Research Fellow, Biochemistry

Overview

Department: Wake Forest University Health Sciences - Academic Biochemistry

Status: Full time

Benefits Eligible: Yes

Hours Per Week: 34

Schedule Details/Additional Information: full-time

Pay Range $30.70 - $46.05

Post-doctoral Research Fellow to perform laboratory experiments, analyze and interpret data, and plan experiments in support of major research projects led by Dr. Keith Gagnon.

Minimum requirements: Ph.D. degree in Chemistry, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, or a related life science field and authorship on at least one publication in a peer-reviewed journal.

Other requirements:

• Incumbent should be sensitive to the needs of underrepresented minorities.
• Must be competent in multi-step chemical syntheses and able to efficiently learn and master new techniques in biochemistry and molecular biology.

Desirable qualifications:

• Familiarity with CRISPR-Cas biochemistry, nucleic acid chemistry and biochemistry, chemical organic synthesis, bioinformatics and computational tools, mammalian tissue culture, RNA biology, and basic/advanced molecular biology laboratory techniques.
• Ability to work effectively as a member of a team.

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  • Educational Assistance Program

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