Technical Associate I, Experimental Biologist (Requisition ID: 20451)
Position Overview:
Technical Associate position at MIT offering the opportunity to work in a dynamic and creative lab at the interface of computational and experimental research. We are seeking a technically skilled and analytically-minded individual to help dissect the mechanisms underlying the genetics of cancer, neurodegenerative, neuropsychiatric, and immune diseases by refining and validating biological hypotheses to generate new datasets for computational analysis. This will be accomplished by molecular assays including chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP-seq), assay of transposase accessible chromatin (ATAC-seq), RNA sequencing (RNA-seq), and single-cell profiling (scRNA-seq and scATAC-seq). The experimental work will also include gene knockdowns and knockouts, and CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing. This team member will be responsible for the experimental execution of high-level research objectives and applying advanced research skills in broad areas of assignments and related fields under the supervision of the project coordinator, research scientists, and other researchers in the lab to plan projects, prioritize tasks, and achieve goals in a timely manner.
Principal Duties and Responsibilities (Essential Functions**):
1. Perform experiments listed above in collaboration with and under the direction of the lab’s research scientists.
2. Interact with research scientists, postdocs, and other technical associates within the Kellis lab and collaborators’ labs to plan research and interpret results.
3. Develop a deep understanding of the project(s) to assist with experimental and project planning.
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