28 research specialist ii jobs found

2023-16671 Department: Molecular Biology  Category: Research and Laboratory  Job Type: Full-Time  Name of Lab: Notterman Lab Overview Princeton University’s Department of Molecular Biology seeks applicants for a research specialist position to join a laboratory whose focus of work is DNA polymorphisms and human behavior. The successful candidate will work with the P.I. and other laboratory staff to 1) genotype DNA samples using PCR, real-time PCR, perform gel electrophoresis and related techniques; 2) telomere length measurement; 3) Process incoming DNA samples using qauantitative PCR; 4) assist in general laboratory work.  Responsibilities Specific duties include: performing assays; ordering supplies and routine laboratory assignments under the supervision of the P.I. This position may participate in the selection of procedures and techniques to be used to address new problems. This position will be given projects which will...

2023-16672 Department: Molecular Biology  Category: Research and Laboratory  Job Type: Full-Time  Name of Lab: Jimah Lab Overview A full-time Research Specialist I/II position is available in the laboratory of Dr. John Jimah at Princeton University. We study the mechanisms of membrane remodeling processes in human cells and malaria parasites. We primarily apply cryo-electron microscopy and tomography to investigate how human and parasite proteins enable cellular processes including endocytosis and the biogenesis of organelles. This position offers an excellent opportunity to contribute to a vibrant research program, and Dr. Jimah is a committed to fostering the career development of all members of the research group. This position will be within the Molecular Biology Department, an innovative, vibrant, collegial, collaborative, and excellent research environment. Princeton University is in an idyllic town midway between New York City and...

2023-16532 Department: Schl of Public & Int'l Affairs  Category: Research and Laboratory  Job Type: Full-Time Overview The School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University has an opening for a research specialist to assist the Director of the Niehaus Center for Globalization and Governance, Helen V. Milner, in conducting research on the political economy of international economic policy, globalization, development, and technological change. The Research Specialist will research various topics as assigned by faculty. They will locate and compile statistical data, edit data for accuracy and completeness, run statistical analyses, collect and review academic literatures, maintain faculty websites, proofread research, replicate statistical analyses, and perform other duties as assigned. The candidate should be well organized, flexible, attentive to detail, and able to respond to deadlines in a timely fashion. Knowledge about and interest...

2023-16522 Department: Schl of Public & Int'l Affairs  Category: Research and Laboratory Job Type: Full-Time Overview The Empirical Study of Conflict (ESOC) Project seeks a Research Specialist to provide geo-spatial and statistical analysis, as well as qualitative research for a multi-university team of researchers. **This is a one-year position with possible extension. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Applicants should submit a cover letter and C.V. online. Upon request, candidates should be prepared to submit references, transcripts, and/or writing samples.  Responsibilities Under the direction of the Principal Investigator, the Specialist will help develop and analyze data on malign influence campaigns (e.g. COVID-19 related misinformation or the various online disinformation campaigns during the 2016 US elections), as well as contributing to analysis of micro-level data on politically motivated violence...

2023-16479 Department: Molecular Biology Category: Research and Laboratory  Job Type: Full-Time  Name of Lab: Myhrvold Overview Princeton University's Department of Molecular Biology seeks applicants for a Research Specialist II (RSII) position to join a laboratory focused on studying RNA using programmable, CRISPR-based technologies. The Myhrvold Lab at Princeton University develops cutting-edge, CRISPR-based technologies to study RNA viral infection and RNA transcription, regulation, and localization. We are also developing CRISPR-based viral diagnostics and antiviral therapies with the aim of creating a rapid development platform for new viral diagnostics and therapies, in close collaboration with Pardis Sabeti's lab at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. We seek a highly motivated individual to work closely with senior researchers within the Myhrvold Lab at Princeton University. The ability to communicate effectively, work well in a team...

2023-16360 Department: Princeton Neuroscience Inst  Category: Research and Laboratory  Job Type: Full-Time  Name of Lab: Murthy Lab Overview Princeton University's Neuroscience Institute seeks applicants for a Research Specialist position to join a laboratory whose work focuses on social communication and the neural mechanisms underlying sensory processing and sensory-driven behaviors in the fruit fly, Drosophila. We are looking for an enthusiastic and hard-working individual who has a willingness to learn and acquire new skills (and a demonstrated track record in learning new techniques). This is a one-year term position with the possibility of renewal contingent upon performance and funding. Responsibilities Assist postdoctoral fellows in the lab on projects related to the neural basis of sensorimotor behaviors in Drosophila - this could involve behavioral experiments combined with neural activation and silencing, anatomy experiments...

2022-16150 Department: Integrative Genomics Category: Research and Laboratory  Job Type: Full-Time Name of Lab: Pritykin Overview The Pritykin lab in the Computer Science Department and the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics seeks applicants for Research Specialist I / Research Specialist II. The rank and salary will be commensurate with experience. We seek candidates with computational biology, bioinformatics, computer science, machine learning, statistics, data science, applied math and/or other quantitative backgrounds who are enthusiastic about bringing their expertise to addressing fundamental problems in biology and medicine using cutting-edge technologies. The Pritykin lab (http://pritykinlab.princeton.edu) uses applied statistics, machine learning, and efficient algorithms to address fundamental problems in biology and medicine by integrative analysis of multi-dimensional data. We develop and apply computational methods for design...

