The research assistant will work on instrumentation, microscopy, and microbiology, and will lead efforts to design, construct, and assess new imaging-based technologies. The research assistant will also serve as a lab manager, overseeing stocks of supplies and materials. The research assistant will have considerable autonomy and will be expected to develop new approaches to create robust, high-precision instrumentation on his/her own. It is expected that these approaches will lead to new experiments, data analysis challenges, and publications which the research assistant will play a major role in. The research assistant will also, as lab manager, help to maintain the smooth operation of the lab, overseeing inventories of supplies and materials and coordinating purchases as needed. The laboratory will offer the opportunity to work at the forefront of biophysics, learn cutting-edge instrumentation and quantitative analysis techniques, and collaborate with an interdisciplinary group of physicists and biologists.