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Seniority Unit
Terms of Appointment Temporary Staff Appointment - Salaried 12 Month
Position Pension Eligibility NOT ELIGIBLE
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Posting Details

Posting Number 22ST3841
Posting Open Date
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Pre-employment Screenings

All offers of employment are contingent upon successful completion of all pre-employment screenings.

Infection Control and Safety

This position is subject to all Rutgers University policies, including TB surveillance and other infection control and safety policies. Please review the Tuberculosis Surveillance Policy for additional information.