Research Assistant II – Fluid Biomarker Diagnostics

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The Wyss Institute’s mission is to transform healthcare and the environment by emulating the way nature builds. We harness the imagination of academia and the focus of industry to translate ground-breaking technologies into commercial products that solve big problems. We support research that universities, companies, and venture capital firms don’t fund because they view it as too risky. We prefer to use the word “challenging,” and we love challenges.

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You are a collaborative, impact-focused problem solver who wants to be part of a dynamic team dedicated to creating and commercializing novel approaches to global challenges in healthcare and sustainability. You want the opportunity to explore your scientific interests and apply your knowledge to tackle ambitious projects in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial-minded environment with resources and support from top-notch scientific, operations, and administrative professionals.

You enjoy working with highly motivated, diverse teams and leveraging your expertise to create innovations that can change the world.

We are looking for a motivated, enthusiastic Research Assistant II to join our team. You will help develop new diagnostic technologies for profiling clinically relevant biomarkers in human biofluids using cutting edge, ultra-sensitive approaches. A major focus of this position will be FEMOx, an ARPA-H-funded project to develop a rapid, non-invasive platform to assess fetal oxygenation risk. This position is for someone who is excited about science and enjoys working at the bench.

You will work within a team and receive significant experimental training in both new and established techniques for profiling isolating and analyzing biomarkers from human biofluids. You will also make weekly presentations and provide updates of project data to the larger Wyss team, and prepare regular written summaries which will be integrated into project reports.

• SupporttheFEMOxprojectbyoptimizingandrunningassaystoisolate,enrich, andcharacterizetargetbiomarkersfrombiologicalsamples with guidance from senior staff.

• With supervision from senior staff, help design and execute experiments for the development of new diagnostic technologies and biomarker assays using human biofluids.

• PerformmolecularandbiochemicalassaystoanalyzeRNAandproteintargets under the supervision of senior staff.

• Assist with the developmentandtesting of microfluidic workflows for ultrasensitive biomarker detection.

• Support the preparation ofexperimentaldata,summaries,andpresentationmaterialsforregular ARPA-H project meetings.

• Withguidancefromseniorstaff,attendandpresentdataorprogressupdatesatmeetingswithinthe
  
  WyssInstitute,includingARPA-Hprojectmeetings.

• Ordersuppliesandperformsupportandlab maintenance activities.

• College background in biological science or related field and one or more years of lab experience in molecular biology or biochemistry is required. Higher education may count towards years of experience.

• Bachelor’s degree in a biological science or related field is strongly preferred.

• Two or more years of research experience is preferred. Experience with extracellular vesicle isolation, immunocapture, or biofluid sample processing is advantageous but not required.

• Experience with protein biochemistry (e.g., ELISA, Western blot, immunoisolation) or nucleic acid techniques (e.g. FISH, real-time PCR) is advantageous but not required.

• Experience with imaging techniques (e.g. fluorescence microscopy) and microfluidics is advantageous but not required.

• Appointment End Date:This is a one year term position with the possibility of…