Postdoctoral Associate

Required Qualifications: (as evidenced by an attached resume)
Doctoral Degree (or foreign equivalent) in Chemistry, Biochemistry, Biomedical Imaging, Radiological Sciences or a closely related field. Scientific Research experience in some of the areas of radiochemistry, radiopharmaceutical chemistry, biomedical imaging, and radiological sciences.

Preferred Qualifications:
PhD in Biomedical Imaging and Radiological Sciences. Experience with 18 F- Radiochemistry, Theranostic radionuclides, HPLC purification, melanoma model, and animal handling.

Brief Description of Duties:
This position reports to the Dr. Yubin Miao Principal Investigator in the Department of Radiology and is involved in developing radiolabeled peptides for cancer imaging and therapy. The selected candidate will work with postdoctoral researchers, research scientists and graduate students to evaluate novel receptor-targeting peptides for cancer imaging and therapy.

The research work involves synthesis, characterization, in vitro and in vivo evaluation of peptide radiopharmaceuticals for cancer imaging using SPECT/PET/CT and for targeted radionuclide therapy. Responsibilities include peptide synthesis, cell culture, radiolabeling, HPLC purification and quality control, animal biodistribution, imaging and therapy. The selected candidate will work on peptide synthesis, competitive receptor-binding assay, peptide radiolabeling with theranostic radionuclides. The Postdoctoral research will determine the biodistribution and imaging properties, and therapeutic efficacies of the peptides to select theranostic peptides for clinical translation.

The selected candidate will mainly conduct experiments and record the research results, summarize novel research findings for grant reports, and prepare manuscripts for publications. They will have opportunities to provide guidance to graduate and undergraduate students. Routine work also includes general maintenance of laboratory and equipment, ordering consumables as needed.

The incumbent will conduct research and ensure that all experiments are appropriately conducted following the policies and procedures of Stony Brook University.

Duties:

● Within the predetermined research scope and methodology, conduct research experiments in the field of Cancer Imaging and therapy.

● Collect and analyze data. Participate/assist in manuscript writing for publication in scientific journals and/or presentations. May also assist in grant writing.

● Lab maintenance, including equipment maintenance and ordering of supplies as needed.

● Other duties as assigned by the Principal Investigator, which may include attending Scientific Conferences and Meetings.

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.

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Resume/CV and cover letter should be included with the online application.

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