Medical College of Georgia; at level, RA to Post-doc

Medical College of Georgia (at any level, RA to Post‑doc)

The Medical College of Georgia (MCG) at Augusta University is celebrating its nearly 200 years of medical education, having been founded in 1828. The institution is Georgia's flagship medical school and one of the largest in the nation, focused on educating physicians and researchers to serve the state and beyond. It has a history of innovative research and extensive clinical training sites across the state.

With its mild climate, diverse landscape, affordable cost of living, and sustained research investment from the state of Georgia, the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University offers an excellent environment for research and continued growth.

We study the gut‑brain axis in the context of Alzheimer's disease and neuropsychiatric disease. As our research program is interdisciplinary and encourages applications from individuals with diverse academic or professional backgrounds, including, but not limited to cell and molecular biology, immunology, and neuroscience.

• Feed special diets, perform drug treatment and behavioral test to mice.
• Performs a standardized protocol to collect mouse specimens, including the brain and other peripheral organs, and prepares these samples for histological, pathological, molecular, and biochemical analyses.
• Cell culturing.
• Perform a variety of complex chemical, biological, cytologic, microscopic, histologic, surgical, statistical/computational and dissection procedures.
• Identifies and implements experimental and analytical pipeline improvements and refinements.
• Applicants with expertise in human disease modeling utilizing cutting‑edge cellular and organoid systems, including those developed from patient‑specific induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), are encouraged to apply; however, such expertise is not required.
• Prepares and submits papers on research.
• Develops hypotheses to be tested and ways of testing it.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

To apply, please visit the Augusta University Job Site (https://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below).) and search for the following Job IDs.

• Job  – Senior Research Assistant (requires more than two years of research experience with a bachelor's degree).
• Job  – Research Assistant (Bachelor degree with research experience). This position does not offer visa sponsorship.
• Job  – Post‑doctoral fellow.