Research Student

Beth Israel Lahey Health

1d•Onsite

About The Position

When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives. The Student will be trained on the analysis of spatial and single cell profiling data analysis and use of such technologies in lupus nephritis research. He will be trained in data pre-processing, neighborhood analyses, and identification of spatial biomarkers for patient response to treatment.

Requirements

Analysis of spatial and single cell profiling data
Data pre-processing
Neighborhood analyses
Identification of spatial biomarkers for patient response to treatment
Use of standard research equipment such as microscopes, incubators, autoclaves, centrifuges
Collecting basic study data through monitoring devices
Maintaining daily logs/basic records of methodologies and test results
Summarizing data and interpreting results using descriptive statistics and basic hypothesis testing (with supervision)
Attending Medical Center lectures regarding all safety requirements/conditions
Attending courses, lectures, and conferences to further own knowledge of research
Performing literature searches and library investigations as they relate to the research

Responsibilities

Learns and conducts routine tests following established procedures, which may include assays, DNA sequencing, tissue culture, protein purification, Southern blotting, PCR analysis, electrophoresis, and/or chromatography.
Learns and uses standard research equipment such as microscopes, incubators, autoclaves, centrifuges.
Collects basic study data through monitoring devices and maintains daily logs/basic records of methodologies and test results.
With supervision, using databases, may summarize data and interpret results using descriptive statistics and basic hypothesis testing.
Attends Medical Center lectures regarding all safety requirements/conditions.
Attends courses, lectures, and conferences to further own knowledge of research.
May perform literature searches and library investigations as they relate to the research.