Here we have assembled some resources that may help you during your time as a Tufts Postdoc.

Please note, we do not own or control the linked pages and the content may change without notice.

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Postdoctoral Handbook, National Postdoctoral Association, Training in Education and Critical Research Skills Fellowship ,Office of Vice Provost for Research, Library Resources, Tufts Technology (IT), Career Development, Housing, Core Facilities, Shared Instruments, Biorepository,

Postdoctoral Handbook [Tufts University]

Contains information about benefits, compensation and expectations.

Work/Life Resources for Postdocs [Tufts University]

National Postdoctoral Association

As a Tufts Postdoc, you are automatically an affiliate member of the NPA. Register on their website for access to member-only content such as the International Postdoc Survival Guide and Institutional Policies Database. The NPA also petitions on your behalf on a national level to improve the quality of the postdoctoral experience.

Training in Education and Critical Research Skills (TEACRS) program

TEACRS is a nationally funded program at Tufts University provides talented postdoctoral trainees with the career skills needed to succeed in teaching intensive academic biomedical research. This is a competitive program with applications generally opening in the Fall of each year.

Office of Vice Provost for Research 

Includes:
– Office of Research Development (ORD) – helps with grant-writing and applications
– Office of Research Administration (ORA) – helps with finding grants and fiscal administration of grants
– Technology Transfer Office – helps with patent applications, MTA, also run an internship program open to postdocs and grad students.
– Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) – approves and helps with animal-related protocols and animal handling.
– Department of Laboratory Animals (DLAM) (website requires login, contact IACUC for information) – Contains training workshop timetables, guidelines, forms and staff information.
and many others…

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Library Resources

– Research Guides: Documents produced by library staff to help you utilize library resources

Medford campus resources:

Africana Studies American Studies Anthropology Architecture Art and Art History Biology Business Chemistry Child Study and Human Development Classics Communications and Media Studies Community Health Drama and Dance Earth and Ocean Sciences Economics Education Engineering English Entrepreneurship Environmental Studies Film First Year Writing Program

Foreign Languages and Literature History Humanities International Relations Latin American Studies Mathematics Museum Studies Music Occupational Therapy Peace and Justice Studies Philosophy Physics and Astronomy Political Science Psychology Religion Sciences Social Sciences Sociology Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning Visual and Critical Studies Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies

Boston campus resources:
Topic include: Allied Health & Nursing, Biology, Biomedical Sciences, Business for Health Sciences, Clinical Medicine, Dentistry, Health Communication, Nutrition, Public Health, Research in the Health Sciences

Bioinformatic Tools

– Including links to useful databases and tools, access to ingenuity pathway analysis, BIOBASE and Oncomine.

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Tufts Technology Services

List of software available (please note: not all of this software is free or available for installation on personal computers).

Notable examples (for personal computer installation):
– Microsoft Office 365 ($9.95, for both Mac and PC)
– Adobe Creative Suite including Photoshop and Illustrator ($10, for both Mac and PC)

Career Development

– CTSI iLEARN (Tufts Clinical Translational Science Institute)
Online seminars on lab management, time management, clinical trials, technology transfer and many other topics.
– Tufts Employee Learning and Development (Tufts Human Resources)
Sign up for workshops or eLearning modules on writing, project management, effective feedback and more.
– Lynda
Speciality online training on topics including web and graphic design, music production, web technologies and programming. Email IT to request an account.

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Housing

(From Tufts University School of Medicine):

• List of helpful housing websites 
• Things to consider when apartment hunting in Boston
• Boston neighborhood descriptions
• Get a quote for renter’s insurance
• Having a car in Boston

– Off campus housing resource center (for undergraduates, but contains some good resources).

