Research Assistant II
About The Position
The Campbell lab studies the molecular mechanisms of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The lab takes three distinct approaches, all of which use human cerebral organoids as a human model of early brain development. The first approach is to understand how genes with high confidence ASD mutations alter neurodevelopment. The second approach is to determine how common genetic variants with genome-wide significant association with ASD alter neurodevelopment. The third approach is to expose human cerebral organoids – with a variety of genetic backgrounds – to environmental factors that are associated with ASD risk. Collectively, these approaches will identify biochemical networks that can be targeted for therapeutics. The funded project involves extensive next generation sequencing (NGS) of RNA extracted from human cerebral organoids.
Requirements
- Knowledge equivalent to that which normally would be acquired by completing a four-year college degree program in Data Science, Molecular Biology, Neuroscience, or related science field
- Three to five years of related and progressively more responsible or expansive work experience
- Documented expertise in RNA extractions
- Documented expertise in NGS data generation and analysis
- Documented expertise in validation of NGS bioinformatics pipelines
Nice To Haves
- Master's degree in Data Science, Molecular Biology, Neuroscience, or a related science field
Responsibilities
- Overseeing research projects and laboratory operations
- Operating and maintaining a variety of laboratory equipment
- Performing specialized and difficult analytical and research techniques
- Designing research experiments in an area related to research being performed
- RNA extractions
- NGS data generation and analysis
- Validation of NGS bioinformatics pipelines
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
