UNIV - Staff Scientist I - Department of Pharmacology & Immunology

Medical University of South Carolina • Charleston, SC

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About The Position

The Jiang Lab at the Medical University of South Carolina aims to understand the role of microbiome, inflammation, pathogenic autoantibody, and B cell dysfunction in human disease immunopathogenesis in HIV. The staff scientist will conduct HIV projects in the lab, train the lab members, and help run the lab.

Nice To Haves

• The ideal candidate is to have the experience of doing experiments related to immunology or molecular biology.
• Detailed-driven.

Responsibilities

• Maintain lab routine work, and apply for lab safety documents (20%) Routine lab maintenance (i.e., autoclave, tip preparation, liquid nitrogen tank refilling). Support for lab safety applications.
• Conduct immunologic and molecular biologic experiments in human studies and collect and analyze data (30%) Assays such as qPCR, flow cytometry, ELISA. Report research results to PI every week Analyze data, prepare manuscripts, and present work at conferences.
• Conduct immunologic and molecular biologic experiments (i.e., western, IF, qPCR) in animal studies and collect and analyze data (30%) Assays such as western, IF, qPCR, mouse strain breeding, genotyping, and maintainance. Report research results to PI every week Staff scientists and postdoc need to analyze data, prepare manuscripts, and present work at conferences.
• Refine and standardize existing experimental procedures and train new lab members. (20%) Maintain protocol Train new lab members

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed