Research Assistant- MCG-Biochemistry & Molec Bio

Research Assistant - MCG-Biochemistry & Molec Bio

Job : 293026

Location: Augusta University

Full/Part Time: Full Time

Augusta University is Georgia's innovation center for education and health care, training the next generation of innovators, leaders, and healthcare providers in classrooms and clinics on four campuses in Augusta and locations across the state. More than 12,000 students choose Augusta for educational opportunities at the center of Georgia's cybersecurity hub and experiential learning that blends arts and application, humanities, and the health sciences.

Augusta is home to Georgia's only public academic health center, where groundbreaking research is creating a healthier, more prosperous Georgia, and world-class clinicians are bringing the medicine of tomorrow to patient care today. Our mission and values make Augusta University an institution like no other.

Augusta University's distinct characteristics in education and research include real-world experiences and community engagement, as well as a culture of building community, corporate and government partnerships that address health, security, economic and societal concerns locally and across the state. The University System of Georgia comprises our 26 institutions of higher education and learning as well as the System Office. Our USG Statement of Core Values are Integrity, Excellence, Accountability, and Respect.

Additionally, USG supports Freedom of Expression as stated in Board Policy 6.5 Freedom of Expression and Academic Freedom.

Established in 1829, the Medical College of Georgia Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (BMB) is an academic home to interdisciplinary translational research for disease detection, prevention, and treatment. Our mission also includes the education and mentoring of future researchers, physicians and physician‑scientists and service to the AU and greater scientific community. The research mission is focused on inventing better diagnostics and newer targeted therapies for the benign and malignant diseases of the bladder, brain, breast, eye, gastrointestinal tract, kidney, liver, and prostate.

The research areas encompass biomarkers, chemoprevention, DNA damage and repair, drug resistance, the epigenome, immunotherapy, the microbiome, molecular signaling, natural products, protein modifications and targeted therapy. Home to the Biochemistry and Cancer Biology Graduate Program, the BMB Department offers PhD degrees, along with a combined MD‑PhD program available to medical students. The students move on to competitive careers in academia, industry, and governmental agencies.

The education mission is also served by faculty participation in undergraduate and graduate medical education, as well as the Student Educational Enrichment Program (SEEP).

The Research Assistant's responsibilities include providing laboratory assistance directly to the Principal Investigator and the laboratory team, with some ability to work independently in carrying out multiple techniques, including culture of established cancer and normal cell lines, primary tissue cultures, proteomics (western blot, ELISA), DNA‑RNA isolation and purification, PCR/RT‑PCR, immunocytochemistry and immunohistochemistry for immune cells, cancer cells, cloning, working with biological specimens, and providing assistance with mouse models.

Data collection: participate in research data collection, analysis, maintain institutional research protocols; willingness to learn bioinformatics.

• Perform technical work in support of ongoing research projects; participate in data collection and documentation, as well as development of new research techniques and procedures.
• Manage day‑to‑day laboratory activities including ordering, updating inventories, preparing reagents, and maintaining laboratory equipment.
• Analyze and present data verbally and/or in writing. Work with guidelines and protocols of research projects.
• Perform all other job‑related duties as assigned.

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in chemistry, biology, biochemistry, cell…