Research Scientist
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
The Immunology Center of Georgia in the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University invites applications for a PhD level Research Scientist (non-tenure track faculty) position. Applicants with expertise in flow cytometry, mass cytometry, spatial imaging are particularly encouraged to apply. The Research Scientist will be expected to conduct collaborative cutting-edge research in the fields of immunology, inflammation, cancer, and cardiovascular disease as it relates to mass cytometry and high dimensional flow cytometry. This individual will manage the Core CyTOF mass cytometer, and assist faculty and postdoctoral fellows in related experimental design and data acquisition. The candidate will provide new methods related to mass cytometry for the Core.
Responsibilities
The duties include, but are not limited to:
- Engaging in collaborative projects related to mass cytometry and flow cytometry.
- Assist with design of cytometry experiments.
- Assist with sample staining and data acquisition.
- Train and supervise users as needed.
- Maintain the CyTOF XT instrument daily/weekly/monthly and coordinate annual instrument service.
- Maintain all user logs and assist with instrument iLab site to facilitate scheduling and billing of instrument and reagent use.
- Assist with biosafety compliance.
- Assist with general lab maintenance including inventory and supply ordering.
- Attend regional/national meetings/webinars for continuing education on emerging flow cytometry knowledge and technology.
- Other duties as assigned.
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