Scientist, Research Scientist, Clinical Research

Overview

Cape Fox Facilities Services is seeking a Scientist to join our team in Bethesda, MD in support of the NIH.

• Provide interpretation of results, guidance, and scientific support to the management team.
• Search existing literature for new and/or relevant techniques.
• Assist the lab staff in the creation and preparation of a variety of documents required by the lab’s scientific activities.
• Mentor junior level scientists.
• Train staff on the proper usage of equipment.
• Train staff in a wide variety of techniques used in the laboratory.
• Provide scientific and technical expertise to all visiting fellows, post-docs, and technicians.
• Support the planning and execution of research experiments in the context of the laboratory's overall research program.
• Evaluate new techniques, instruments, and software for potential incorporation into current SOP.
• Advance the science in the laboratory through new procedures and discoveries.
• Design and conduct experiments and studies requiring the application of a broad professional knowledge of scientific theories and principles.
• Advance the science through proposing and investigating new target projects for initiation based on novelty and relevance to human health.
• Support laboratory staff on research projects and techniques.
• Work with staff on the interpretation of experiments performed by research scientists.
• Independently direct and conduct special research projects that have a high priority for the laboratory with special emphasis in the development of novel research treatments.
• Work with postdoc/biological scientists to perform statistical analysis for research projects.
• Work with staff on assay design and method development using an array or experimentation.
• Maintain laboratory equipment and the training of others in their use.
• Train staff on the proper usage of laboratory instruments and equipment.
• Calibrate, maintain and troubleshoot instruments and equipment in the laboratory.
• Operate, troubleshoot and train others to use laboratory equipment and software.
• Provide advice and assistance to users in designing experiments, using instrumentation, data acquisition and analysis, and preparing figures for publication.
• Assist in maintaining adequate space and facilities for ongoing and projected research studies.
• Manage scientific equipment and resources (e.g. reagents, stocks of frozen cells, animal samples) including acquisition, documentation and storage.
• Participate in the laboratory’s review of future proposals for resource allocations.
• Evaluate, analyze and interpret research data, communicates results and methods in reports, presentations, and manuscripts.
• Maintain a detailed and up-to-date electronic laboratory notebook detailing all experiments.
• Write technical reports and prepare manuscripts.
• Oversee project data quality; analyze and interpret project data.
• Conduct bioinformatics data analyses and statistical analyses; prepare data for abstracts and manuscripts.
• Coordinate with junior staff to modify research protocols.
• Work with staff to confirm assay results and evaluate new techniques and instruments; search literature; propose, design and test alternative assays for difficult screening targets; confirm assay results; develop secondary assays.
• Work with Principal Investigators in scheduling and prioritizing instrument usage.
• Coordinate with IT staff on all software issues specific to the chemistry group and on all computer problems.
• Suggest alternative or complementary approaches to experiments.
• Present research at national scientific meetings and symposia.
• Prepare oral presentations and posters for internal and external groups/conferences.
• Co-author manuscripts on research projects; publish in peer-reviewed journals.
• Write papers and abstracts detailing research efforts and results for publication in peer-reviewed journals; prepare PowerPoint presentations as appropriate.
• Give posters and presentations detailing work at regional and national scientific meetings.
• Review, edit, and, as needed, write first drafts of papers, posters and manuscripts.
• Give posters and presentations detailing work at regional and national scientific meetings.
• Present results of…