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Mass General Brigham · 5 hours ago

Post-Doctoral Research Fellow - Gene Editing Therapy

positionBoston, MA
timeFull-time
remoteOnsite
senioritySenior Level

Mass General Brigham is a not-for-profit organization focused on patient care, research, teaching, and community service. They are seeking a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow to work on gene editing therapy for genetic hearing loss, with responsibilities including the development of new technologies and conducting IND-enabling studies to initiate clinical trials.

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Responsibilities

Work on gene and editing therapy for genetic hearing loss and advancing findings toward clinical applications
Develop new technologies (e.g. RNA editing, epigenetic modifications, shRNA) for different forms of genetic hearing loss
Conduct multiple IND-enabling studies for gene and editing therapies with the goals to initiate clinical trials in 3 years
Employ state-of-the-art technologies, including in vitro adult cochlea explant culture, reprogramming, scRNAseq, inner ear organoids, genome editing, gene therapy, viral and non-viral delivery, and physiological function analysis
Collaborate with the industry, work with CROs, and interact with the FDA to bring work towards the clinic
Advance basic research to translational applications, including human studies

Qualification

Gene therapyGenome editingAAV-mediated gene therapyVivo animal studiesScientific publicationsRNA editingEpigenetic modificationsPhysiological function analysisCollaboration with CROsFDA interactionResearch accomplishments

Required

Ph.D., M.D./Ph.D., or M.D
Strong background in genetic hearing loss
In vivo animal inner ear study experience
AAV-mediated gene therapy and editing technology experience
Strong track record of scientific publications

Company

Mass General Brigham

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Mass General Brigham specializes in providing medical treatments and health diagnostics services.
dateFounded in 1994
location
Somerville, Massachusetts, USA
people-size10001+ employees
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https://www.massgeneralbrigham.org

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Leadership Team

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Erin Flanigan
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O’Neil A. Britton
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