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Core Resources

Core Facilities/Service Centers (OVP website)

• Antibody Cell Culture Core Facility
  Custom monoclonal antibodies and antibody production.Biostatistics Unit
  The unit consults and assists in study design, implementation, and analysis, and develops new statistical techniques and software to support research activities.Center for Integrated Tissue Engineering (CITE)
  Provides experimental in vitro and in vivo three-dimensional (3D) human tissue models that recapitulate the complex tissue architecture and signaling networks present in human tissue in vivo.Center for the Evaluation of Value and Risk in Health (CEVR)
  Assess benefit-risk tradeoffs in health care choices and public health interventions.Clinical and Translational Research Center (CTRC)
  Provides resources to principal investigators and their staff in the per diem unit. The CTRC is a comprehensive “Clinical Research Center Without Walls,” as well as a core facility for conducting clinical and translational “bench to bedside” research. Support is provided for inpatient and outpatient adult, pediatric, and neonatal subjects. There are seven rooms with 10 beds and phlebotomy chairs, and one room with an exam table and a phlebotomy chair. There are also interview rooms for participant privacy. Educational opportunities support all phases of Phase I translational research (T1).Clinical and Translational Research Center (CTRC) Core Lab
  Assist investigators with the effective start-up and conduct of laboratory processing and analysis of samples collected in clinical research protocols.Clinical and Translational Research Center (CTRC) Genomics Lab
  Assist investigators with effective design, genetic data generation, and analysis of genetic clinical research protocols.CNR Animal Behavior Core
  Provide equipment, facilities, consultation, and technical expertise for carrying out behavioral experiments.

  CNR Electrophysiology & Biophysics Core Facility (EBCF)
  Provides electrophysiology.

  CNR Imaging & Cell Analysis Core (includes the Tufts Imaging Facility, TIF)
  Support for imaging including confocal, conventional, and electron microscopy, and laser capture microdissection.

  Comparative Biology Unit (CBU)
  An animal research facility that offers a wide range of services, including: comprehensive animal care, transgenic rodent breeding services, veterinary surveillance, diet preparation and individualized animal dietary services, animal monitoring, surgery and necropsy.

  Comparative Pathology Services (CPS)
  Research animal pathology and histology support services.

  Computational Genomics Core/Tufts Expression Array Core (TEAC)
  Provides neuroscientists and other Tufts investigators with resources for gene expression and genomics studies, pathways analysis and computational biology.

  Dietary Assessment Unit
  Provides dietary assessment services and expertise in all steps of dietary assessment including data collection, coding, data cleaning, data management and dietary data analysis.

  Dishwashing/Sterilization
  Decontamination of materials, sterilization, and dishwashing.

  Division of Teaching and Research Resources (DTRR)
  Provides support for the use of animals in teaching and research.

  Drosophila Media Center
  Make fly food for the various labs using Drosophila (fruit flies) in their research.

  Foster Hospital for Small Animals
  Provides service for veterinary medical care.

  Genotyping
  SNP genotyping and Affy arrays.

  Greenhouse
  Assist with plant growth.

  Mass Spectrometry Unit
  Provides instruments used for quantification and identification of vitamins, amino acids, nucleic acids, lipids, fatty acids, retinoids, carotenoids, antioxidants, peptides, and proteins from food and human body fluids.

  MBM Research Media Facility
  Provides preparation of biological media.

  Media Kitchen
  Provides preparation of liquid and solid sterile media for microbial growth.

  Metabolic Research Unit (MRU)
  Supports human research studies in metabolic research.

  Nutrition Evaluation Laboratory
  Provides clinical and specialized biochemical analyses for human, animal, epidemiological, and field studies.

  Phoenix Lab (Formerly GRASP Intestinal Microbiology Core)
  Provides essential microbiology services and reagents to scientists conducting molecular biology and microbiology research.

  Research and Design Center (RDC) at the Tufts Clinical and Translational Science Institute (Tufts CTSI)
  Support for development of research protocols, grant applications, and regulatory documents.

  Small Animal Imaging/Preclinical Testing Facility
  Provides equipment and expertise for imaging bioluminescence and fluorescence and preclinical testing of therapeutics, in live animals.

  Study Center on the Immunogenetics of Infectious Disease (SCIID)
  A core facility housing a suite of high performance instruments that is open to all research communities and provides services at different levels.

  Therapeutics
  Provides instrumentation, services and expertise for the discovery and development of therapeutics for treatment of cancer and other diseases.

  Tissue Engineering Research Center (TERC)
  Provides functional tissue engineering.

