Research Associate—Dr. Klaus Ley Lab
Immunology Center of Georgia at Augusta University
Augusta, Georgia, USA
Immunology Center of Georgia
The Immunology Center of Georgia (IMMCG) represents a new initiative by the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University to leverage the ability of the immune system to combat disease. The IMMCG will accomplish this by assembling teams of biomedical researchers with strong records of scientific innovation and technological development. The IMMCG will be co-directed by world-class immunologists Drs. Catherine ‘Lynn’ Hedrick and Klaus Ley, both of whom have made major discoveries linking immune cells to specific mechanisms of disease. The goal of the IMMCG is to produce novel and effective treatments for conditions that heavily impact the communities of Georgia and the United States. The new center is aggressively recruiting faculty and staff to lead projects focused on cardiovascular disease, obesity and metabolic disorders, autoimmune and infectious disease, neurodegenerative disease and cancer.
Medical College of Georgia
The Medical College of Georgia is one of the nation’s largest medical schools by class size, with 260 students per class. The educational experience is anchored by the main campus in Augusta, regional clinical campuses for third- and fourth-year students across the state and a second four-year campus in Athens in partnership with the University of Georgia. MCG’s expanding partnerships with physicians and hospitals across Georgia currently provides about 350 sites where students can experience the full spectrum of medicine, from complex care hospitals to small-town solo practices. MCG and its teaching hospitals also provide postgraduate education to more than 500 residents and fellows in 50 different Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education-approved programs. Our researchers and clinicians focus on what most impacts the health of Georgia’s and America’s children and adults, including cardiovascular biology and disease, cancer, neurosciences and behavioral sciences, public and preventive health, regenerative and reparative medicine, personalized medicine and genomics. Our physician faculty also share their expertise with physicians and patients at about 100 clinics and hospitals statewide.
Job Summary
A full-time Research Associate position is available in the Ley Lab at the Immunology Center of Georgia at Augusta University. The successful candidate will join a team of scientists investigating inflammation and immunity. We have about 50 mouse strains that need to be bred, weaned, genotyped and aged.
Responsibilities
Responsibilities to include but not limited to:
- Maintaining mouse colony, including breeding, weaning. Interface with third party (Transnetyx) for mouse genotyping.
- Maintaining mouse inventory.
- Harvesting organs from mice.
- Acquiring blood and tissue samples from mice.
- Maintaining inventory and organization of lab equipment and supplies.
- Perform other related duties as assigned by P.I.
Posting ID: 430