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Posted: 29-Aug-24
Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts
Salary: Open
Internal Number: 13995
School: Harvard School of Dental Medicine
Department/Area: Oral Medicine, Infection, and Immunity
Position Description:
Under direction of the Principal Investigator and Senior Research Associate, the Associate/Research Associate in Microbiology will provide moderately complex lab support for research focused on oral microbiology and molecular biology techniques as related to periodontology and other oral infections. The Associate/Research Associate will assist in designing and selecting experiments, protocols, and procedures; conduct experiments involving next-generation sequencing, qPCR/rtPCR, checkerboard DNA-DNA hybridization, aerobic and anaerobic microbial culturing, confocal microscopy, biochemical analysis, maintenance of reference strains, and biofilm growth; and preparing reagents accurately and recording experimental results in both written and electronic formats.
Applicant must possess excellent communication skills, be self-motivated, work with a high degree of integrity, and possess a willingness and ability to acquire new skills.
Other required duties are conducting literature searches and retrieving relevant articles, presenting findings related to progress at regular lab meetings, preparing and plotting data for quantitative and statistical analysis.
This position has a term appointment of one year from the date of hire with the possibility for extension.
Other responsibilities/abilities required for this position are:
1. Ensuring the day-to-day needs of the lab.
2. Broad knowledge of common lab equipment.
3. Planning, developing, organizing, and implementing policies, procedures and standards for lab operations.
4. Management of the laboratory budgets from industry and NIH funded grants.
Basic Qualifications:
1. A Bachelor's Degree and 1-5 years of experience with microbiology.
2. Strong collaborative and communication skills is a must.
3. Demonstrated skills at problem solving, analytical and critical thinking, effective planning and organization, troubleshooting, and problem solving in bench work.
Additional Qualifications:
1. Experience in microbiological laboratory techniques, with a strong emphasis on molecular microbiology (as outlined in the duties section) and expertise in handling and culturing challenging bacterial species.
2. Ability to work with mice and manage and maintain mouse colonies for research studies.
3. Previous experience with clinical samples.
4. Highly effectively communicator as both a temporary employee supervisor and as a team member.
5. Advanced computer knowledge including MS Word, MS Excel, Endnote/Mendley and database management.
Contact Information:
Almaz Webneh
HSDM
188 Longwood Avenue
Boston, MA 02115
HSDM
188 Longwood Avenue
Boston, MA 02115
Contact Email: Almaz_webneh@hsdm.harvard.edu
Special Instructions:
Interested applicants should submit a cover letter, CV, and 3 contact references.
Equal Opportunity Employer:
We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation, pregnancy and pregnancy-related conditions or any other characteristic protected by law.
About Harvard University
Harvard University is devoted to excellence in teaching, learning, and research, and to developing leaders in many disciplines who make a difference globally. The University, which is based in Cambridge and Boston, Massachusetts, has an enrollment of over 20,000 degree candidates, including undergraduate, graduate, and professional students. Harvard has more than 360,000 alumni around the world. The University has twelve degree-granting Schools in addition to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, offering a truly global education. Established in 1636, Harvard is the oldest institution of higher education in the United States.
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