  Tufts Community Research Center (TCRC)
  TCRC seeks to expand and develop civically engaged research across all the campuses and departments at Tufts through research partnerships between community-based organizations and faculty, students and staff of the university.

  Tufts Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Center
  Provides information about GIS technology resources across the three Tufts campuses.

  Tufts Laser Cytometry (TLC)
  Provides flow cytometry analysis and cell sorting.

  Tufts Medical Center Transgenic Core
  Provides pronuclear microinjection for the production of standard transgenic mice, blastocyst injections for the production of knockout and knock-in mice, rederivation services, and embryo cryopreservation.

  Tufts Micro/Nano-Fab (TMNF)
  Providing microfabrication and nanofabrication capabilities to the Tufts community for research and teaching.

  Tufts Technology Services (TTS) Academic Technology
  Enables the university and its diverse academic communities to realize their vast potential in teaching, learning, and research through the innovative design and meaningful integration of technology to meet broad and local goals.

  Tufts University Core Facility (TUCF)
  Provides an extensive array of services to support the researchers at Tufts University as well as outside investigators.

  Tufts University Core Facility (TUCF) Genomics Core
  Provides full range of next generation sequencing services, as well as associated services, including experiment planning, sample preparation,  bioinformatics and consultation.

  TUSM Department of Anatomy Electron Microscopy Facility
  Transmission and scanning EM.

  Veterinary Clinical Pathology Lab
  Diagnostic laboratory testing, including hematology, clinical chemistries, urinalysis, fecal analysis, cytology, and fluid analysis on animals.

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Shared Instruments (OVP website)

Accuri C6 Analytical Flow Cytometer
Flow cytometry

Analytical Ultracentrifuge
Determine mass of proteins in solution

Array Reader
Scans and analyzes genotyping and gene expression microarrays

Biomolecular Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Center
For demanding multidimensional, multinuclear spectroscopic applications

Bone Scanner
Measures bone density

Cardiology/Ultrasound Machine
Ultrasound images

Chenomx
A software that analyzes only NMR data for metabolite quantification

Circular Dichroism Spectroscopy
To measure the conformational state of a protein

Digital High Resolution Gamma Camera
Digital gamma image

Digital X-ray Machine
X-ray images

Emboss Server
Genetics

EPR
Determine molecular structure

Fluorescence Spectroscopy
Determine fluorescence emission or exitation spectra

FTIR
Determine molecular structure

Helical CT Scanner
Tomography images

High-performance Computing Cluster
General purpose scientific computing

ICP AES
Determine trace concentrations of metals in solution

Keck/DURIP Lab
Biophysical characterization: X-ray, AFM, thermal, mechanical, etc.

Linear Accelerator for Small Animals
Radiation therapy for small animals

Mass Spectrometry
Determination of the elemental composition of a sample or molecule and elucidation of the chemical structures of molecules, such as peptides

Mass Spectrometry (GCMS)
Determine molecular mass

Mass Spectrometry (LCMS)
Determine molecular mass

Mass Spectrometry (MALDI-MS)
Determine molecular mass of peptides and proteins

Metabolic Engineering Core
Small molecule analysis

MRI
MRI imaging small animals, parts of large animals

NMR
Determine molecular structure

Pencil Beam Scanner
Measures bone density

Phosphoimager
The purpose of this instrument is the visualization and quantitation of radioactivity on gels or TLC’s using a special phosphorimaging screen

Radiology/Ultrasound Machine (Phillips HDI – 3000 ATL)
Ultrasound images

Radiology/Ultrasound Machine (Phillips HDI – 5000)
Ultrasound images

Research Storage
General purpose research storage

SCIID/Keck Center
Cell-cell interactions, signaling in dynamic fashion

Surface Plasmon Resonance
Binding studies

Tissue Engineering Research Center (TERC) – Imaging Facility
High resolution imaging of biological samples

Ultrasound Machine
Ultrasound images

Visualization Wall
Large scale visualization capabilities

X-ray Image Processor

X-ray Machine
X-ray images

X-ray Machine with Fluoroscopy
X-ray images

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Biorepository (in collaboration with Tufts Medical Center)

“Provides banked frozen tissue to investigators while maintaining patient confidentiality”