Research Assistant - MCG-Cntr for Biotech​/Genom Med

Research Assistant - MCG-Cntr for Biotech/Genom Med

Job : 301459

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 locations across the state. More than 12,000 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 are bringing the medicine of tomorrow to patient care today. Our mission and values https://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below). make Augusta University an institution like no other.

Augusta University's distinct characteristics in education and research include real-world experiences and community engagement, as well as a culture of building community, corporate and government partnerships that address health, security, economic and societal concerns locally and across the state.

The University System of Georgia https:// is comprised of our 26 institutions of higher education and learning as well as the System Office. Our USG Statement of Core Values are Integrity, Excellence, Accountability, and Respect. These values serve as the foundation for all that we do as an organization, and each USG community member is responsible for demonstrating and upholding these standards.

More details on the USG Statement of Core Values and Code of Conduct are available in USG Board Policy 8.2.18.1.2 and can be found online at https://.

Additionally, USG supports Freedom of Expression as stated in Board Policy 6.5 Freedom of Expression and Academic Freedom found online at https://.

Location Augusta University - Our Health Sciences Campus: 1120 15th Street, Augusta, GA 30912;
Our Summerville Campus: 2500 Walton Way, Augusta, GA 30904

Established in the summer of 2002, the Center for Biotechnology and Genomic Medicine (CBGM) at the Medical College of Georgia (MCG) at Augusta University (AU) was developed to promote interdisciplinary and translational research in Biotechnology and Genomic Medicine with the ultimate goal of promoting predictive, preventive, personalized and participatory (4P) medicine. The Center's research efforts focus on two main areas:
Discovery and validation of biomarkers for disease prediction and diagnosis;
Pharmacomics and drug discovery for personalized medicine. CBGM is home of four internationally renowned programs in diabetes research:
The Environmental Determinants of Diabetes in the Young, the Prospective Assessment in Newborns of Diabetes Autoimmunity, the Diabetic Complications Consortium, and the Mouse Metabolic Phenotype Consortium. Additional research programs include autoimmune diseases, transplantation, and cancer. These research programs are supported by an annual extramural funding of approximately $12 million. The center houses several state-of-the-art high throughput and high content facilities for genetics, genomics, proteomics, drug screening and bioinformatics.

Performs basic molecular and/or cellular biology techniques. Duties also include: support ongoing research projects, help develop and evaluate new research techniques and procedures, maintain a detailed and organized notebook with procedures and data, help maintain mouse lines, and make orders for the lab.

The duties include but are not limited to:

Perform a variety of examinations of specimens for the presence of diseases and pathological conditions. Prepare culture media. Incubate and culture bacteria. Stain slides and perform molecular biology techniques.

Calibrate and operate laboratory equipment such as spectrophotometer, microscope,…