Research Associate, Clinical Research, Research Scientist

Benefits

Qualifications

• •The successful candidate should be detail oriented and highly organized with excellent communication skills
• •This is an excellent position for candidates with previous research lab management experience who wish to pursue a career in medical research
• •Graduate degree in biology, health sciences, biochemistry, exercise physiology, or another related field
• •Demonstrated research and lab management experience
• •Demonstrated organizational skills and attention to detail
• •Demonstrated ability and desire to succeed in a fast-paced research environment with multiple concurrent duties
• •Excellent communication skills
• •Experience working with aseptic technique and tissue culture
• •Knowledge and training in biochemistry and molecular biology
• •The successful candidate will be required to have a criminal conviction check
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Responsibilities

• •The Lessard Laboratory is seeking an enthusiastic and motivated research associate to work on laboratory studies related to exercise physiology, nutrition, metabolism, and diabetes
• •The successful candidate will work on NIH-funded research projects to determine how exercise training, in combination with dietary and pharmacological therapies, influence health and metabolism
• •The primary responsibilities of this position will be to manage and supervise various experimental protocols including tissue culture systems, mouse husbandry and physiology, and molecular biology assays
• •The research associate will also spend significant time and effort on general lab maintenance and organization
• •Additional duties include data management and analysis, and training/supervising new research staff and students
• •Benefits of this position include gaining high-level research experience, authorship on scientific publications, and working in a collaborative and intellectually stimulating environment
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