Research Assistant- MCG-Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Job Title:

Research Assistant- MCG-Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Location:

Augusta University

Regular/Temporary:
Regular

Full/Part Time:
Full-Time

Job

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Established in 1829, the Medical College of Georgia Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, or BMB, is an academic home to interdisciplinary translational research for disease detection, prevention, and treatment. We are delighted that you have decided to visit our department's website. Our mission also includes the education and mentoring of future researchers, physicians and physician‑scientists and service to the AU and greater scientific community.

The research mission is focused on inventing better diagnostics and newer targeted therapies for the benign and malignant diseases of the bladder, brain, breast, eye, gastrointestinal tract, kidney, liver, and prostate. The research areas encompass biomarkers, chemoprevention, DNA damage and repair, drug resistance, the epigenome, immunotherapy, the microbiome, molecular signaling, natural products, protein modifications and targeted therapy. Our faculties are supported by major funding agencies, and the insight gained by their work has been published in reputable peer‑reviewed journals.

Home to the Biochemistry and Cancer Biology Graduate Program, the BMB Department offers PhD degrees, along with a combined MD‑PhD program available to medical students. The students move on to competitive careers in academia, industry, and governmental agencies. The education mission is also served by faculty participation in undergraduate and graduate medical education, as well as the Student Educational Enrichment Program (SEEP).

The incumbent will conduct basic bench research related to: (i) defining mechanistic determinants of neuroendocrine differentiation in advanced prostate cancer; (ii) designing novel exosome‑based therapeutics for advanced prostate cancer. Specifically, the incumbent will focus on (1) performing in vitro and in vivo mechanistic studies using prostate cancer cell lines and animal models, (2) laser capture microdissection of prostate tissue samples, mRNA extractions from tissues and mRNA analyses, (3) analysis of micro

RNA/gene expression in prostate cancer clinical tissues, cell lines…