2022-16013 Department: Integrative Genomics Category: Research and Laboratory  Job Type: Full-Time Name of Lab: Rabinowitz Overview The Rabinowitz lab seeks a Research Specialist I or II in mass spectrometry to contribute to the operations and research efforts of their ~ 25-member team at Princeton University. The rank and salary will be commensurate with experience. The Rabinowitz lab studies metabolism, with the overarching goal of applying this knowledge to the treatment of human disease (cancer, obesity, aging) and the production of biofuels. The lab is a leader in liquid chromatography mass spectroscopy (LC-MS) and isotope tracing of metabolism.  This position offers a competitive salary plus a comprehensive suite of benefits including health, retirement, and life insurance. This will be a one-year term position, with the possibility of renewal contingent upon continued funding and satisfactory performance. The...

2022-15710 Department: Integrative Genomics Category: Research and Laboratory  Job Type: Full-Time  Name of Lab: Davidson Overview The Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics at Princeton University seeks applicants for a Research Specialist I or II to join the laboratory of Shawn Davidson, Ph.D. whose research focuses on understanding cellular metabolism in cancer and neurodegenerative diseases. We are seeking a highly motivated and organized individual to work on a fast-paced interdisciplinary project to use a cutting edge metabolomic platform. The rank and salary will be commensurate with experience. The position will start immediately and will end on June 1, 2023. Responsibilities Duties will principally include assay development for imaging mass spectrometry and using genetic and pharmacological interventions to validate metabolic targets in cell culture and transgenic mouse models. The candidate will work closely with PIs,...

2023-16497 Department: Integrative Genomics Category: Research and Laboratory Job Type: Full-Time  Name of Lab: Genomics Core Facility Overview The Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics seeks applicants for a full-time research technician (Research Specialist I or II) to provide technical support to the Genomics Core Facility by preparing samples and running the high-throughput sequencers. This will be a one-year term position, with the possibility of renewal contingent upon continued funding availability and satisfactory job performance. This full-time position offers a competitive salary plus a comprehensive suite of benefits including health, retirement, and life insurance. Review of applications will begin immediately. The position will start as soon as possible. Responsibilities Specific duties include: Operation of Next-Generation sequencers and other instruments for genomic research Quality control of DNA and RNA...

A position exists, for a Post-Doctoral Research Assistant/Associate in the Department of Engineering, to work on Digital Twin Construction. The post holder will work from the Civil Engineering Building, 7a JJ Thomson Ave, CB3 0FA, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, UK. The key responsibilities and duties are to devise, implement, and test solutions for constructing operation phase geometrical Digital Twin models for digitising existing buildings. This includes (i) developing methods for detecting building objects and their relationships; (ii) exploring building system priors to infer hidden objects (e.g. pipe segment inside wall); (iii) output the result into the Digital Twin; (iv) testing and demonstrating the resulting system. The post holder shall also: disseminate outcomes to the projects' sponsors; manage own research and administrative activities; assist in student supervision and teaching; liaise with consortium partners, colleagues, and students; lead project tasks and...

Positions exist for new Marie Sklodowska-Curie Future Roads Fellows in the Department of Engineering, to work on the FUTUREROADS-COFUND programme. The aim is to recruit, train and support individual fellows. The programme is aimed at high-potential individuals interested in following a career in the transportation infrastructure sector or academia. The post holder will be in Cambridge, UK. More information can be found at: https://drf.eng.cam.ac.uk Research will be primarily based in at least one of the following areas, applied to road infrastructure: Digital twins, Smart materials, Data science, Automation and robotics, Sustainability. The key responsibilities and duties are to (1) devise, implement, and test solution(s) that address the aim of the programme; (2) disseminate outcomes and author reports; (3) develop research objectives and proposals for own or joint research; (4) conduct individual and collaborative research; (5) write up research work for...

Position Focus: This position is working a Hybrid schedule. Yale Cancer Center is Connecticut's only cancer center designated as a Comprehensive Cancer Center by the National Cancer Institute (NCI). Yale Cancer Center delivers the highest quality patient-centered care, achieves breakthrough discoveries, and trains the future leaders in cancer science and medicine. There are over 300 clinical trials providing the most advanced cancer therapies at Smilow Cancer Hospital and in the 15 Care Centers, and trials are available within 20+ disease units. Yale has been at the forefront of understanding the fundamental mechanisms of cancer biology and in developing effective therapies for the treatment of cancer and harnesses the resources of the Yale School of Medicine and Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale-New Haven to advance cancer research, prevention, and patient care, as well as community outreach and education. Clinical Research Coordinator I (CRC I) is responsible for providing...

