Researcher 1 - Military Veterans
at HERC- Upper MidWest
This position is within the molecular virology and RNA biology laboratory of Kathleen Boris-Lawrie on the Saint Paul campus. The employee will carry out responsibilities with
the instruction, guidance and direction by the supervisor and will be expected to become increasingly independent and serve as a resource for other lab members. The
work will be molecular methodologies to test hypotheses and improve knowledge of RNA mechanisms in viruses and host cells.
Job responsibilities:
60%) Cell-based assays testing viral and host RNA functions under a variety of settings and with a variety of molecular techniques including NextGen seq analysis.
(20%) Data analysis and report generation by a variety of software packages (e.g. Excel, Geneious, PRISM)
(20%) Literature and database analysis using software packages (e.g. NCBI, MEME, ClustralW, others)
This will be a one-year contract with possible extension.
Salary $41,600.00
All required qualifications must be included in the application materials
Required:
BA/BS in Chemistry, Microbiology, Genetics or related field of science with relevant
coursework in molecular and cellular biology or a combination of related education and work experience to equal four years.
Previous experience in a research setting performing cell culture and transfection, gene cloning and sequence analysis, PCR
Proficiency in electronic data documentation of work plan, data and results, and database management.
Maintains productive relationships with others even when faced with conflict
Listens respectfully and openly to others regardless of level, position, or background
Demonstrates ability on a daily basis to identify and troubleshoot problems.
Preferred:
Long-term sterile tissue culture and cell-based analysis of RNA and proteins by
western and luciferase assays, chromatography, HPLC
Publication that displays the applicant's technical writing skills
Previous experience with statistical analysis of data and figure design programs like PRISM
Experience executing Next Gen seq analysis
Minneapolis, MN
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