Gaw Lab – Junior, Assistant, or Associate Specialist

About the role

The Gaw Lab is seeking a Junior, Assistant, or Associate Specialist to join our collaborative group to study maternal-fetal immune responses.

Responsibilities

• Lead their own independent experiments in the laboratory, under the supervision of the Principal Investigator and other senior lab members.
• Collaborate closely with the Prahl Lab and Robinson Lab and other collaborators on joint projects.
• Collaborate with and support other lab members on research projects.
• Maintain accurate and up to date documentation of experimental results and data analysis.
• Participate in mentorship and training of undergraduate, predoctoral, and graduate students.
• Stay up to date and familiar with relevant literature.
• Contribute to the day-to-day running and operation of the lab.
• Contribute to the scientific manuscripts and grants.
• Participate in regular group meetings, including weekly lab meetings, weekly biobank meetings, and biweekly meetings with the PI.
• Participate in University or Public Service.

Requirements

• Junior Specialist: Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent degree) in biology, bioengineering, stem cell or molecular biology, immunology or a related field or at least four years of research experience.
• Assistant Specialist: Master’s degree (or equivalent degree) in biology, bioengineering, stem cell or molecular biology, immunology or a related field or a baccalaureate degree (or equivalent degree) in biology, bioengineering, stem cell or molecular biology, immunology or a related field with three or more years of research experience.
• Associate Specialist: Master’s degree (or equivalent degree) in biology, bioengineering, stem cell or molecular biology, immunology or a related field with five to ten years of research experience.
• Demonstrated experience in scientific publishing with relevant publications.
• Experience mentoring and training junior scientists.
• Cell culture expertise, including experience with human cell lines, primary human cells and immune cells, or stem cell culture.
• Basic molecular biology experience, including nucleic acid preparation, or PCR.
• Demonstrated excellent verbal, written, and communication skills.
• Able to multitask.
• Strong attention to detail.
• A collaborative spirit and willingness to work with diverse teams.
• Advanced knowledge of Excel.

Qualifications

• Experience and interest in immunology, infectious diseases, and reproductive biology.
• Knowledge of research with human biospecimens.
• Experience with BSL-2 or BSL-3 cell culture conditions.
• Bioinformatics knowledge and experience with high dimensional data processing and analysis.
• Experience with data analysis programs (eg FloJo, R, Graphpad Prism, Stata) and management of REDCap databases.
• Experience in designing and executing multiplexed bead assays for protein detection (eg cytokines and antibodies).
• Histology and immunohistochemistry experience.
• Coursework in statistics is a plus.