Work Arrangement:  Requisition Number:  226790 Regular or Temporary:  Regular Location:  Durham, NC, US, 27710 Personnel Area:  MEDICAL CENTER Date:  Feb 15, 2023 School of Medicine Established in 1930, Duke University School of Medicine is the youngest of the nation's top medical schools. Ranked sixth among medical schools in the nation, the School takes pride in being an inclusive community of outstanding learners, investigators, clinicians, and staff where interdisciplinary collaboration is embraced and great ideas accelerate translation of fundamental scientific discoveries to improve human health locally and around the globe. Composed of more than 2,500 faculty physicians and researchers, more than 1,300 students, and more than 6,000 staff, the Duke University School of Medicine along with the Duke University School of Nursing, Duke University Health System and the Private Diagnostic Clinic (PDC) comprise Duke Health. a world-class...

Applications are invited for appointment as  Tenure-Track Clinical Professor/ Clinical Associate Professor/ Clinical Assistant Professor (several posts) in the School of Public Health  (Ref.: 516771), to commence as soon as possible, on a four-year fixed-term basis, with the possibility of renewal and consideration for tenure before the expiry of a second four-year fixed-term contract. Exceptionally outstanding candidates may be considered for appointment on tenure terms. Applicants should possess a primary medical qualification registrable in Hong Kong and a specialist qualification in Public Health Medicine (F.H.K.A.M. (Community Medicine)) or equivalent (e.g. F.F.P.H., F.A.F.P.H., F.R.C.P.(C) in Community Health, American Board certification in Preventive Medicine, etc.). They should demonstrate (i) proven ability to produce quality research, publications in high quality international journals, and evidence of regional and international recognition for...

Applicants are invited for appointment as  Tenure-Track Clinical Associate Professor/Clinical Assistant Professor or Tenure-Track Associate Professor/Assistant Professor in Digital/Precision Dentistry in the Faculty of Dentistry  (Ref.: 519495), to commence as soon as possible, on a four-year (for clinical post) or three-year (for non-clinical post) fixed-term basis, with the possibility of renewal upon mutual agreement and with consideration for tenure before the expiry of a second four-year (for clinical post) or three-year (for non-clinical post) fixed-term contract. The Faculty of Dentistry is the only dental school in Hong Kong and is the only one in Greater China that uses English as the medium of instruction.  The high quality of the Faculty’s undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, research excellence, and clinical/professional services have attained global recognition, as evidenced by the Faculty’s global rankings among the top 1% by the QS...

Title Postdoctoral Writing Fellow - STEM School Faculty of Arts and Sciences Department/Area Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Position Description For the academic year 2023­–2024, the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) at Harvard University seeks a full-time postdoctoral fellow in a STEM field to serve as a Writing Specialist in GSAS’s Fellowships & Writing Center. The STEM postdoctoral fellow will assist students with all genres of academic writing, including fellowship proposals, as well as presentation skills and science communication skills.   FWC postdoctoral fellows in humanities, social sciences, and STEM fields will work as members of a team reporting to the Center’s associate director and working closely with the executive director and the Academic Programs team in GSAS. Responsibilities will include providing feedback and...

Position Description     The Laboratory for Invertebrate Paleobiology and Evolution at the Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, and Museum of Comparative Zoology, at Harvard University is seeking a postdoctoral fellow to join our team as part of the Human Frontier Science Program-funded project entitled “Reconstructing water to land transitions in arthropod evolution – combining atoms, genes, and fossils”. The postdoctoral fellow will join a diverse group of invertebrate paleobiologists and evolutionary biologists interested in the use of fossils for reconstructing the early evolution of major animal groups. As part of the HFSP-funded project, the postdoctoral fellow will collaborate with an international team of researchers including Dr. Rosa Fernández at the Institute of Evolutionary Biology (Barcelona, Spain), and Dr. Ana Belén Muñoz-García at the University of Naples Federico II (Naples, Italy) to...

University Overview The University of Pennsylvania, the largest private employer in Philadelphia, is a world-renowned leader in education, research, and innovation. This historic, Ivy League school consistently ranks among the top 10 universities in the annual U.S. News & World Report survey. Penn has 12 highly-regarded schools that provide opportunities for undergraduate, graduate and continuing education, all influenced by Penn’s distinctive interdisciplinary approach to scholarship and learning. As an employer Penn has been ranked nationally on many occasions with the most recent award from Forbes who named Penn one of America’s Best Employers By State in 2021. Penn offers a unique working environment within the city of Philadelphia. The University is situated on a beautiful urban campus, with easy access to a range of educational, cultural, and recreational activities. With its historical significance and landmarks, lively cultural offerings, and wide...

Ref Number B04-03533 Professional Expertise Research and Research Support Department UCL BEAMS (B04) Location London Working Pattern Full time Salary See advert text Contract Type Permanent Working Type On site (> 80% of working time) Available For Secondment No Closing Date 16-Apr-2023 About us The Chemistry Department at UCL is one of the top-ranked departments in the UK, with 100% of its outputs ranked as being world-leading (4*) or internationally excellent (3*) in the recent REF2021. The Department is committed to supporting excellence in both research and teaching. The department offers undergraduate BSc and MSci programmes in Chemistry and currently teaches over 700 undergraduates registered in Chemistry as well as students who select Chemistry on the Natural Sciences programme and first year Chemistry for life scientists. The Department also offers a number of Postgraduate Taught Masters courses with around 100 students per year. The...