Research Technologist (Innate immunity research)

Company: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Location: Raleigh
Posted on: September 14, 2020

Job Description:

With resources to help you succeed and develop your career, we also offer generous relocation assistance.At St. Jude Childrens Research Hospital, we know what can be achieved when the brightest scientific minds face the fewest barriers. Thats why we provide world-class facilities, state-of-the-art technologies, and extraordinary support for your research to ensure scientific progress is never halted from a lack of resources. At St. Jude, you will be part of a collaborative, bench-to-bedside environment where you can see, firsthand, how your science translates into survival for the children we serve.

This is an exciting opportunity for a self-motivated junior scientist to join the Immunology Department at SJCRH in the laboratory of Dr. Thirumala Devi-Kanneganti. Our laboratory offers a strong team-based environment where you will conduct clinically-relevant research using a variety of molecular, biochemical, and cell-based technologies to understand how the innate immune system recognizes and responds to pathogens and how genetic mutations in innate immunity affect the development of infectious, inflammatory, and autoimmune diseases in humans.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to assist with the management of our model organism systems and perform various laboratory techniques, including CRISPR screens and primary and immortalized cell culture. You will also process primary model organism sample derivatives (DNA, RNA, protein) for analysis. Exceptional candidates should have a demonstrated proficiency in several aspects of molecular, cell, biochemical, or organismal biology along with an understanding of in vivo mouse models and mouse genetics. Other duties involve efficiently maintaining laboratory operations. All candidates are expected to have excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to work constructively as a member of a team.

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• Bachelor's or Master's degree in an appropriate scientific field is required.
  
  Previous experience with murine model organism, molecular biology, cell culture, CRISPR, and maintaining lab operations is highly preferred.
  
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