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

This position will work in the lab of Dr. Klaus Ley and will perform advanced administrative and technical work in support of research initiatives in the lab. The research will be conducted with comprehensive genetic, cellular, and molecular biology and immunological techniques, including flow cytometry, cell sorting, cell culture, gene expression profiling by real-time PCR, RNA seq, and immunohistochemistry.  Participates in research data collection and documentation within FDA guidelines and research institute protocols; develops and evaluates new research techniques and procedures.

Responsibilities

The duties include, but are not limited to:

• Assist the PI to prepare scientific reports, outcome findings and scientific manuscripts.
• Oversee organization, synthesis and analysis of data and findings.
• The research associate is expected to provide assistance and support to the supervisor for day to day management of lab supplies and help generating data for manuscript publications.
• Purification of RNA from biological samples.
• Isolate total RNA from sample.
• Purify to enrich for mRNAs, microRNAs etc. if a specific type of RNA is to be profiled.
• Prepare the RNA sequencing library.
• Sequencing using next-generation sequencing platforms.
• Analyze the resultant short-read sequences.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Learn More and Apply Today!

For details, contact Debbie Ellison, dellison@augusta.edu.

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