Research Associate - Neuroscience & Regenerative Medicine

Research Associate – Neuroscience & Regenerative Medicine

Job

Location:

Augusta University

Full/Part Time:
Full Time

Augusta University is Georgia's innovation center for education and health care, training the next generation of innovators, leaders, and healthcare providers in classrooms and clinics on four campuses in Augusta and other locations across the state. More than 10,500 students choose Augusta for educational opportunities at the center of Georgia's cybersecurity hub and experiential learning that blends arts and application, humanities, and the health sciences.

Augusta is home to Georgia's only public academic health center, where groundbreaking research is creating a healthier, more prosperous Georgia and world-class clinicians bring the medicine of tomorrow to patient care today. Our mission and values make Augusta University an institution like no other.

Augusta University – Health Sciences Campus: 1120 15th Street, Augusta, GA 30912

Welcome to the Department of Neuroscience & Regenerative Medicine (DNRM) at the Medical College of Georgia! The mission of the department is to promote multidisciplinary research and teaching excellence in both biomedical and clinical sciences. The department was founded in 1993 as the Institute of Molecular Medicine and Genetics. We seek to attract outstanding faculty and bright students by creating a welcoming, collegial, and collaborative environment to foster success and creativity.

Our faculty’s research focuses on neurodegenerative and neuropsychiatric disorders, brain injury, learning and memory, neuroprotection, development, inflammation, and regenerative medicine, using a broad repertoire of experimental approaches. Our department is also the home of the Transgenic and Genome Editing Core, supported by the Georgia Research Alliance.

Participate in research data collection and documentation within relevant guidelines and protocols; develop and evaluate new research techniques and procedures; publish results in scientific journals. Execute complex chemical, biological, cytologic, microscopic, histologic, surgical, and statistical/computational procedures. Generate novel rodent models using transgenic, gene targeting, CRISPR, and assisted reproductive technologies, and perform genotyping and phenotyping analyses.

• Participate in research data collection and documentation within relevant guidelines and protocols.
• Breed, genotype, and maintain mouse and rat colonies.
• Prepare staged embryos or gametes for manipulation, introduce genetic modifications using appropriate methods, and transfer manipulated or VF‑derived embryos into recipients. Support cohort generation and preservation using assisted reproductive technologies.
• Maintain familiarity with current advances in transgenic and assisted reproductive technologies and literature, and apply such knowledge toward development of new or improved technologies.
• Design routine experiments and/or processes; consistently follow and critically evaluate appropriate methods and protocols. Independently implement experimental design and/or processes.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Master's degree from an accredited college or university in chemistry, biology, biochemistry, cell biology or other natural, life, health care or materials science directly related to the research area, and experience in research, basic science or clinical laboratory particularly clinical trial research; OR Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in chemistry, biology, biochemistry, cell biology or other natural, life, health care or materials science directly related to the research area, and a minimum of three years' research and/or clinical experience.

Proficient in Microsoft Office and other computer software/databases.

Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills. Excellent customer service, multi-tasking, and organizational skills.

Ability to coordinate multiple projects simultaneously, meet deadlines despite interruptions, maintain…